So, what you are saying is that the order that I placed with a foreign vendor that I paid an explicit amount to get out of customs, is not refundable because I am not a business and no American business received money for my purchase? Niiiiiice. I love equitable arrangements.

Do you recall a speech that Bush Jr made during his inauguration where he addresses the billionaires and other notables present with something like this, "America sees you as the elite to be worshiped. I call you my base."?

The billionaires aren't the problem. It is the people who hold the levers of power that are a problem, the "elite" are simply a symptom of a much deeper corruption.

Fraud from corporations is not prosecuted nearly enough. I wouldn't expect any accountability here. Just don't participate at all. Spend your money elsewhere.

This particular offer is not my cup of tea at this time; however, I am willing to pay to get what I want. Why would you waste time denigrating someone else's decisions?

.3 picowatts per 24 hour period? Roughly? Not enough to light a single small LED.

This line of thinking has you paying to exterminate Palestinians. Yeah, let's keep the status quo so it can continue to be abused by people with selfish intentions.

Or in other words, you are willing to take the poison pill to maintain your current levels of luxury. Maybe you are not such a great person to know?

That can not happen. It is too difficult to defraud an educated populace. Questions might be asked. Inconvenient questions. The idea is to rule the world. Educating the illiterate makes that far more difficult.

Or in other words, survival is not a goal, control is. "It is better to rule in hell than serve in heaven"

The current power structures are doomed. Humanity is not likely doomed. Civilization would be completely and utterly destroyed and billions will die. Hundreds of thousands would survive and "we" can go back at it again. Bioweapons are the only chance for a true doomsday scenario regarding all of humanity. Nuclear weapons have no chance at eliminating humanity as a whole.

The only thing stopping me from owning an electric vehicle is that I do not have a garage that I can use to charge overnight. Regardless of that, I still wouldn't have an EV as my only vehicle because there are times where I need to go and can't wait for the batteries. As a secondary vehicle, an EV is a primary choice if you have a garage. Without a garage, it is just a huge time sink.

Ummm, is this a trick question? Because you can buy a gas powered car from 20 years ago that was built reliably. Nothing today is reliable; gas or electric. Corners are cut in the pursuit of profits. Yes, that was true 20 years ago too; however, as long as you avoided American made vehicles, you had a reasonable shot at quality. Today, American style leadership is prevalent across all western industries. There is no chance at buying anything new at high quality.

LOL, in America, we are lucky to get sidewalks and busses that may/might pick you up from a bus stop with a homeless person monopolizing the bench and saying crude things to your daughter. Infrastructure is not something we do over here anymore. All of it is over 50 years old and barely maintained. We have had interstate highway overpasses collapse without warning while people were using it.

I have two cars that I use regularly. The newest is 21 years old. They have been reliable and performant, but the best part about them in relation to electric vehicles is that I can fully recharge them in under 5 minutes and I get the same performance envelope throughout the usage of the stored energy. In other words, I get the same performance regardless of the amount of "charge" that is stored.

If I had a garage, I would 100% own an electric car. I already own electric scooters and electric unicycles. I am very familiar with how batteries work. I am willing to take on the reduced performance as the charge level drops. I am not willing to be stuck somewhere for several hours while I wait to be able to move again.

Another person with a garage telling everybody else what they should want. Does it hurt to be that stupid? Wait, you have never correlated the pain with the actions, so you can't really answer that question. It is easy to spend other people's time in a profligate manner; after all, their time is worthless. They can sit at a restaurant and watch a movie every time they need to charge their vehicle. Why does anyone avoid EVs when their time doesn't matter to you? It must be so incomprehensible to you why people make choices that are different than your own.

The only people available to vote for are politicians who have already pledged their loyalty to the party. Voting for John over Amy isn't going to change a single thing; although it may change the flavor somewhat.

More like zero and one in common. As much as "tech" has "advanced" it is all still moving ones and zeroes around. The basics are still as valid as ever, you just do not need to deal with them directly most of the time.