Comment Re:Woke BS for the masses (Score 1) 202
The arsehole has spoken and its just shit
Comment Re:Fingers crossed for no more blackouts (Score 1) 202
Yes, but not due to renewables or batteries .
Final report into Spanish blackout points to drastic governance failures
Comment Re:pay for the environment (Score 1) 202
"Nobody is going to pay or credit you when the value of electricity becomes negative" - here in the UK, one utility used to give you free electricity when it went negative, they've got a different offer now but you still benefit.
Comment Re: pay for the environment (Score 1) 202
Battery prices are dropping all the time. Get one, join a VPP and you push any spare electrons back to the grid in the evening
Comment Re:Air Conditioners save lives (Score 1) 194
They should install insulation anyway. It works for heat and cold keeping the building at a more constant temperature
Comment Re: Used EVs will provide rich pickings for some y (Score 1) 143
That is why they say the battery will outlast the car
Comment Re: Oops (Score 1) 175
It's a Union of Sovereign countries, the clue is in the name.
Comment Re:And this is how they miss their $30k price poin (Score 1) 103
S/heat/gear/ damn autocorrect
Comment Re:And this is how they miss their $30k price poin (Score 1) 103
What the fuck are you talking about. I get in my EV, put my foot on the brake, put in heat and drive. No old school tech like turning a key and hoping it will turn over and start. I can get going while you are still turning the key
Comment Re:Then explain the layoffs (Score 1) 251
Possibly the skills of the layoffs are not required in the areas where there is a shortage
Comment Re:between 165k and 222k usd? (Score 1) 49
Indeed, this MCS seems a very niche option, maybe not for USA where they don't seem to have any rules enforced about driver safety and them having a rest. Tobias also has a English version of the channel but he's stopped uploading to it
Comment Re:We have been doing this all along... (Score 1) 83
Farmers should vote with their wallet and start buying other manufacturers, like JCB/Fendt machinery, which already allows the farmer right to repair.
Comment Re:Battery replacement is largely a lie (Score 1) 110
You may find its just one cell or module causing a drop, they can be replaced fairly cheaply compared to a full replacement
Comment Re:EU not as different as press suggests (Score 3, Insightful) 200
China population:- 1,412,914,089
USA population:- 349,035,494
So China is just over 4 times the size of USA
China emissions:- 13,124,727,993
USA emissions:- 4,632,164,876
That makes China's emissions just below 3 times as bad - so who is really the more polluting especially when China is making all the stuff Westerners buy?
USA population:- 349,035,494
So China is just over 4 times the size of USA
China emissions:- 13,124,727,993
USA emissions:- 4,632,164,876
That makes China's emissions just below 3 times as bad - so who is really the more polluting especially when China is making all the stuff Westerners buy?