It is worse than nothing. If you believe that a government of unelected bureaucrats are better at parenting your children than you are...
I think that it's been proven more then sufficiently. We even have "parents" sitting their months old babies in front of a tablet for hours a day.
Microsoft is above the law, as they've proven countless times already.
That's how Eddie Lampert bought KMart and Sears.
China isn't using the solar panels domestically. They're exporting them to Western nations that are foolish enough to waste money on these mostly ineffective means of power production. What does non-woke China use? COAL! That's right, the country that has no concerns about green energy or green anything other than money is burning more coal than ever.
But seriously, nuclear power is the way to go, with modularized reactors that can be brought up and running within a few years not decades like the older plants.
Solar and wind farms are a scam that would not exist without massive subsidies. Were this not the case, every new data center would feature lots of wind and solar on their massive roofs, yet they mostly have no interest in that. Do they not like saving money or something?
The big tell is that the sponsors of these laws are "progressive" states, which absolutely never have the best interests of the common person at heart. This is an eventual ban on tool ownership disguised as a right to repair law.
Just one more tax, bro! One more tax will finally fix everything.
You think other OSs are safe? No. https://www.theregister.com/20...
Arch Linux only gets stuff I choose to install installed on it.
Climate Change is no longer a concern, now that the technocrats need a shit ton of electricity.
The question is whether you have enough power. I know I have a breakout box in my garage with one 30A circuit free.. but it's a two car garage and more cars park in the driveway.
You can install a NEMA 14-30 outlet on that spare circuit and use the portable charger that comes with the car. You'll get 24A continuous output so you can charge at almost 6kW. If you move, take the portable charger and your're only out the cost of the plug and a few feet of wire.
I'm only on a 40A circuit (dedicated wall charger) and can charge from empty overnight. Unless you have a shitoad of EVs all running 300 miles every day, you'll be just fine.
DC "fast" charging exists, but it has limitations. It's electronic payment only.
If you can afford an EV, you have a credit card.
Cars without a garage need to be preconditioned before charging.
Garaged or not, batteries still need to be preconditioned before fast charging at high kW rates.
And the numbers don't work out for relying solely on fast charging anyway. DC fast charging is not cheaper than gas even at current prices in my neck of the woods if you have a reasonabe (35-40mpg) car. Especially in very cold weather. I've run the numbers for my current electric rates. Add to that, fast charging costs are rising faster than gas prices. Given that my state screws us over for registration on an EV and insurance is higher, the cost equation is even worse if you rely on DC fast charging.
However... I recently took a 130 mile trip charging exclusively from home and, with the data from the trip, calculated that I would have to get 163 MPG on an ICE car to match the costs at current gas prices and electricity rates. If you charge at home, it's still cheaper. If you have to fast charge, it's questionable at best.
The big question now is how long until the Feds start adding a "fuel tax" to fast chargers?
Does anybody believe this?
You don't remember this?
Modern UK subjects (not citizens) just bend over and take it up the ass whenever the government wants to ban or restrict something. So do the people of the politically Blue parts of America. Covid was a great example of this.
All power corrupts, but we need electricity.
