>>It is assumed that the solar-battery home installation is completely free. This is a huge cost that is completely absent from the analysis.

This statement is completely false. The article actually goes into great detail on the costs of the solar-off-grid (SOG) charging system and includes SOG costs in the total cost of ownership calculations.

"The SOG CAPEX consists of four hard-cost components, the solar PV panel, inverter, stationary lithium-ion battery and balance of system (BOS), and one soft-cost component, installation. Each hard-cost component is sized to the application-specific use case in the SOG sizing optimization model (details below). "

Audio formats seem to have a thriving nostalgia market where vinyl, CDs and even cassettes have seen a resurgence of both new players and new media being produced. I guess there is no equivalent in the video market.

Obama somehow managed to deport more people than Trump without turning cities into warzones and murdering citizens. I guess it's just one more thing that Obama was better at than Trump.

Recycling was a lot easier when RAM was on SIMMs and DIMMS (and socketed DIPs for the old-timers).

Trump's physical and mental health degrades every day. If he doesn't drop dead of a stroke in a few months he'll be impeached and removed from office after the midterms. The best strategy is to stand up to him now and delay making any agreements with the USA until his replacement takes over.

How does that argument not also apply to gas stations in the middle of nowhere?

Yes we've all seen "Ice Road Truckers" on TV. No one is suggesting that those or other vehicles in remote communities be replaced by EVs (unless there is a major advance in technology). Saying we can move to 90% EVs because of the 2% of niche case that can't use EVs is a disingenuous argument.

If someone was offended enough by it to launch a cyberattack, then it very likely DID have an effect. It is very difficult to spread any kind of message in China that is not explicitly approved by the government. If the author (who charges nothing for this software) wants to use his small bit of influence to get a message out, that's his right. If you don't like it, that's your right too. You're free to use any software you wish.

I don't think your argument holds up, in fact the opposite is more likely. The Black Death killed 50 million people including half the population of Europe in the mid 1300s. Less than 50 years latter the renaissance brought great advances in science, art, philosophy, education, etc. This was not a coincidence.

Because America's privatized, for-profit healthcare system allows for way bigger price markups than the rest of the world's responsibly managed public healthcare systems.

You must be mistaken. Belarus is ruled by such a great guy that Trump invited him to join his “Board of Peace” for Gaza governance.

"There is a risk of a correction, a market correction, if expectations about AI gains in productivity and profitability are not realised,"

So if the economy isn't destroyed by AI taking everyone's job, it will be destroyed by AI NOT taking everyone's job.

The mockery is (hopefully) aimed at the quacks who try to profit off the desperation of people with no other options and not those who are deceived by them.

Credit card companies base their rates on the risk that you will default. If you are too risky and they can't raise the rates, they'll just drop you and cancel your card.
Alternatives include "payday loans" (which can have APRs of around 400%) and of course your friendly neighborhood loan shark. And I'm sure the silicon valley oligarchs are ready to go with some kind of fintech crypto-usury scam.

Quite sure. A simplified example: If there are 9 people in the US, and their incomes are $2, $4, $5, $5, $5, $9, $12, $28 and $100, the median income is $5 (the middle value in the ordered list) and the mean is $18.89. It doesn't take very many billionaires to push the mean higher than the median.