The surveillance state is ever so convenient. Would you like a DNA sample, too?

Big pickups are not restricted by EPA mileage requirements. People that buy them just want a sizeable and powerful pickup and don't care about mileage. They expect the feds to keep gas under $3/gallon.

Once battery plants are running in the USA the outlook will improve. Costs will be lower and old NMC chemistries will be replaced. First LFP and later sodium, LMR, and eventually solid state batteries will dramatically change the EV landscape. The USA is a few years behind the state of the art so basing trends on currently available EVs misses the point.

The marginal costs of adding AI and bitcoin to the grid are significantly higher than the average cost. Data centers want to spread their high marginal cost out by raising the average rate. It is totally fair for them to pay at least the marginal cost if not to require them to build their own green power source. It's also fair to raise rates only for commercial customers or just ban them if commerce does not want to take the hit.

Windows can be run in a VM on Linux. Let VMware provide your security and continue to use WIn10 or Win7. VMware Workstation Pro is free for personal use.

This explains what is going on with the President.

If you don't want USPS mail just opt out and don't worry about everyone else.

So far all EV fires have been in NMC batteries combined with poor battery management. Hybrids catch fire more than EVs for the same reason. eBikes built by armatures are notorious for NMC fires. LFP batteries solve the fire problem and cost less.

Generalizing fire safety to all EVs is FUD. The experience in the USA is negative since to date there are very few EVs with LFP batteries. NMC batteries use old technology and will go away as better chemistries go into production.

Even if hydrogen was affordable, cars would be the worst way to utilize it. Railroads would be more sutable. After natural hydrogen extraction comes online it might be feasible. For cars, EVs are by far the best technology going forward.

Economists are paid for by the wealthy. Their job is to say and do things to perpetuate wealth. They almost never relate to issues in a way that helps the rest of us. This makes them biased and unreliable academics as well.

Why I bought a Mazda: Not touch screen, no turbo, a real timing chain (not a rubberband), a geared transmission (not a rubberband). All this results in high reliability and low maintenance.

The nuke plant provide about 25 times the power. Depending on how you do the accounting it is conservatively 40 to 50 times the cost.

Despite the political road blocks green energy projects are expanding. It's not just green, but is also by far the cheapest and fastest way to bring new power online. It's interesting to see how fast it is growing in red states. It's bringing jobs to those areas as well.

We've passed the point of no return. From here all we can do is slow it down a little. So far little has happened worldwide. In the USA we are excited to amp it up. Pointless AI and Bitcoin data centers are making it worse. Nice job running things billionaires.

Low IQ people making bad decisions impact themselves. High IQ people may make good decisions for themselves, but screw over many. Unfortunately we let psycho billionaires run every country and corporation. They are not just worthless, but are dangerous.