Am I the only one that is completely tired of AI?

I think we will have this by the time 2035 rolls around. If not then they can always delay the deadline. Government sets priorities to try and motivate society to get moving in the right direction. In this case they did their job.

Amazon had an app store?

GM came up with the "skateboard" chassis almost two decades ago, and most EV manufacturers use something similar. The problem with a skateboard chassis is that its so integrated into the vehicle that minor accidents can render the battery unserviceable, thus "totaling" the car. Car and Driver wrote a report on this back in January, titled, "Tesla EVs, Even Mildly Damaged, Are Being Written Off by Insurance Companies." This really this needs to be factored into the calculations when determining the carbon footprint. Telsa announced in 2020 that they will begin integrating the battery right into the structure of the vehicle, so there is no end in sight to this problem, and in fact it sounds like they are moving in the opposite direction. The design decision makes perfect sense; One of the primary metrics by which they sell cars is its range. The skateboard design is a compensation for lack of capacity and poor charging rates. Hopefully battery technology progresses rapidly, so that vehicle serviceability can become a higher priority in vehicle design Bottom line is that this needs to be factored into the calculations when determining the carbon footprint.

When in doubt, blame a liberal.

I'm not sure why you're so upset by being given alternatives. Isn't a larger ecosystem better?

Increasing the cost of power plants run by fossil fuel power will help the nuclear industry be more competitive. Perhaps it will give small modular nuclear reactors a fighting chance.

Now someone has to step up to the plate and make sodium batteries at scale...

Now you can have your EV and eat it too.

This isn't the way cyber warfare works. Sorry folks, this is just FBI propaganda. In real life, malware is far more insidious than this. For one, how does the FBI know what it doesn't know? For all they know, the FBI hit a honeypot, designed to identify FBI computers and personnel.

Anybody else still bitter at MTV Entertainment Studios for turning MTV into a reality-tv station?

We've been conditioned to think we can solve the worlds problems by purchasing yet more stuff, but the reality is that we need to begin the process of reducing consumption through; (1) buying less stuff, and (2) building stuff that lasts longer, so we don't need to replace it as often. The consequence of buying all this stuff is that we have to process it at end of life, and none of this is pretty.

They are not cheap and they are not easy to recycle, and they require massive amounts of energy to manufacture.

I think a battery has to last more than 5 years, otherwise it solves nothing

You're always free to leave if you don't like your country.