Comment Re:Defy FUD, Meet Expectations (Score 1) 110
An owner should be incapable of any "charging method" that causes failure.
Next: "my EV doesn't allow me the freedom to deep discharge!"
Comment Re:If this were true... (Score 2) 110
The Leaf had notoriously poor battery management.
Comment Re:US senators ae shiteaters who swallow (Score 1) 131
Even if the UK said yes, if Ireland said no it'd have had to have slowed down or gone over Conrwall. Lots of letters in green ink from retired colonels with holiday homes.
Comment Re:Cost (Score 1) 131
Small, old fleet: high maintenance cost. Lost of fuel: high fuel cost. Result: high ticket price even before any premium margin.
Comment Poor Name Choice (Score 1) 131
If you are looking to promote quiet supersonic travel I'm not sure having boom in the name inspires confidence. "Shhh Supersonic" might work better, and they can have that for free.
Comment Re:"Risking health of billions" an overstatement (Score 1) 66
Most individual studies will already have controlled (since controls are normal in science) for those confounding variables.
Comment Re:"Risking health of billions" an overstatement (Score 1) 66
Does it? I'd hope so, and that they're comparing the same varieties of crops. I couldn't follow the paper well enough to tell if they filtered studies based on how well they controlled for those confounding factors.
Metastudies almost universally weight the component studies based on quality. A study that does not control for confounding effects will have a low weight. HTH.
Comment Re: Confounding Factors in Play (Score 1) 66
No, metastudies have been shown time and time again to produce high quality results.
They're great for encouraging and pushing for funding to perform other specific detailed studies.
Not their purpose.
But results from metastudies should not generally be used to influence outside of further scientific study.
Have you ever worked as a scientist?
Comment Re: Actually, Bayer(Monsanto) is to blame (Score 1) 66
The study repeats the conclusions of multiple other studies, some of which have been individually reported here. How is this paper broken?
Comment Re:The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Charging stations at apartment blocks will appear. There's a chicken-and-egg issue for sure, but it's not exactly beyond the whit of man to put them in parking lots as they seem to manage it in the UK in all sorts of places.
Comment Re:The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
No, public transport does not necessarily require having everyone packed together. It can help, but it's not a requirement.
Comment Re:The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Why can't small cities use light rail? Is there a law against it? Rural areas are a challenge, but some service is possible. In the UK there are buses but also buses that will modify their routes to come to you, although it requires planning.
Comment Re: The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Why on earth couldn't you stop? Gas pedal stuck?
Comment Re: The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
In any sane country, truck drivers are not legally allowed to drive 8 hours straight. Most of Europe requires a 45 minute break every 4.5 hours of travel precisely to ensure safety. You might consider doing the same because if you do crash and kill something you can end up going to prison if you've driven without due care because you are too tired.
Comment Re: The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Sales of EVs are increasing.
