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Comment Re: If they can't figure out EV (Score 1) 156

It doesn't have to be. Depends hpw we do it.

Your argument seems to be resting on "let's *not* get everybody to where they need to go and drop them somewhere else instead, then we'll have less traffic". It doesn't sound very compelling to me, who happened to have had 45 min public transport from home to job, vs. 7 min car route.

Comment Re: This is how revolutions start (Score 4, Interesting) 146

As Gandhi showed, one could confront and defeat an empire without violence

First, tou'd have to be Gandhi to achieve what Gandhi did. If you, yoursellf, did today everything that Gandhi did back in the early 1900s, all youd'd achieve would be starving in prison.

Second, it wasn't strictly non-violence that brought Gandhi success. The Brits didn't let India go because they thought "gee, what a noble character, this guy deserves success". They did becsuse they feared - rightfully so - massive upheaval, violence, and civil war.

What Gandhi did wasn't just to ask nicely; it was to mount a massive, credible threat of great violence. Kudos to him for knowing how to, and being in the position to, do that without personally throwing a single stone himself.

But the key ingredient of Ganfhi-esque success isn't not throwing stones, it's successfully projecting the threat of violent revolution.

Comment Re: If they can't figure out EV (Score 1) 156

So which is now, spontaneous electrocution or spontaneous fire?

Because most modern Li batteries, in particular LiFePO3 batteries, are largely incombustible. You really need to try hard to ignite them, and even then you're likely to fail if you don't know whatbl you're doing.

Gas on thenother hand...

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