Charging on the road is actually more expensive than buying gasoline. Charging at home is MUCH cheaper and most of the charging gets done at home.

But the real issues are rentals, condos, and work. The lack of charging at these sites is an issue.

If your apartment/condo has parking spots, some should have electrical chargers and the price should be at cost, not a profit center for the apartment/condo. Same for work places.

This needs to be a law, otherwise bad landlords/condos/offices will try to make a profit here, thinking they are offering a 'service' and should be compensated. They are not offering a service unless the locations are open to the public.

The worst nuclear power plant disaster - Chernobyl - is NOT a disaster even 40 years later. The wildlife around it is thriving because while the radioactivity is dangerous and deadly, it is less so than the humans used to be.

Even now, with Russia bombing it to kingdom come, Russian bullets are killing more humans than Chernobyl radioactivity.

The highest body count from nuclear power plants is from nuclear bombs whose fissionable materials were created in nuclear power plants.

Burning coal releases radioactive thorium, maddening mercury and stupefying lead.

Any logical person would replace all coal power plants with nuclear ones.

Solar and wind have a max desirable amount. You do not want more than 25% in either of those intermittent sources because then you end up spending more on batteries than you do on power plants and distribution.

Hydro is the best of the green energies because it is more consistent and predictable. The countries that have more than 80% renewables do it with at least 30% hydro or geothermal. You can max out those two without concern.

Nuclear has less of an effect on the environment than Hydro (because you need to flood lands that were not deserts because they were close to water). Coal causes more deaths from radioactivity than Nuclear does. (Because coal includes some radioactive material in it that goes up in smoke). The only exception is if you were a soviet designer that insisted your plant in Ukraine did not need the same safety precautions they used in the West.

If Germany wants to get better they need to man up, ignore the scaredy cats terrified of nuclear radiation and end the Coal based radiation by shutting down the coal plants. If they did that, they could make themselves a green country.

But people are stupid and think nuclear = radioactive death and coal = smelly air, rather than coal = radioactive death AND Climate Change AND smelly air.

1) Is this a major focus of Chinese spies?
1a) Yes. They love to scare their ex-citizens. They threaten anyone they think is 'important', especially if they speak out about China because they think their reputation is valuable. Which is a joke. China is part of the 'face' cultures - they care more about what people say publicly than think privately so spend an inordinate amount of time shutting people up publicly even though their real reputation is worthless among anyone that does not fall for stupid propaganda.

2) Was he corrupt?
2a) Yes. He had assets seized. A Chinese general cannot legally obtain assets worth seizing. That is like asking an American that owns a car if he ever broke the speed limit. He might have only done it by 1 mph, but he definitely did. The real question is was he more corrupt than other generals - and that we do not know.

3) Could the US stop this?
3a) Yes. It is not that hard to figure out who is doing this. The Chinese operatives are rather slipshod. They get away with crap because the US does not care. We spend more money on arresting hispanic citizens of the US than stopping this crap. This article came from Midland, Texas. I've driven through there on the way to El Paso. If he did not bring a wife and/or children with him, then he is there for nefarious purposes.

4) Should we stop this?
4a) He gave us nothing. Probably because he knew nothing we did not already know. Is China planning on invading Taiwan? Yes. Have they set a date? No. Are they building massive numbers of ship? Yes. Are they small ships less effective than ours? Yes. Do they have missiles? Yes. Are they good missiles? He does not really know - people below him probably lied. Do they have drones? Yes. Are they cheaper and not quite as good as ours? Yes. etc. etc.

In my lifetime you could open a bank account with just a name, ditto for renting an apartment, and pay for everything in cash.

This guy is screwed unless he's only a guest of a patron.

Crime was lower and people were more responsible back then too.

All this control grid surveillance still hasn't caught the Building 7 people.

Maybe it's possible to decide a course of action was a bad idea and reverse it?

I wish I could say I'm surprised.

However, this has been a consistent pattern that goes back to the 1930s and I wouldn't raise an eyebrow if you corected that to the 1830s. Companies know that you make the most money by selling to both sides.

That's not even vaguely what I said, so it's unclear if this is some kind of language issue or the result of a disability, but I'm just feeling worse and worse for you. You somehow believe the cold war was about communism?

I'd say Microsoft won that war, and everyone else lost.

I like them too, family even is an antique book dealer. But.. I am allergic to a lot of old books. And now I need bigger print and more interested in new books with option to find old ones. So even though it has drawbacks, my kindle PaperWhite has some killer features: big text, instant purchase, and kindle unlimited. Big e-ink tablet (Daylight Computer DC-1) is also useful. The AI feature? Haven't seen it yet but people who buy cliff notes or my family member who had to give a talk about a difficult book to a book club recently could make use of the feature.

Cause if I were an AI company I would do my ratings like this:

Nazi
Maga
Very Conservative
Moderately Conservative

Then tell him that the following were possibilities:

Liberal
Woke
Communist

Even though not a single AI got that those ratings.

Wow, I had no idea you were dumb enough to fall for the Red Scare.

> Apple builds the handset, the OS and the store

Remember, when iPhone came out there was no App Store.

That was a separate business that came later, competition was prohibited, and by prohibiting competition rents were extracted.

This is called "illegal tying" in the law.

They're gonna install malware on your device but heaven forbid your website sets the wrong cookie, then they're fining you 6% of annual revenue.

When did East Germany win?

This has the same feeling as, "if you don't like the laws then get out of the country!" How about a compromise? We get rid of the tax and you go fuck yourself?

Why is it so difficult for some people to break out of those false dichotomies? If you're playing Monopoly at a friends house and they say, "these are the house rules; If you don't like them, you don't have to play," you still have another option - change the rules! They (almost certainly) have changed the standard rules already, just as Apple made up these rules, so the rules are provably malleable. And now there are more of us in their house than their family has in the house (eg. more Apple customers than there are Apple employees and shareholders), so how about we work this out?

They did not mention the German equivelent of a warrant.

Cant he police do this at will? (as in, no one checking to see if the officer is doing it to his ex-wife?) Or do they require a Judge's permission (aka search warrant)

Anyone know the answer?

Without a warrant, this seems like an obviously bad idea. Cops should care more about guilt then they should care about protecting the innocent. But judges should be the other way around.