As a European engineering manager this is great for us Just our company has >10 offshore wind projects happening at the moment. Labour is insanely tight so we don't need any more labour competition!!!

It will be interesting in a decade as refurbishing batteries via aftermarket repair shops becomes more common. As the vehicles themselves are mechanically simple i suspect you will start to see some very high mileage EVs on the road.

Makes me think of the Stewart Lee comedy sketch regarding immigrants.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

I always assume these types of replies must be Russian bots as surely no one is that deranged.

This is how we end up with lots of grey goo

Exactly scalper is a symptom that the artist needs to either charge more, or have more dates in their tour. Otherwise if you don't want to charge more or add dates, only fair way to do it is a ticket lottery (similar to what events that have high demand but want to support all members of society do i.e. Wimbledon Tennis Tournament runs a lottery to support regular tennis fans, and then corporate boxes for the rich.).

With children its awful, as it totally alienates them from a sense of community. I remember drinking with an bloke who grew up as an army brat and he told me he didn't feel like he fitted in anywhere. Kids need stability.

In France they allow you to spread your tax allowances across your wife and children, and it seems to work to some degree helping fund a young family.

Pretty much all the manufacturers who use the bosch motor / battery system meet this requirement. There are loads of brands using this and they work fine with sturdy racks and panniers. Most aren't the most attractive bike though and just a normal frame design.

Probably the only thing missing is integrated anti-theft measures.

>80% and 95%

They need to keep raising the price of the toll until they reach the desired capacity. Where i live they did something similar for parking setting the Fee high enough that the average capacity at peak times was >80 95%. What this means is that you can always find a spot if you really want one, but it pushes a lot of people onto trains and buses.

The abundance of elements in the universe is clear and they are there for the taking we just need to work out efficient processes that turn space rocks into raw materials; solids, liquids, gases, to create environments that we need to survive and flourish.

At some point we will have enough knowledge that we can automate these processes and set machines to work to hollow out asteroids and create structures in space. Its just a matter of knowledge, time and experience.

I dream of a far off future where our knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology and computing all fuse together to create artificial environments that are more lush and beautiful than anything our ancestors could have dreamed.

Abundance of elements:
1 Hydrogen 739,000
2 Helium 240,000
8 Oxygen 10,400
6 Carbon 4,600
10 Neon 1,340
26 Iron 1,090
7 Nitrogen 960
14 Silicon 650
12 Magnesium 580
16 Sulfur 440

If you work in consulting then you will know that it takes more than just consultants to pull contracts. We have a mix of admin that are ex military, academics and especially humanities. In Europe studying a humanities degree doesnâ(TM)t just show your intelligence but it a class thing too and likely shows you are a public school kid. They are the best for scoring big contracts as they have the soft skills to pitch it. Meanwhile us lowly consultants crack on and smash out the real consultancy work.

I donâ(TM)t know how it is in the USA but in Europe at least having these degrees likely indicates you are rich and conservative.

The regulations once they get the go ahead arenâ(TM)t any strickter than they would be under a no regulations scenario anyways. Basically these projects couldnâ(TM)t get insurance without meeting extremely high standards. The upside of regulation is it can be studied and improved and is accessible to non experts too.

Yep marketing gobbledygook gook. Funnily enough a few of their competitors have build repairable and upgrade able products. Bang and Olfsun comes to mind.