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Comment Re:Look the other way: What's being done to him? (Score 1) 57

there's been all kinds of speculation.
some have been saying that his recent lucidity is either that he's being pumped full of the same drugs used to rejuvenate Sleepy Joe or that this is something seen in in ailing elderly people just before their final sunset.
i despise the man but i don't wish him dead. i do want to see things turn around, that the harm & gutting he's caused undone but that will take a long time, if ever

Comment Re:And republicans... (Score 1) 43

"his (Carter) turning our relations w/Iran from a close alliance to a geopolitical crisis"
WTF are you talking about? Iran was essentially a vassal state after the CIA/MI6 coup that reinstated Pahlavi as an absolute monarch, one of America's demonstrations of the staunch commitments to democracy.
He fucked it up and was ousted again, permanently.
Despite the takeover by a bunch of towelhead fanatics, the oil kept flowing until a narcissistic asshat with more brains in his cankles than between his ears tore up a working, verified agreement out of spite.

That said, I think it was stupid of Iran to have pivoted back to attempting weapons grade enrichment.
They should have kept the deal anyway, asked for Euro inspections and for assistance in advancing a civilian-only nuclear program

Comment Re: If they can't figure out EV (Score 1) 157

very high probability that will be deferred as already has been happening in some countries.
automakers are in a room with the walls closing in on all sides - shrinking base of younger people, many of whom can't afford a new car, best customers are retirement age or older, pension payouts growing significantly every year, shifting to EV costing billions, etc.

Comment Re: If they can't figure out EV (Score 1) 157

Neither you nor i are representative of the whole world.
I spent most of my life using primarily public transit.
That wouldn't work for you but it does for billions of people.
In some places small cars, scooters & bikes are more commonplace. That doesn't make pickups & SUVs useless elsewhere.
I've been hearing about how impractical EVs are since the Nissan Leaf shipped.
Since then nearly 20 million EVs has been sold worldwide.
While it's still a small fraction of the total passenger fleet, it's growing significantly every year and within 2 decades they should outnumber ICE.

Comment Re: If they can't figure out EV (Score 1) 157

how far are they going when they leave?
in any case once they get outside the city they live in there are plenty of high speed charging stations.
that said, i've been hearing for years that most of the charging networks - except for Tesla - don't do a very good job of maintenance so that's a concern that has to be addressed

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