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  4. · Edited by gowlerk

    44 minutes ago, kallend said:

    So you don't have any ideas and resoort to bluster instead,  Taking lessons from Slim?

    What are you talking about? Your OP didn't have a real idea. It was nearly the definition of "bluster". It merely contained a nostalgic reference to the past power of your beloved England who's days of greatness have been over for close to 80 years. Which is why you are in Chicagoland and not London. If you have a real idea that does not involve reliving the days of sail and a Queen who died 120 years ago maybe you would begin to be relevant. 

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  5. 2 minutes ago, normiss said:

    In January 2024, Volkswagen announced that test results of a prototype solid-state battery retained 95% of its capacity after driving 500,000 km.

    I've been looking at articles about it. Sounds promising but all the companies talking about it are saying production in a few years. Which to me means that they haven't really worked out practical processes to make them yet.

  6. 4 minutes ago, olofscience said:

    "Estimates of the temperature of the Northern Hemisphere more broadly during the Roman Warm Period put average temperatures more around the average temperature of the period between 1960-1990 (e.g., Ljungqvist 2010), so significantly warmer than the periods before and after it, but still cooler than today and less consistently warm than the last few decades (e.g., Luterbacher et al, 2016)."

     

    Then we have: "Not even going to break the top five" - Brenthutch, early 2023

    The "Roman Warm Period" was a regional, not global event. It did not result in glaciers disappearing around the world and sea level rise. Citing it here is just another "Red Herring". And I'm sure that if BH is posting this nonsense it merely means that it is the currently circulating talking point on the denier web world circuit.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Warm_Period

  7. 35 minutes ago, normiss said:

    Toyota must have heard the Brenting:

    Last year, Toyota and oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan, said they would tie up to develop and mass produce all-solid-state batteries, which they aim to commercialize in 2027 and 2028, followed by full-scale mass production.

    "We will be rolling out our electric vehicles with solid state batteries in a couple of years from now," said Vikram Gulati, the India head of Toyota Kirloskar Motor. It "will be a vehicle which will be charging in 10 minutes, giving a range of 1,200 kms (750 miles) and life expectancy will be very good".

    Calling billvon, what is a "solid state battery" and is there any possibility of this happening on the stated timetable?

    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/toyota-roll-out-solid-state-battery-evs-couple-years-india-executive-says-2024-01-11/#:~:text="We will be rolling out,expectancy will be very good".

  8. 4 minutes ago, olofscience said:

    Government incentives only make the momentum faster, and we need it - 2023 just broke all records as the hottest year in history.

    Yes, I agree. But that is a different argument and a more honest one.

  9. 2 minutes ago, olofscience said:

    I think it's already being earned - again, not everyone like you does 1000+ mile road trips.

    The government funded rebates and multi-billion dollar subsidies to build out charging systems don't exist and are not a factor?

  10. 39 minutes ago, olofscience said:

    The first steam ships were much slower than the sailing ships of the day. They were only good for riverboats. The Brents of the day believed that sailing ships would never be replaced with anything better.

    In defense of Brent and the general dodging of the uncomfortable truth nearly completely ignored here, the fact is that steamships did not advance because governments promoted them. The technology was not subsidized. Today we have good reason to spend money from the public purse and form policies that give EVs an advantage not yet earned in the marketplace. EVs are not ready for prime time but we need them anyway. It is wrong to ignore that fact instead of facing it square on when confronting opposition.

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  11. 43 minutes ago, jakee said:

    Since we both know the Trump-stacked Supreme Court is the only thing that can stop Trump being the nominee, you should be spending your time convincing your fellow non-Maga righties to vote for Biden. 

    The problem with that is even if they don't like Trump much it does not mean they are non-MAGA. Much of the stuff I see quoted from him is very MAGA.

  12. 2 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

    Apparently you wouldn’t. For others thinking through how a competitor will solve a problem is a way of being successful. In this situation wouldn’t faster charging, lighter, longer range and cheaper batteries solve a lot of the problems? Can you imagine that as a possibility?

    There you go again with your lefty liberal fantasy dreamland.

  13. I saw my first ever Cybertruck on the road yesterday. On an Interstate in North Dakota of all places. It was about 0 F out, snowy and the truck was looking kind of ugly covered with winter grime and salt. 

  14. 39 minutes ago, kallend said:

    So you don't have any ideas.

    I'm sure that that the might of HRH Charles 3 would just be laughed at. I'm not against bombing them back to the 5th century where they came from. I'm just not down with the glorification of the English colonial era. 

  16. 13 minutes ago, JoeWeber said:

    Sorry to break the bad news but we still live in a murderous era where a positive state of mind and a nice Hallmark greeting card is often insufficient for the task. Whereas it's often a coin toss whether or not bombing assholes in their homes is a good start for a conversation it should be easily agreed that, in our modern world where innocents 10,000 miles distant might be starved as a consequence, attacking shipping in international waters should be a fine occasion to use up a few hundred old JDAM's.

    Really Joe? I thought we had entered the magical age of Aquarius. 

  17. · Edited by gowlerk

    3 hours ago, kallend said:

    Don't you miss the old days when Queen Victoria's ministers would send a couple of gunboats to deal with unruly natives, and they'd stay dealt with?

    In those days before the Suez Canal the Red Sea was an unimportant pond. I hear it was even easily parted.

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  19. 58 minutes ago, kallend said:

    Don't you miss the old days when Queen Victoria's ministers would send a couple of gunboats to deal with unruly natives, and they'd stay dealt with?

    Not even a little bit do I miss the “glory days” of the murderous colonial era.

  22. 3 hours ago, JoeWeber said:

    And he still can not put any original thought to his claim and tell us what he would do to solve the border "crisis".

    Undocumented immigrants are a crisis. But a warming climate that will drive even more people to move is actually a good 'cause plants need more CO2.

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  23. 5 hours ago, jakee said:

    So you care about stopping Putin and helping Ukraine to the extent that you would be happy to wait until the invasion is a complete success before doing anything about it?

    Defeating those who are hated is more important than helping those who are liked.

  24. · Edited by gowlerk

    In what is at least a small setback Hertz is reducing the EV portion of its rental fleet citing lower than anticipated demand and higher repair costs particularly for collision damage than their ICE vehicles. They are putting 20,000 Tesla model 3s up for sale to focus more on ICEs.

    https://www.motor1.com/news/704244/hertz-reducing-ev-fleet-selling-model3-cheap/

    Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas in a note said the car rental firm's move was a warning across the EV space and it was another sign that EV expectations need to be "reset downward across the market."

    "While consumers enjoy the driving experience and fuel savings (per mile) of an EV, there are other 'hidden' costs to EV ownership," Jonas added.

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hertz-dumping-electric-1.7080774