I’ve heard of several instances where only one of the USB ports in a car will actually connect to Auto - sometimes the ones which are visible, sometimes the ones which are squirreled away in center consoles.

Reversible heat pump.

Remember when that building in London melted some guy's Jag?

Apparently it’ll be like weed in DC. You’ll buy slightly overpriced weed, and get some shrooms for free as “social sharing.”

This may just be the legal drugs talking, but we just need, like, batteries, man.

The best indication would be what is being installed in new kitchens - and as of 2019, fewer than 1% of new stoves, and 15% of new built-ins, were induction. Here’s an article which brings up some interesting arguments about potential reasons - good and bad - why induction remains unpopular in the States. I’m looking…

Also acceptable: “...because this must be it.”

Yep, heat pumps are amazing. They’re going to be the perfect answer for milder climates where historically A/C hasn’t been needed, but will soon thanks to global warming.

Bingo. I love heat pumps and batteries, but I am not getting rid of my gas stove. I will install an exterior propane tank like they have in the sticks to keep it.

Why ban gas if you acknowledge that many people prefer it? Just go to the people, explain the costs and benefits, and make sure that electric is either the same price or cheaper.

Now we just need to build enough damn batteries to avoid blackouts...

Heat pumps. I love natural gas and will hook up my own tank to my stove if it’s ever banned, but for home heating, the answer is clearly heat pumps.

Gas stoves are a massive source of indoor air pollution, so swapping them out in new construction will come with public health benefits.

Oh man, that’s amazing! We would always street park in the neighborhood (usually closer to National) and walk into the fairgrounds.

Totally agreed, but that means that we need to mandate Vehicle to Grid. I think only Nissan is offering it at any scale right now.

I'm reserving a spot in my future yard for a Tokamak.

I’m less confident about the grid, although I agree in general that the concern is overblown.

Im a huge ICE fan, but can’t wait to get rid of surface level pollution. I live on a major street that’s also on a relatively steep hill, so my quality of life will go way up when an ICE rumble is replaced with an electric hum...

If carbon savings were the only factor, then yeah, there’s probably some urgency to all of this. Even if not, greening our energy supply makes all of this easier because it’ll suddenly become worth it to do less energy efficient but more carbon efficient manufacturing.

I agree, but I do think that there is a lot of pressure behind how that choice is made.