Lol, like the UCS is the only analysis on the subject.

The rare earth point is mostly overstated - batteries don’t use much in terms of rare earths, and many of them are nearly 100% recyclable. UCS has a good explainer: https://blog.ucsusa.org/josh-goldman/electric-vehicles-batteries-cobalt-and-rare-earth-metals

It doesn’t matter what gasoline infrastructure cost - the electrical grid has basically universal coverage in nearly every developed country. Any alternative to BEVs has to compete with that. Building charging stations in houses (or apartments, or street-side - enough people live in houses for now to get adoption…

There are 350kw stations even, here in Europe, not run by Tesla. The high speed charging tech is getting rolled out everywhere.

They could make a lot more bucks by spending development money on things like Audi instead. Volume matters far more than cachet.

They can make it meet emissions, it will just be expensive to do so. If you’re VW, that money could be better spent on developing engines for far higher volume vehicles.

You don’t have to take hours-long pit stops - current 250kw chargers can get a nearly empty Model 3 or equivalent to 90% in under 40 minutes and 50% in under 15.

Yes, they include lifecycle emissions. It’s a bit of crazy suggestion that professional analysts in the field have simply forgotten about things like carbon budgets. Nobody thinks that BEVs are a perfect solution at the moment, but their lifecycle emissions are far lower than ICEs, even at present energy density. As…

And yes, despite the high eneryg costs of producing the gas: it’s easier to have one huge H”-producing plant than thousands upon thousands of recharge stations

So I work in energy policy, and have yet to encounter a single analyst who thinks hydrogen will have a larger role than BEVs. Maybe for very sector-specific things like trucking, but the overall picture for hydrogen has so many serious obstacles and very few plausible solutions for them.

There’s nothing about it on the site, but Splinter was shut down and all the writers laid off. 

In principle my ISP has a 1TB cap, but you can log in to their website and add 250GB to it for free if you go over. I’ve exceeded 1TB before and never had them cut me off or charge, so I’m not sure if they actually care.

The asshat would be the one repeatedly returning to the comments to complain about the writers. Piss off if you find their style so objectionable.

Lol what’s that argument fallacy where someone generalizes a point so far tto argue against something that’s not there?

Apparently they’re a blog that isn’t really a blog but more an opinionated reporting platform

You can go a lot further at 30 mph. Hills don’t make you sweaty and exhausted.

They park them on sidewalks here, but nobody puts them directly in front of doors.

Superdelegates have never decided a nomination, and they won’t this time either.

Here in Europe you can buy an NIU electric scooter with about 100km range for 2200 EUR. It’s the size and speed of a 50cc, but for a very short commute that’s fine. Also can park it on the sidewalk.

Fundraising has a higher impact on House races than presidential primaries - House races have much lower spending totals and the candidates are often unknown. A smaller amount of spending goes further.