Free(ish) samples is a tried and true practice

If your retirement income (i.e. not from working) is six figures, and you’re expenses are 2/3rds of that. It’s pretty self funding forever.

Higher oil prices make expensive drilling sites economically practical.

One new thing that does need to be dealt with is....air conditioned cables.

it is there though. For an around town car, charging at night at home*even* on 110v is basically doable.

ICEs are only viable if you allow them to emit CO2 without cost. EVs are actually marginally better at that even when powered by coal plants.

50% of US oil pipelines are *unused* right now.

you cant blame dems for the higher gas prices in general, but specifically not for this move

Taking those trips in your ICE car isn’t free - hundreds of dollars in depreciation cost for each trip. Renting makes the costs perhaps more visible, but it’s not even mostly added expense.

an EV powered by coal plants is basically no worse than an ICE gas car. Actually cleaner by a small margin, but basically a wash.

We are there. The *vast* majority of people drive less than 30 miles a day.

As for lasting longer, it’s far less complicated. That absolutely will translate to longer life. No water pump, no oil pump, no transmission, no timing belt, etc

You have an expensive depreciating asset. Renting someone else’s asset for the heavy depreciation is basic economics. As is paying 80% less for ‘fuel’ for the other 350 days of the year.

Well they do, but they should rent an ICE car for that purpose for the 5x a year it might be necessary.

It can also provide 100km driving range on just a six-minute charge.

Sanctions will not change the Ukrainian outcome in the short term. Long term, they hopefully lead to regime change in Russia.

Apples v oranges. Global macro scale trade isn’t the same as cross physical border stuff.  And I’d bet more than a few degrees of magnitude difference as well.

Considering how absolutely co-dependent on US consumption culture their economy is, not likely.

‘blows up in his face’. That’s sorta the worst case scenario since he is 70. has no succession plan. is starting wars of grievance. and has nukes.

Well they did just kinda annex the breadbasket of Europe.