I think the issue with China is they have subsidized the lithium production below what is profitable for other sources.   US has resources but currently you’d lose money mining it.   US needs to start subsidizing as well.

While true, the bigger ICE vehicles use more gas so a bigger battery cost is basically negated.

For CO2 cradle/grave, it’s basically a wash if the BEV is powered by 100% coal, with BEV being a few percent better....in the worst case scenario.

Also why we shouldn’t be *increasing* truck freight. Rail is woefully behind unfortunately.

Fission nuclear is the democratic gov’t of CO2 free energy production.

“it’s more than 86 times more potent than CO2 over a 20-year period”

They weren’t wrong. The (nolongerreally)perma-frost is gonna be a serious kick in the teeth climate wise.

maybe we need better marketing for feedback loops...

My cousins have a throne version of this.  There’s literally a pyramid of steps up to the toilet so you can gaze upon your kingdom!

Ah right, my brain was thinking about it being *any* network packet...but that would result in a severely over-caffeinated computer!

As a kid I can remember one time sucking really hard and not getting anything....then realized I had a frosty from Wendy’s and was sucking on the spoon

Does wake-on-lan work reliably?   the sheer amount of wasted power in corporate office computers every night is mind blowing and seems like a perfect wake-on-lan scenario if it worked?

The depressing thing is this massive amount of upgrade work is spelled

Chevy says hi

I wonder if it’s more of an Uber/Lyft vs Taxi situation. If the ‘big’ car makers only make the higher profit models...there literally won’t be anyone left to make the smaller low profit models.

current rail def isn’t there. But we haven’t invested in it.

H20 vapor in the air is an equilibrium that moves with temperature.

Molten Salt is def interesting, especially the self regulating aspect.

can’t find the correct reply to this comment, but I mispoke when I said ‘EV” trucks need dedicated lanes. I meant ‘AV’ automated vehicles. AI just isn’t up to the task of free range driving and won’t be for decades.

Very true. But they are innovating. A nationwide high speed rail network is eliminating the need for short haul flights between many cities. Very good for business at less CO2 cost.