Why, just why. Don’t they realize Green is largely signaling to us that he’s on our side and to have some hope? And by voting against him they’re signaling they’re not on our side?

I keep hearing this but I’m a skeptic at heart. You wouldn’t happen to have some sources would you?

2 - absolutely but with the time we have we have to pressure them to change and build a groundswell in the faint hope that there’s enough of us and enough of a vote left in 2026 to make some changes at the primary level

Look I’ve recently gotten a lot of great info about EVs and the last thing the US needs is a disruption on the supply chain if they want to keep up with China

And an equally beautiful name for that fine insect

What if the rich kept getting eaten until they figured out a system that the rest of us were satisfied with

Primary them all. Some of them might have fair elections still come 2026

How does one watch/support the CBC from outside the country, one wonders.

Ha yeah ‘American food’ - like who needs marshmallows and Pop Tarts anyway?

Yeah that makes sense, I bet you’re right or at least that’s a large part of it.

Reminds me of this video I saw about economies of scale specifically regarding a special part that went into a guitar. The maker could get the material and produce that part pretty cheaply until the automotive industry stopped using that same material. Suddenly they could barely source the material anymore and just had to cancel the part.

Me too! What is the cost/benefit FOR ME? I understand what it is for the manufacturers but it’s a UX nightmare, especially when you’re trying to drive too.

No kidding, I didn’t know that. I did some checking and it says replacement batteries are $5-15k! Well silver lining is the price is dropping precipitously:

Jan 26, 2024 - According to the DOE, the cost of a lithium-ion EV battery was 89 percent lower in 2022 than it was in 2008

I really think congress is mostly a bunch of people who got into it on this power fantasy but mostly they all feel like they ‘made it’ and will only do enough to preserve what they have because they’re used to the cushy schedule and the VIP treatment and really don’t want to go back to the shithole they represent.

Which in normal times, they’d probably get away with that, even the GOPers. But I can’t help but think that if they let Trump get too far some of them are going to have their backs against the wall too. It’s pretty easy to cross him and he gets crazier and has less impulse control with every passing moment.

I obviously don’t understand the economics of it and I realize that China will always have the upper hand on price but is there a reason every western EV has to be $40,000+? Like surely it’s possible to build a barebones model for less than 30k right - especially if I don’t need or even want touch screens or fancy interior materials or heated seats or anything.

In the tradition of USA currency being only for dead presidents - I will gladly allow Trump’s face on any bill if he’s the one to pull the trigger

Uh, the war in Ukraine absolutely happened because one guy felt like it.

It’s extremely hit or miss IMO, there are some really good ones too. This one always cracks me up:

Seriously just toss the USA out altogether. The world needs the influence of a united Europe and it needs it now.

This is absolute bullshit. This ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT CONTINUE.

Oh damn well I stand corrected