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I missed this post and only read it just now. Beveridge wouldn't have thought of his legacy in the state that it is now. I read somewhere that statistically, it will take 15 taxpayers to support one that needs support. Currently, tax receipts cover only 90% of government spending.

"Democracy Is the Worst Form of Government Except For All Others Which Have Been Tried". Actually, I blame modern medecine for that. People live too long.

You ought to add to that 4 tonnes all the imported goods, flights, holidays abroad etc. As townies, the vast majority of us don't do anywhere near enough to offset our carbon footprint.

They were talking about the initial build cost. The factory has just been finished before Xmas. Both Biden and Trump were expected to inaugurate but the inauguration was cancelled. Difference in material cost, water supply, transportation, planning, administration fees and labour cost. The guys...

Coal has been phased out, nuclear is too expensive and takes too long to build. Gas is not shut down. Without guarantee of cheap Russian gas, wind is the cheapest source of energy in long term. Solar may be cheaper in the near future though. Apparently, by combining solar panels with...

You know well tesla and Musk. He bought an entire production line from CATL for his Arizona battery factory. Musk has built very strong ties with China. His biggest factory is in shanghai. As industrialist, Musk knows better than anyone how to do these things. Now there are strong similarities...

Not so simple. The supply chains are worldwide, the level of r&d is well beyond any country acting alone. Take chipmaking for example. Even China may not be able to produce sub 4 nm for a decade. Musk knows the issues well, that is why he builds links with so many battery makers: Panasonic, LG...

To build battery cells you need a combination of excellence in electrochemistry and automation. The only way for Europe to catch up with the market leaders, such as catl and byd is patnering with them. That's what elon musk has done. You combine the best in China and Europe. Most startups lack...

I thought I copied the figure correctly from google but when I looked up again, it wasn't 19% but 35%. Sorry.

Then ask yourself why most countries including the UK have phased out coal. It's not as if we don't have the black stuff. While you are at it, compare how much the grid pays wind farms for their kwh against gas. Worldwide, coal accounts for about 19% of electricity generation and decreasing year...

Hands up anyone on here still thinks the air in Chinese megacities is unbreathable? Since 2015, Chinese government allows only electric motobikes into towns, the transformation is simply astonishing.

Even if our government removes the fines (nobody is fined yet), the writing is on the wall. ICE sales will shrink because the price of evs will be lower and people can charge their cars with their own electricity. Petrol companies will play the card of ev fires, and rightly so, the fact is new...

Check the facts and figures of stock prices of legacy car companies and show me one stock that has risen in 2024. Then check sales volume of Tesla, BYD, Geely and other ev companies. They grew 50%+ year on year. It is a zero sum game. More ev sales means fewer ice sales. Where else do you find...

You need ion drive, powered by matter anti-matter fusion reactor. Saneagle can design and 3d print it for you.

The problem for legacy car makers is worldwide. Outside Western countries and Japan, people buy cheap Chinese cars from about $8000 upward Chinese companies can make evs for about $6000 upward because of existing well developed supply chains. That's why the biggest tesla factory in the world is...

In the eu alone, it is expected that 100,000 jobs from the legacy car industry are gone each month until it disappears completely. How many will find jobs in a new plant making evs is anybody 's guess. The tide is against legacy ice cars.

it does not matter that Nissan claim their factory are one of the most efficient. Musk has shown the way, I have read somewhere than a Tesla has about 7000 parts, an average ICE has about 30,000 parts. That sums up the inequal fight.

New EV factories are mostly staffed by robots. Old factories just can't compete.

A rare event though.

It's a bit like their weapons. Look great on paper but not so great in real use. Just compare the number of tanks and other pieces of hardware like air defence, missile launchers etc that have been destroyed by Ukrainians. Nuclear reactors in the west are systematically upgraded after each...