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Who pays for roads? Most US States require residents to subsidize cars
  • Yes, roads are important. Attributing costs to who or what is causing those costs is still a good idea.

    Paying for roads is fine, paying for 10 lanes of roads that only exist because the real costs aren't included in all kinds of decision making is dumb.

  • Germany is now deporting pro-Palestine EU citizens. This is a chilling new step | Hanno Hauenstein
  • None of that is true. There is due process, no hit squads. They will have the ability to bring this to court (a process which they already started). And deportation would happen to where they come from, so other EU countries and the US.

  • German poll: Majority for return to nuclear energy
  • Most people suggest nuclear baseload with renewables+battery for peaks.

    Except baseload doesn't really exist anymore in a power grid with lots of renewables. Those renewables already produce 100% of what is required at times and those times will become more common, and small gaps can be bridged with batteries etc. The real gap with renewables is going to be those times when there is no sun and wind for days, which apparently happens only a few times a year for a week or so at a time. And building a bunch of hugely expensive power plants and then have them sit idle for 95% of the time isn't a good plan.

  • Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back
  • Interesting. I don't have a car any more and no kids, but my friends that do always tell me their kids need more breaks than the electric car. And I always found that I need breaks every 2-3 hours anyway to keep the alertness high. I can't imagine going 400 miles in one go.

  • Touchscreens Are Out, and Tactile Controls Are Back
  • and often 800 miles in a day (takes about 13-14 hours driving)

    Oh wow. After my last trip that was supposed to take like 9 hours and ended up more like 12, I decided to never do that to myself ever again. But I guess if you have multiple drivers that can share the burden, such along day on the road is still an option.

  • The US finally takes aim at truck bloat
  • I'd rather force safety requirements on all cars. Like limiting blind spots at the front and everywhere else, limiting speeds of vehicles above certain weights, increasing license requirements for vehicles that have higher safety impact etc.

  • Samsung delivers 600-mile solid-state EV battery as it teases 9-minute charging and 20-year lifespan tech
  • I don't know how remote your mountains are, here there would likely be a charge point less than 50km away but I don't know where you drive. I give you that.

    Your second point though, you might want to reconsider your driving habits. Random google result for breaks when driving: "If driving long distances, you should stop for at least 15 minutes every two hours. Stop often to rest for at least 45 minutes every 4.5 hours of driving to avoid getting tired and stay alert. Plan to stop for a break every 100 miles on your long road trip so that you can relax. Try to only drive for 9 hours a day."

  • [image] Both cars fit the same amount of people
  • But this just looks like a standard work truck. Maybe the back is full of tools? Maybe he’s going camping. Camping is dope.

    Sure. Two issues though.

    • Small trucks like they used to build a while ago would be better at pretty much all of those use cases than the monsters that get build today
    • big trucks have become the default for people that never do any of those things

    So as a result, there are way more way bigger vehicles on the road endangering all road users and wasting resources for no benefit besides lining the pockets of the manufacturers.

  • Baldur's Gate 3 is defying game industry trend-chasers — and is being rewarded for doing so
  • Sounds way more to my liking. I'm not totally averse to area of effect spells or reloading if stuff went pear shaped, I just don't like it being the default to blow up half a firework factory every fight or using reloads as a tactic constantly. Definitely hoping it will arrive on Xbox soon.

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