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As with most interesting problems, this legislation hasn't been written with a focus on what sort of end-results are easiest to arrive at a technical solution f
by baxter001 8y ago
As with most interesting problems, this legislation hasn't been written with a focus on what sort of end-results are easiest to arrive at a technical solution for.
This article characterises that as 'magic wand regulating' -- I'd hate to see an alternative where EU directives contain explicit technical implementation guidance!
- czardoz 8y agoThis is not really about technical solutions. It's about an understanding of how computers work. The underlying assumption is that companies _will_ build technology that is as good as the law requires it to be. Large companies very well might, but this is a killer for small businesses.
- AnthonyMouse 8y ago> As with most interesting problems, this legislation hasn't been written with a focus on what sort of end-results are easiest to arrive at a technical solution for. This article characterises that as 'magic wand regulating' -- I'd hate to see an alternative where EU directives contain explicit technical implementation guidance! There are multiple ways to create bad legislation. One is to require a specific solution, but another is to require a result that no known solution can produce.
- iso1337 8y agoLet's legislate that all cars must attain 150 mpg and cost less than $10,000. The EU proposals are approaching that kind of absurdity.
- gmueckl 8y agoThe Renault Twizy falls into that category. You need to find a better absurd example in the future ;).
- ttoinou 8y agoIt's an electric car, so no oil consumption (parent talks bout mpg)
- IshKebab 8y agoThere is an mpg equivalent for electric cars based on the idea that 1 US gallon of petrol is 33.7 kWh.
- ttoinou 8y agoCool, didn't know that, thanks
- marcosdumay 8y agoThat's 70% of the entire energy contents of the gasoline. You don't get anywhere near that kind of efficiency even on large electrical generators. 16.2 kWh is way more realistic.
- iso1337 8y agoAh good to know :)
- scarejunba 8y agoLet's just use the standard HN response here: your business model is not my problem. If you can't make that car, maybe cars shouldn't be permitted to exist.
- kodablah 8y agoAlso: That all the cars are expensive and do X to limit MPG are because of lazy manufacturers, nothing in the law says they have to do it that way.