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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
There's no reason to separate cars from trucks and buses. Everything is getting electrified. In jurisdictions where Buy America Act doesn't apply (i.e. the world outside the US), electric buses are already the default. Moreover, i
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
While a good point, it also creates lock-in effects. If you look at the top EV adopters, they barely use gas power. This likely isn't a coincidence. Now you will have the AI lobby pushing against EVs (so that oil drilling can create ga
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
Natural gas can be replaced with coal gasification, and Germany has an endless amount of coal. It would probably even be cheaper, although much dirtier. China is already doing this.
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
One side being worse isn't an excuse for the other being bad. Regarding EVs, the US started to fall behind in 2019, and the gap has only continued to widen, regardless of administration: https://ourworldindata.org/graph
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
Building gas power plants that run only a few weeks per year is very expensive. Just compare prices in Germany (gas) with China (coal) or Finland (nuclear). A more economical way would be to build nuclear power plants that power electrolyze
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
EVs aren't popular in the US due to the Republicans being beholden to oil and gas interests and the Democrats to unions. The grid was just an excuse.
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
Gas is ridiculously cheap in the US while it's often the most expensive source of electricity in the rest of the world. We're currently seeing a bifurcation where Asia bets on anything but oil and gas while the US goes in the oppo
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
I think the main competitor to OpenAI's free tier is Google Search's AI Overview powered by Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite. OpenAI's free tier needs to be notably better than that for people to bother. There's also Gemini 3.6 Fla
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
I definitely wouldn't say that it turned out fine. The push against nuclear transcended into a larger push against electricity, making Germany a laggard in electrification. The car sector certainly isn't doing fine. It's also
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
A better question is why Germany invested in gas power plants in the first place. Gas has always been the most expensive source of electricity, even before "the gas crisis" (how many of those have we had already?): https:/&#
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by throwaway473825 2mo ago
Sweden is dependent on the American nuclear umbrella. Until that changes, the US will have a lot of leverage on Sweden.
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by throwaway473825 4mo ago
Finland is a cold country that needs cheap electricity for heating during winters. Burning gas isn't an option.
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by throwaway473825 4mo ago
It should be noted that Russian gas was more expensive than any other source of electricity in Germany: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... Hungary still uses it, and it's not help
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by throwaway473825 4mo ago
It depends on the region. The US has shale gas which is genuinely cheaper than coal. Europe doesn't want to use coal for political reasons. China and India barely use gas since it can't compete with coal.
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by throwaway473825 4mo ago
That's still not enough to bridge the gap between coal and gas. See for example this article: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... The US is an anomaly due to shale gas: https:&#x
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by throwaway473825 5mo ago
Card fees aren't paid by end customers either. The Swedish iDEAL equivalent, Swish, is more expensive than cards for smaller transactions (below 15 euros). Wero will be like Swish, not Pix.
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by throwaway473825 5mo ago
The EU would obviously benefit from a digital euro, but the banks won't give up without a fight: https://euperspectives.eu/2026/02/digital-euro-timeline-at-r... >Private banks are resistant to a digital eu
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by throwaway473825 5mo ago
Most likely because your country's banks are heavily lobbying against such initiatives. It's easy to blame Visa and Mastercard, but the reason why the EU doesn't have this is that the EPP (the largest political group in the E
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by throwaway473825 5mo ago
Sweden has a similar "initiative" set up by a consortium of banks (Swish), as do many other European countries. Usually these systems raise their fees after being established, sometimes even higher than Visa/Mastercard. Brazi
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by throwaway473825 5mo ago
The Swish system is private, which means that the fees are as high as the market can bear. In many cases cards are cheaper. If the e-krona happens, that would be a better comparison.
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by throwaway473825 5mo ago
Of the big tech companies, Apple is definitely the one that has embraced America First the most. If you live outside the US, you get features later (if at all) and have to pay more for that privilege.
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by throwaway473825 5mo ago
People burn coal to heat their houses. That doesn't mean it's healthy. Gas stoves are known to cause asthma.
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by throwaway473825 7mo ago
Freight will eventually go electric as well. It's crazy how fast it's happening in China: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric...
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by throwaway473825 8mo ago
Is there anyone using only cameras except Tesla?
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by throwaway473825 8mo ago
Hydrogen was marketed as a stopgap until batteries are good enough. Well, batteries are good enough for trucks now: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... Once you go battery electric
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by throwaway473825 8mo ago
Liquid hydrogen loses 1% of its volume per day due to boil-off. Hydrogen is incredibly difficult to move without huge energy losses.
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by throwaway473825 8mo ago
Buses are already largely electric (with the US as a notable exception), and trucks are quickly getting there: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... Meanwhile, hydrogen trucks are no
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by throwaway473825 8mo ago
Sweden has very little natural gas in its energy mix: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-sou... I highly doubt that hydrogen heating was ever considered. It's usually pushed by the gas lobby
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by throwaway473825 8mo ago
The EU will probably wait until the launch of a digital wallet that can do anonymous age verification. Otherwise it won't get enough political support.
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
It depends on the implementation. The EU's European Digital Identity Wallet will allow users to prove that they are over 18 without sharing any other personal information.

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