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by throwaway473825 1y ago
On the contrary, third parties will only get to know the age of the users, not their identities.
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
You're describing a CBDC, not a coin. Why isn't it being done? Because commercial banks are vehemently against that. The current administration in particular will never go against the big banks.
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
That's a commercial service backed by some European banks. It's not at all comparable with a non-profit service like Brazil's Pix. The closest EU equivalent would probably be the planned digital euro, but the banks are fighti
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
> Well, I like that the people that think like this also probably live I places where you are actually driving a coal powered car. That's still an improvement for both global and local emissions.
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
Biodiesel doesn't solve the pollution problem. It's also very expensive, and often produced in an unsustainable way.
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
Sodium-ion batteries have extreme good performance in low-temperature environments. CATL is working on sodium-LFP dual-power batteries to get the best of both worlds: https://www.catl.com/en/news/6401.html That&#x
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
> subsidized by a communist state, to stifle worldwide competition China primarily wants to cut oil and gas imports. Exports are a bonus.
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
Heating generally uses much more energy than cooling, and even more so if something is burned. However, it's true that places with low heat pump adoption tend to have few ACs. For example, ACs are rarer in Germany than in Norway, despi
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
Europe isn't optimizing for lower prices. It's trying to phase out coal, which might lead to higher prices if gas is used more often: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/20/why-the-uks
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
Apple might also have helped BYD with its $10 billion car project: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-16/apple-sec... >Today, BYD’s entire car lineup is powered by the Blade system, which uses
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
In 2023, Germany overtook Japan as the world's third largest economy. This year, India is projected to overtake Japan as the world's fourth largest economy. I wonder if the article has taken India into account.
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by throwaway473825 1y ago
They might still create more value than they cost. For example, a bus driver enables many people to work, but has a low wage and hence pays little in taxes.
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
>Yes BankID is the real MVP of digital systems, I heard some talks about the EU making one valid for the whole block. Sweden is actually in a pickle here. The dominant but private BankID doesn't satisfy all security requirements for
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
>have no fees Both Swish and BankID have fees. After all, they're run by for-profit corporations. Those apps also reduce competition in the banking sector since they're controlled by a few banks which generally have very high f
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
That's a bad example. The US already had higher tariffs on vehicles if you include the chicken tax.
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
All of this is true, but it's not the main reason why EVs have taken off. Electricity generation is very flexible. You can use coal, gas, oil, nuclear, solar, wind, hydro, geothermal, and so on. Every country has something. However, no
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
Not all satellite systems are equal: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-09-20/russia-s-... >The US constellation isn’t as accurate as the newer networks, said Roberts, the Sydney-based professor.
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
If you have a 2-track line, you can close one of the tracks for maintenance on weekday nights when frequency doesn't need to be very high. That's how Copenhagen does it.
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
The US has a two-party system, one of the two parties opposes this,[1] and people prioritize other issues when they vote. Would Direct File even survive a Republican trifecta? [1] https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress&#x2F
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
There isn't enough demand to burn all reserves, and nobody will burn oil for fun - it's quite expensive. Someone will be stuck with stranded assets, and currently it looks like it will be the Saudis.
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
There's nothing wrong with the Norwegian approach of excessive extraction combined with demand destruction. It just forces the Saudis to cut their production even more as they want to keep prices high. There's too much focus on su
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
Most places where pumped hydro is viable already have it. The growth potential is limited. Hydrogen is a more interesting option. Not necessarily for energy storage, but as a fuel for use cases where electricity can't be used (like fer
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
Have you been living under a rock? There already is war in Europe. Ignoring Hitler didn't end well for Europe, and Putin won't be any different.
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
>What we do know is that ev sales have taken a dive. EV sales are in fact growing in all major regions in the world: https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/quarterly-ele... However, what we do know is t
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
The Minsk agreements happened after the Budapest Memorandum was violated. If the latter was upheld, the former wouldn't exist.
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by throwaway473825 2y ago
While true, Germany's absurd electricity-to-gas price ratio makes electrification an uphill battle: https://www.ehpa.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Additional-s...
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by throwaway473825 3y ago
It's quite ironic how you wrote exactly the opposite regarding Palestine in another thread: >Gaza is just a region of Palestine. Palestine is an occupied territory. A fast and enduring solution to the conflict is that Israel ceases
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by throwaway473825 3y ago
>EU citizens haven't been brainwashed into thinking that their government is their enemy, at least not to the same extent as the US. The same phenomenon can be seen in other areas, such as digital cash: https://youtube.co
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by throwaway473825 3y ago
A good start would be to have the same tax on electricity and gas. It's absurd that gas is heavily subsidized in most of Europe: https://www.euractiv.com/section/energy/news/eus-energy-taxa... Fortunatel
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by throwaway473825 3y ago
Have you tried the Copenhagen Metro? It has a twin-bore tunnel system that allows 24/7 service with a higher frequency than the New York City Subway. It's cheap to use thanks to the efficiency of driverless trains. What does Borin

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