OneMoreFarang

I find it almost funny when some EV enthusiasts just believe that EVs are great. Always and ever, they are the perfect solution. There are no problems. Just perfect. I think the idea about vehicles with electric motors is fine. But in real life there are currently many many problems. I am sure some of those problems will be solved in the next years. And other problems will be problems for a long time. For some people and applications, like every day just short trips with overnight charging at home, EVs work already. For many other people they just don't make sense. What is so difficult about admitting that EVs are an option for some people, but unsuitable for many others?

Really? Whose prediction is that? Greta Thunberg's?

So, which country are you currently living in? I live in Thailand. Looking at the rest of the world and possible future problems Thailand seems like a good location.

Converting ICE cars to EVs sounds expensive to impossible. It's not like that you exchange the combustion engine with an electrical motor. Almost everything has to be changed. And about old EVs: How many of the current batteries do you think will survive for 10 or more years? Few! And what is the rest value of an EV with a bad battery at that time? Mostly likely it doesn't make sense to buy an expensive new battery for an old car. There is a reason why the resale price for EVs is bad.

How does that work if >50% must be owned by Thais?

Maybe the problem is not so much the fact that they are Thai but the collection of the fees. If people have to pay, then they normally do - if they are able to pay. If they experience that they get away with not paying, then I guess they would call anybody stupid who voluntarily pays. In "my" condominium they started to sue people who didn't pay. Now almost everybody has paid up.

I watch from time to time a YouTube channel where a guy brings cars which are 20 or 30 years old up to a standard as if they were new. Many of these cars have more than 200,000km on the clock. Obviously, he replaces parts, but most of the car parts are still the originals. I wonder how many EV will still be usable after 20 years. Probably near to zero. So too many moving parts is maybe not the main issue.

I wonder how ordinary Thai people feel about this. Like the >99% who will never go to that hiso mall.

It's always nice to get some nuanced competent reply...

Why should you? For many people, including many of our parents who experienced WW II, it makes them feel comfortable to have a house and money in the bank. Many people would feel uncomfortable spending their savings. They rather live without spending much and feel secure. Do what makes you feel good. And for everybody who want to give away their money, I think giving it to "something" local is the best. Maybe you know people in your area who could need money, maybe support kids going to university. Maybe help building something for the community. Hopefully you should have someone or something in your mind to do with your money. I find it sad seeing some rich people who are bitter and know who should not get their money like their kids should not get it, etc. But they don't know anybody who they would like to support. Sad.

It would be great if someone takes Meta down. No more facebook and instagram - what a wonderful world.

Show him what you want to put behind the switch, i.e. a Shelly. Then he will see the connectors for L and N. I did not verify the diagram below, I just linked the first which I found.

Maybe you spend too much time online and ask too many stupid questions.

I didn't count, but I think now more Nana girls have tattoos than years ago, IMHO it's sad how they mark "themselves" like that for the rest of their lives.

I am sure you know the concept. Lets say you meet a girl and she tells you she is into astrology. Maybe you think it's bs, then she loses points. Or you love astrology and she will gain points and you will live happily ever after. Not that I have some real or imagined score for people. But obviously I like some more than others, etc. That's the principle.

I guess a big part if we like or don't like tattoos is our upbringing. I don't remember anybody with a tattoo from when I was young. I guess the first tattoo which I saw were from some bad guys in some prison movies. So after a while I guess I, and others, associate tattoos with bad guys. Now I try to be open minded, but for my first impression tattoos certainly don't help. There are some nice and smart people out there with tattoos. But IMHO they would all gain points by not having tattoos. With the girls, a little rose on the shoulder or something like that is acceptable. More, if the relationship is short time. I am pretty sure I wouldn't want any long time relationship with a girl with too many or too big tattoos. Before: After:

I bought some on Lazada.

That film was released in 2006. Someone had a good idea about the future. But they thought it would take 500 years. A very wrong estimation...

Time for rehabilitation. 😉

Obviously, that will motivate Trump even more to become the next president - using any way he can.

I am waiting for someone to bring up stories and maybe a police record of these guys from NZ. How likely is it that two law abiding citizens suddenly behave like that in a foreign country? How stupid and ignorant do they have to be to think they can get away with that?

Are there no cameras? And if not, why not? In general, in case you don't know, many burglar jobs are insider jobs. The security people know which places are not occupied ... I have no idea about the legal situation. But I imagine it shouldn't be too difficult to find out who is responsible for the cable (or any part of that cable) which goes to your property.

You wrote: "Maybe also because Thai people are very jealous and they see everybody else as a threat for a relation. In fact they have never learned to deal with others. "

You sound jealous. What is your problem when a guy has a young gf? She made that decision. And if she doesn't like it, then she can walk away. What's the problem? Ah, Carlotta, that sound like a female name. Yes, I understand it is hard for you when the guy prefer young sexy Thai girls and not you. So sad.

Does anything anybody writes about Trump make a difference? Is there any Trump fan who will say now: After above comment I won't vote for him anymore? I don't think so. Trump fans live in an alternative world with alternative facts. They are not rational people.