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Please share with us the evidence that Zelensky "has many ill gotten mansions around the world." As for the rest of the nonsense you posted, I particularly enjoyed the alarabiya.net link. Russia held referendums for accession to Russia in occupied territory to see what the captive populations wanted. When, surprise, surprise, the vote, tallied by the scrupulously honest Russians, showed overwhelming support for unification with Russia, the Russians signed a treaty incorporating those territories. As for that territory being all that Putin says he wants, ever hear the phrase putting lipstick on a pig? I guess you don't' recall how early in the war Putin said the goal was to depose the Nazis who were running the country. And I suppose you're unfamiliar with the claims backed by him that Ukraine doesn't have a culture that is distinct from Russia's.

First off, it's false that "there are no commensurate advances in the cost of generating the power to be stored." Solar and wind are the cheapest sources of power. In fact, in most cases it's cheaper to replace an existing coal-powered plant with solar or wind than just to keep that coal-powered plant running. The cost of solar keeps on declining as photovoltaics become both more efficient and cheaper to manufacture. And the cost of storage is declining precipitously. So, let's say that it's a wash as far as taxes are concerned. Renewables are still cheaper. And getting even cheaper. In addition, air pollution exacts huge costs as regards human health and damage to infrastructure.

As has repeatedly been pointed out, apparently to no avail, EV batteries are lasting far longer than originally projected. So much so that recycling plants are operating at way under their utilization levels. Not only that, but after the rest of the vehicle is scrapped, the batteries can be used for energy storage on the grid or for private use.

You really need to get yourself acquainted with the huge advances being made in energy storage. The price of which has plummeted. what's more, presently only 4% of Thailand's power comes from renewables. In addition, for better or worse, who or what has stopped Thailand from adding additional fossil fuel powered plants from operating? Finally, how much of a registration fee for EV's do you think it will take to cover the costs they incur for infrastructure? Finally, you fail to note the cost savings in health care and infrastructure damage caused by fossil fuels.

Well, do you have to give him some sort of credit for pulling a stunt that's going to hurt citizens and businesses of Florida. There's a lot of repair work necessary to recover from the last hurricane. And, apparently, a lot less workers to get the job done. Anyway, it's going to be a useful object lesson on how much of the US economy actually depends on undocumented aliens.

Living in denial much? Clearly it's right wing non mainstream media that are consistently most opposed to EVs. And that's reflected in the politics of the posters in this thread re how they view EVs.

More proof that the weaponized Justice Dept is baselessly persecuting Republican...oh wait a minute.

Why will the price of electricity go up astronomically? Is electricity like, say, a rare mineral, so that increased demand means relative scarcity so the cost is increased I was under the impression that electricity was a product created in many ways and the production could be expanded as demand rises. What's more, I was also under the impression that power generation in Thailand was a government enterprise and that prices were imposed by the government.

No. The Thai govt did not get a govt more aligned to the US than to China. Just because the Thai govt is courting various US firms doesn't mean that the US now has some kind of veto power over Thai govt actions. China's exports to Thailand were five times US exports to Thailand in 2022

Why would it get harder and harder to get it charged? Was that the history of autos powered by gasoline/petrol? And, of course, for those who have the option of charging at home, it will be much cheaper.

For the last decade various research firms have postured that EV batteries need to see prices decline to $100 per kilowatt hour in order to achieve parity with gas cars. In July the average weighted price of a kilowatt hour worth of battery dropped below that for the first time in two years. In spite of significant monetary inflation, prices are still dropping, and soon the price of an electric car drivetrain will be less or equal to a gasoline vehicle to produce. https://jalopnik.com/evs-might-not-cost-so-much-thanks-to-cheaper-batteries-1850860684

A truly clueless comment. The continent of Africa has a total surface area of 30,365,000 square km Africa's total land area is approximately 11,724,000 square miles (30,365,000 square km), and the continent measures about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) from north to south and about 4,600 miles (7,400 km) from east to west. https://www.britannica.com/place/Africa As per the BBC news report, he highest ever recorded expanse of Antarctic sea ice is slightly over 20 million square kilometers. So what your asking is for an alarm about the low level of sea ice when it's about 50% higher than ever recorded.

A small scale deception involving a small boat attacking a much larger ship is possible to perpetrate. An alleged conspiracy like fraudulent elections or human-caused climate change would necessarily involve thousand and even tens of thousands. And unlike the Golf of Tonkin incident where questions were not answered , the right wing lunatic claims consistently get exposed as falsehoods.

How many millions believed in Qanon? How many still believe? What do you think that 4.5 million proves, except that it's not me being silly?

Now if his comment was inspired by a current article, then his post would make sense. But since it....oh wait a minute...

Yes, I'm sure she's still rejoicing in her short and disastrous tenure. And it does shed an interesting light on the intertwining of public service and private interest that even a laughingstock like Truss can profit greatly from her time in office.

Are you still mindreading?

I personally have great confidence that you believe your comment is perceptive. Others might not.

No, it really isn't debatable. Graphs of GDP growth and unemployment decline have been posted several times and they show virtually no change in trend after Trump was elected. None. And it's truly bizarre how right wingers evoke "a small intervening event in 2020" to absolve Trump of economic blame, but fail to note how it has affected the world economy including America's over the following year and beyond. Most of the world experienced a sharp rise in inflation following the pandemic and yet, somehow, right wingers blame the Biden administration for its occurrence in the USA. Double standards much?

The mess that the USA is in stems from repeated Republican tax cuts that promised to stimulate the economy and pay for themselves with increased growth. That never happened. And sure, some day, the debt will pose a threat to the US govt. But, as those economists who criticized Fitch noted, that day is far off.

The problem with "particularly Netanyaho" is that it downplays Israel's grave violations of Palestinian human right before his accession to being PM. One reason that critics might focus particular attention on Israel is that, despite its flagrant violation of human rights, it received the most foreign aid from the USA out of any nation on the planet. Not just in per capita terms but in absolute terms as well.

Downgraded by 1 credit rating company. Here’s why top economists are calling Fitch’s decision to downgrade America’s credit rating ‘bizarre and inept’ BYWILL DANIEL August 2, 2023 at 5:34 PM EDT Economists were quick to rebuke Fitch’s decision to downgrade U.S. government debt, noting that the latest economic data—from low unemployment figures to steady GDP growth—seem to illustrate an improving, not deteriorating situation in the U.S. “The United States faces serious long-run fiscal challenges. But the decision of a credit rating agency today, as the economy looks stronger than expected, to downgrade the United States is bizarre and inept,” former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers wrote in a Tuesday post on X (formerly known as a Twitter). In a follow up interview with Bloomberg, the economist added that he believes the idea that the U.S. is in any way at risk of defaulting on its debts is “absurd.” https://archive.ph/sGgAU#selection-809.0-831.123 https://fortune.com/2023/08/02/economists-fitch-credit-ratings-downgrade-us/ The only thing I would disagree on with Summers is that there is a serious risk of default. But it's posed by the threats oif Congressional Republicans not to raise the debt limit.

There are formal qualifications and then there are informal qualifications. For informal qualifications, I would suggest a candidate who did not specifically call for suspension of the Constitution.

I've read it recently enough to know that, yes, a 35 year old native born axe murderer is Constitutionally qualified to be be President. So, if Constitutional qualifications are the only kind of qualification that matters. then you've made a great point. If not, then not so much. I just looked it up. The Presdiential aspirant also has to have lived in the USA for 14 years.

By those criteria, a 35 year old native born axe murderer is qualified to be President.