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They don't have an "engine". And it is fine to leave the AC running in one - it has marginal effect on the battery. I think you don't understand the massive energy packed in to an ICE battery pack. You can charge an iPhone more than 50 times for around 1% of charge of a typical EV.

Stand behind one for a while then come back here. Filthy, smelly, disgusting - that is undebatable.

Yes, Toyota make excellent - if very uninspiring and dull - cars. Not since the late 80's / early 90's have they produced anything fun or interesting. Back in those days I loved the crazy Japanese sports cars: and Toyota's Celica GT4 and Supra were fantastic and I badly wanted one. (Never got one) The new Supra looks quite cool though. I have owned one Toyota and while it was perfectly good I wouldn't buy another one. Insipid to drive, just incredibly dull. I have owned a Lexus IS250 and that was a great car. Actually quite fun - rear wheel drive, V6, and beautifully appointed. So their quality is good, no questions. I just think they bet on the wrong horse this time and which is why they are investing heavily in lobbying to maintain their market position. The Western press do slant these things. I don't know anything about Teslas in the US - but their infrastructure is not great, plus their cars are not great either. But in the EU it is more complex than that. There is currently an issue in Europe of cars not being moved out of ports quickly enough (Brussels is the central entry point) but the shipping companies put this down to a shortage of trucks and drivers and it is affecting all imports, not just Chinese cars. The Chinese, however, are at a disadvantage as hauliers prioritise regular clients, rather than new ones. https://www.ft.com/content/496f3bfa-9f0c-4145-9024-188572a280fd Pretty balanced article really. But others slant that news to say Chinese are dumping EVs or they are in port because they are not selling any.

Yeah, let's just give up on everything, great idea. Yawn.

Currently. But it remains to be seen long term if EV adoption continues. The more successful EVs become the less successful Toyota will become - it is inevitable as they are years behind hence their investment in PR and lobbying against EVs. Time will tell.

Not likely. They haven't even started to look at fixing it yet as the area is too volatile currently. I use a UK VPN for a lot of things (streaming iPlayer for example) and didn't notice anything until the second break happened in the Malacca straights. I guess they were rerouting traffic a different way to get around the Red Sea break, but when that backup also broke things started crawling. I think the Malacca one will be fixed soon so hopefully that will improve things as currently it is very frustrating and I have given up trying to stream anything from the UK.

Yes, that's because of the Red Sea cable damage as posted above. It affects traffic between Asia and Europe. Asia to the US is unaffected.

No, you're wrong. Any diesel SUV is bothersome to people in range of the fumes - they are filthy and disgusting. Let me guess, you drive a Fortuner?

It is not True's fault. In March around 15 undersea cables were cut in the Red Sea and that's disrupting traffic between Europe and Asia. They still haven't been repaired. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-68478828 Then last month another cable was cut between Malaysia and Singapore so this is making things even worse. Lots of existing threads on AN about this.

I doubt Thailand can pull it off - they would need massive investment in stadia and how would they be used afterwards? But the last truly Asian host was Japan-Korea in 2002 and until the current batch are done in 2034 (Saudi) there won't be another one. So 2038 is 32 years since the last Asian host and it is surely due. (They count Qatar and Saudi as being Asia but I don't). People thought Japan-Korea was a ridiculous choice but they pulled it off - I was there and it was fantastic. Could Thailand do it? The only thing in their favour is good infrastructure but not good venues. But 14 years is a long time to get it together. A long and unlikely shot though unless they collaborate with other countries. Thailand-Vietnam-Malaysia perhaps? That would be awesome.

Yes I am, I have better things to do. It is a minor irritation that necessitates me pressing on "debit" on my phone screen when I want to make an online payment. It takes me three seconds. As I said I can live with that. If I happen to go to the bank for something else (that happens maybe once a year, max) I'll ask them, otherwise I'll live with it.

Nah, it's big enough of a deal to warrant a trip to the bank - I can live with it.

Thanks, but I don't have any option like that. The closest thing is "preferred account" but that is greyed out as I only have one account.

Yeah, I have been through all the settings but can't see anywhere to select a default. Weird that it defaults to credit card when I don't have one.

So I go out for a few hours, come back and expected this to be dead and buried.........but you're still going. Hilarious.

Woo hoo, I got pedantic Lou'd! My day is complete.

In other news the Pope is revealed to be Catholic and a bear is found defecating in the woods.

Good idea, I ran it by a translation tool. Chat GPT 4-o, released to great fanfare yesterday. Just popped your entire post in and asked it what it thought: It is reasonable to infer that the author of the statement is suggesting that the solar panels involved in the fire at the Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre were Chinese. This inference is based on the structure and wording of the statement: The initial statement claims, "Chinese solar panels are catching on fire." This is followed by mentioning a specific incident, "Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre 'all the solar panels on the roof' caught fire." The use of these statements in succession implies a connection between the general assertion about Chinese solar panels and the specific incident at the Aquatic Centre. So much easier to just say you made a mistake, we all do from time to time. If your prejudices lead you to believe anything electrical that catches fire must be Chinese that's ok. Just stop digging. Anyway, I've enjoyed this, no need to continue further, you are really quite hilarious, and watching you get more and more flustered trying to unsay what you said - rather than just admitting a mistake - has been classic.

Paragraphs were invented for a reason. As were full stops.

No, you didn't. Safety First did and I proved him wrong by saying they were BP solar panels manufactured in Australia. When you then replied that BP closed its solar division in 2011 I assumed you were trying to support him that they couldn't be BP panels as they closed 13 years ago. Otherwise why else would you post that? If you weren't suggesting that then fair enough.

So by saying "Chinese solar panels are catching on fire. Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre "all the solar panels on the roof" caught fire." you weren't implying those solar panels were Chinese?? Seriously, just admit you made a wrong assumption or a mistake, that's fine. But by trying to wriggle out of what you clearly said, well, you are just an obvious troll and no point in continuing a discussion. What you wrote is clear for anyone to see, or, erm, hear.

Yes, they did. And? The aquatic centre in question was built for the 2000 Sydney Olympics and used BP Solar panels. They still aren't Chinese, they were still made in Australia.

Er, what? You said: "Chinese solar panels are catching on fire. Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre "all the solar panels on the roof" caught fire." Do you have that short a memory?

True.

Three things: "The black pickup was sent soaring". ChatGPT needs more training. It fell, it didn't soar. Just more poor and painful writing. The black motorbike guy had a very lucky escape. I am glad the pickup was destroyed. By its wheels and "Liqui Moly" sticker you know this was one of those modified trucks driven by morons that is chipped to spew out black filth. "Rolling coal". Good riddance.