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Trump keen to blame diversity and inclusion for Washington DC crash
So you accept what you have been told without question? The USA claims to have the best intelligence in the world, yet after 5 years they cannot pin point the origin of COVID... a pandemic that closed the world for nearly 2 years ? Now Trumps WH makes a statement confirming the Wuhan leak, which fauci was doing research in... and you back him up, you already defend the illegal immigrants in the US, so why not defend a mass murderer because..... Trump bad -
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Phuket Considered for New Cryptocurrency Hub to Boost Tourism
I'm not pro crypto, but it's clear you are anti crypto, probably because you do not understand it. Many governments around the world are looking towards a cashless society in the future, and that does not mean Visa or MasterCard. They are looking towards having their own central bank issue their own currency in crypto. Blockchain technology has many benefits. -
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Russia’s economy is doomed
Its happening to both sides sadly. Part of the motivation of Putin's aggression was demographic certainty. Putin has always bewailed the loss of the Soviet Union. and it being a great tragedy. But its a Russian saying that. The reason he sees it as a great tragedy is not the loss of fraternal relationships with other Soviet people, but the fragmentation of Rus people, who are left scattered. He couldn't care less about the other peoples; they existed to serve the Russian people. He feels a sense of injustice at the end of the Cold War, and we might think, like the Versailles Agreement, there is something in that. Hitler felt great injustice with Versailles because it left Germanic peoples fragmented. Like many others before him, Putin has misjudged the winds of change, just as those misunderstood the words spoken in 1918, 1945, 1988, 1990, 2001, 2003. Whether it was the end of WW1, the defeat of Nazi of Germany, the Polish shipbuilders strikes of 1981, the 1991 collapse of the USSR, the defeat of Iraq, 911, 2003 Euromaidan, what Putin has failed to understand is that history is the product of movements, not individual people. In his positoon as an isolated autocratic ruler, he believes he wields great power, as an individual, and we see that in Russian government footage of him hectoring officials, and the basis of his supposed expertise in many areas. He thinks this is how the world is run. I suspect Trump thinks this as well, because that's how he ran his dad's companies. The United States is in the midst of a struggle between two peoples with differing visions for the US. I'm not sure how that will play out. It may well end up in a transformation of the settled status of North America, like Europe after 1918 and 1988. I wouldn't say that means a bigger US, but a different US. -
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Wake Up! - EVs Are Here, and Your Gas Guzzler is on Life Support
In the interest of honest a fair information - I'll answer you honestly without bias. At the same time I'll not your comment contained a heavy dose of negative bais implying you are looking for a negative rather than an honestly balanced response. Let me start with - I'm neither Pro nor anti EV... we bought our car because I liked the car, not because it was an EV.... BUT, now that we've had it a while, I prefer it to an an ICE - its just easier to use all round. So... to your question - honest answers remeber: Why did I top of the charge of the car - was it because of 'Range Anxiety' because I dont carry a can of electrons.... 100% correct.. it was range anxiety, we were getting low and I wanted to top up. When I had an ICE, why did I top up the car with fuel - was it because of 'Range Anxiety' because I dont carry a can of Petrol... 100% correct.. it was range anxiety, we were getting low and I wanted to top up. You see... Range Anxeity is a coined phrase but with ICE's we all have it too, we're just used to it... ... With an ICE we can top up in 10 minutes and give ourselves 500kms range again. ... With an EV we can top up in 15-20 minutes and give ourselves 400kms range again. (noting its slower to top up the last 20% from 80% to 100%). So... the times I used the 'public charger'... A couple for times on a road trip... Range Anxiety was the reason.... it was the very same range anxiety I get (or most normal folk would get when their fuel tank gets below 30%)... we start thinking about charging, pull into a station and 'charge the car'... (we can use an app every easily and find free charging points nearby, usually at petrol statins and what the rating of that point is). About a month ago in Bangkok we also dropped to about 25%... we had things to do in the evening after picking our son up from school... we had shopping to do and also wanted a bite to eat... So... we stopped off at the shopping mall, had a bite and charged the car up.... So... IF you want to call that 'Range Anxiety' for sure go ahead - but also not that very same reasons that exist to charge an ICE ??? So... call it range anxiety - I call it not wanting to be low on fuel (either petrol or battery) for me the psychology is the same for both - but I don't see range anxiety used for petrol cars as its been 'coined' as an anti-ev phrase.... ... Its definitely real, but hardly a concern.... ... Another sample... last night we got home after dinner.... I asked my Wife, how much battery have we got left.... 75%... no need to charge the car then. If we had an ICE I wouldn't have asked that, as we have petrol statins down the road... (which I might had we've never used since having the EV !!).- 1
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Wake Up! - EVs Are Here, and Your Gas Guzzler is on Life Support
About every 2-3 months, I travel between Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai to visit friends. About 200 km. I usually refuel going back at Doi Saket. There are about a dozen fuel pumps at the station, and a single EV charger. So what do you do in that situation if a couple of EV's are waiting there before you to be charged? Drink coffee for an hour? I have no doubt EV's are much cheaper to run, and most owners refuel at home. However, on the road, permit me to doubt they are as convenient to refuel as an ICE. If I did run out of fuel on the road, a jerry can solves the problem. An EV, the only option is a tow truck, unless you want to cart a portable generator around with you. Life support for gas guzzlers? Not in my lifetime.
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