benj111

Frankenstein, the first scifi, well first I'm aware of, isn't describing a utopia.

I don't know if it's selection bias, but the unabashedly positive sci fi of the mid 20th century seems to be more of a blip than a pattern.

The tariffs are anti dumping measures.

So you put the tariff on Chinese imports to make the price comparable to domestic manufacturers so they can compete, then give the 10k euro on all EVs sold.

I don't know why they don't just tax electricity?

Do it like taxes, have a low rate for the first X kwhs then increase after. Great aunt Mildred gets to heat her home, your neighbour that has a massive house, EVs, jacuzzi etc etc pays more.

EVs are always going to be an outsized user of electricity, and it's unclear to me why someone's jacuzzi should be heated vat free.

I agree with what you're saying, I also suspect that governments will tax ics at a certain point, not only to get rid of them but also because they can get away with it because the whole population isn't impacted.

So I'm concerned about a time where the rich have EVs, the poorest haven't, and the government are taxing ics.

I'd like to see some kind of Keighley car standard to get cheaper EVs on the market. Here in Europe we have quadricycles, but the speeds are limited to only make them useful for cities.

I don't think that's the only element.

We saw the same kind of thing with electronics. I'm old enough to remember Sony being the brand to have. But they never really made to jump to digital (or wherever you want to draw the line).

Problem is, EVs are disruptive. Many car companies don't want them because it involves too much change to how they want to do business. They'll try to change when it's too late.

Your point? In some countries it's easier to get a cross bow.

20kw would be enough to maintain the battery though? So you could halve that and 'only' double the range in the worst case.

Well considering the point of it is the make orbit, it would be a bit useless if it didn't.

Would HN describe a huge program that didn't do the thing it was designed to do a "feat of engineering"?

? So everyone around the Mediterranean has a tan because they're sunbathing?

Surely we'd have had the same issue during the Spanish flu? Any examples?

Meanwhile Bessent is buying long dated bonds and selling short dated, betting the yields will go down.

Dear US, try not to take the rest of the world with you when. You implode.

No it's a bug. Numberwang returns NaN and this obviously hasn't been handled correctly.

The question is about energy payback. Generating the energy required to create it.

Your comment, if I'm looking at the correct one refers to electricity prices.

No? I'm a Brit, it's a British newspapers.

It's equivalent to saying it's "disgustingly cheap"