sightbroke

I read papers quite regularly as part of a function of my job.

It could be if that yields more profit in the end.

For example,

It costs the company 10 dollars, and that 100 out of 110 people will purchase the upgrade for $20. That is $100 profit. Maybe the company also finds that 80 of those 110 people would also buy the same upgrade for $150 and yields like $11,200 in profit.

So it makes sense for the company, the persons running it, and the investors in the company to have the markup as high as it will maximize their profits.

> lack of profit when I said "anywhere near".

Sorry, to me I interpret markup to be assumed as double the cost but would not consider that "near" cost.

If they are interested in making money then no, there is going to be cost+profit. That is just how business works.

Though maybe people can open-source hardware a DIY solution that involves some servos, a control circuit, & 3D printing.

That is categorically not true. Showing why something does not work (or is not advantageous over other methods) demonstrates you know how to properly conduct research which is good for ones resume.

People buy cars for a lot of reasons.

Such as commuting to & from work. But I imagine you believe that is the least likely thing to ever happen to a person. Driving to and from work.

They're already crushing it here though?

You can still do both things but if the primary goal is to capture carbon my question is if it would capture more if released in the atmosphere (by planes or similar).

> Larry Page would be pumped. His annual salary is $1.

Salary might be $1 but what is his effective income when he files his taxes? That is what he is taxed on, which includes things like dividends and selling of stocks.

> The company spreads crushed basalt on small farms in India and Africa. The silica-rich volcanic rock improves the quality of the soil for the crops but also helps remove carbon dioxide from the air. It does this by reacting with dissolved CO2 in the soil’s water, turning it into bicarbonate ions and preventing it from returning to the atmosphere

> Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into rainwater, forming carbonic acid. As rocks are worn away (or weathered) by this slightly acidic water, silicate minerals in the rock dissolve. This releases calcium, magnesium, and other positively charged ions called cations. These cations react with carbonic acid in the water, forming bicarbonate ions.

Here is a dumb question: Would the basalt capture CO2 more effectively if released into the atmosphere or into rain storms?

> A tiny minority of Americans are so often at a home supply store that choosing a pickup over a trailer would make any sense.

Your scenario here makes even less sense because most cars do not come with a trailer hitch (trucks on other hand...), you're buying another thing (which lowers that this is supposed to be an "affordable" EV), you have to renew registration for the trailer, and have a place on top of your vehicle to store it.

A truck bed is nice to have sometimes. You can quickly throw things in it (like plywood, a new large flat screen, bicycles, fishing gear, a dead deer, etc). You don't have to hookup a trailer or fiddle with wiggling things between doors and so forth.

Gambling is also sometimes considered a tax on the poor. But my point is it can be easier to levy a vice tax than raise income taxes for example.

AND with vices people will do them regardless so maybe some social good is better than no good coming from it.

Just answering your initial question.

What you personally need I have no idea nor was my reply pertaining to that.

> Not if it has two seats and you want to carry more than two people.

Then you don't want a small truck.

> If you aren't using your bed daily you bought the wrong car.

Plenty of cars have a second row of seats that are not used daily too. I guess they bought the wrong car as well.

Plus not a lot of cars have trailer hitches...