barney54

This is correct. President Biden signed and Executive Order requiring the federal government to purchase EVs. The State Department was working towards that, including for armored vehicles. President Biden lost the election and that effort ended when President Trump rolled back Biden’s EOs. That’s the story.

Also, sonic booms are awesome. I don’t know that I want to hear them every 15 minutes, but they are cool.

But the cost of electricity is not falling—it’s increasing. Wholesale prices have decreased, but retail rates are up. In the U.S. rates are up 27% over the past 4 years. In Europe prices are up too.

Dude chill! Eight years ago, I remember driving to some relatives for Thanksgiving and thinking that self-driving cars were just around the corner and how it made no sense for people to learn how to drive semis. Here we are eight years later and self-driving semis aren't a thing--yet. They will be some day, but we aren't there yet.

If you want to work in computing, then make it happen! Use the tools available and make great stuff. Your computing experience will be different from when I graduated from college 25 years ago, but my experience with computers was far different from my Dad's. Things change. Automation changes jobs. So far, it's been pretty good.

How has the Electoral College failed twice?

It will not happen to that next administration would turn over Netanyahu to the ICC. Even if they wanted to, he would seek asylum in the U.S. Embassy and he would certainly be granted asylum.

Even France admits it might not arrest Netanyahu. From an NPR article:

“And in France, a spokesperson for the foreign ministry said the country would act "in line with the ICC's statutes," but as to whether it would arrest Netanyahu if he entered France, the question was "legally complex."

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/21/g-s1-35169/icc-israel-hamas-a...

I fail to see why this is too wild to believe. The 5th Circuit’s decision isn’t crazy. It’s a statutory interpretation question of whether the NRC has the authority to license spent nuclear fuel facilities that aren’t associated with nuclear power plants. If you read the statutes at issue, it isn’t clear that NRC actually has that power. And the government implicitly admits that in their brief arguing that the NRC has always done this so, they should be able to continue.

While I think Texas has the better legal argument, I’m skeptical the Supreme Court will side with them because the outcome might be too disruptive. Plus, Texas didn’t necessarily engage enough with the NRC during licensing. And it seems to me that the Supreme Court will likely avoid the question of whether the NRC actually has this power and will instead say that Texas doesn’t have standing to sue because they didn’t engage enough during licensing.

Here’s one: https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-nuclear-waste-texas...

Teslas have issues as cop cars, but if you read to the end the F-150 Lightning works well.

This is just wrong as a matter of law. The federal government can only regulate land through the commerce cause--not through police powers to police species.

Using Uyghur slave labor can be helpful.

I’m not sure I understand your point. Vapes and e-cigs are less dangerous to your health than regular tobacco cigarettes.

The freight system is great, the passenger train system in the U.S., not so much.

And what has happened after the Trump FCC un-wound the previous net neutrality rules? Did the internet go to hell?

No. The bans are due to people not doing what the politicians think they should.

There are already two tunnels underneath Baltimore Harbor. When they built the Key Bridge, they didn’t have the money to build another tunnel.

I wish there was a good way to evaluate this claim. It comes from the American Society of Civil Engineers. I have nothing against them, but they are self-interested in this being a large number.

The Key Bridge was structurally fine, but needed better protection so today’s ships couldn’t hit the bridge.

They are not “easing” rules, they are imposing rules. The rules were eased from the proposed rule, but the rules are new.

Batteries are not generating capacity.

The reality is that people like their SUVs. It doesn’t matter where in the world, SUVs are popular and growing in market share. Here’s the International Energy Agency on SUVs. https://www.iea.org/commentaries/as-their-sales-continue-to-...

I love that there is a section on “sustainability.” Who says these guys don’t have a sense of humor?

Congress could preempt those laws, but the administration itself cannot. They can expedite permitting, but there will still be lawsuits.

Nice victim blaming here.

Where is the data on lithium production surging? It isn’t in the article, only future projects (they may or may not work.)

What? The US banned new lead pipes almost 40 years ago.

In the US, lead pipes in new construction were banned almost 40 years ago. This is not a matter of the pipes not being regulated, it's an issue of replacing older pipes.

No. UC Berkeley is already in the process of replacing its cogen plant: https://sustainability.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/fina...

Electricity rates in the U.S. average 12 cents KWh according to the Energy Information Administration. https://www.eia.gov/electricity/state/

Customers. Customers are the external accountability.