Recent content by David_Cary

At least in the shorter term - more vegetarianism would lead to longer life expectancy and a greater population. People might also feel better and would go out and travel more. On the flip side, they could do with smaller cars but the planes would be the same.

Benefits are - looks, no worries about scratches (which is really looks). Back seat visual - more open. Early Model S's really looked more high end with glass and I paid for it back then (also got a moonroof). That being said - I do wish the option existed. At some point it was said that it...

Apparently you don't realize that CA has elevation changes - I was on the phone with my sister 4 days ago and the high was 45. There is also of course the highest percentage of EVs in the US where 25% of new cars sold last year were EV's. But yes - April is the one of the best months to...

You can not buy "made in China" when it is possible. You can not invest in China. You can encourage domestic and EU production of solar panels and batteries. Tariffs will encourage domestic production. You can signal more aggressively to China that carbon violations will increase tariffs. There...

Wouldn't the electricity used for panel pruduction (541 gigawatts) be roughly equivalent to .05% of China's overall electricity use? They are getting a pass on 2% increase because of that .05% used for panel production?

Using science and logic doesn't work really well with humans. Not in a long term sense. Someone will eat that cheeseburger and be happy they have an erection that day not realizing that they won't 5 years down the line. Getting people to think in a long term way and adding in the complexity of...

I don't have any dream that we will agree on things. But consider a few things. 2035 is a long time from now. I can't even imagine that far into the future - the variety of things that could happen before then are vast. Buying a new car is a top 20% of income activity. It might be top 10% in 10...

Think how dangerous that would be. And of course filmed. There was one charger that my wife won't go to - although it is probably still there. That was from 10 years ago. Every new one since then is a non-issue. Not everyone buys a new car. Most people don't in fact. Rich people buy new cars...

I had to laugh. An ad on this forum this morning ... "Beef, it's what's for dinner". What's next, a Chevy Tahoe ad? Maybe a motorboat ad? It's pretty sad when even TMC doesn't have any standards on what ads they allow. I can't see any pathway in my emails, posts etc that would encourage a beef...

So it maybe? clickbait but is actually accurate when it comes to consumption. The variable is 2024 which is predicted to be flat to decreasing but it is only a prediction. We could see growth in 2024 and on and on. The fact is that the 2 most populous nations in the world are relatively poor...

Look at electricity use in the US. It isn't really on the rise. Gasoline use? Both of these are flat from 2003-2023. That is total despite increase in population and economic activity. It is an absolute falsehood that "Energy requirements are always on the rise". Not in a country that has...

Did you mean to provide your source? Generally there is enough generation for EVs if they are plugged in at night. You can't just do easy math on these things and many people try to do just that. Electricity use by households and business is very peaky and generation is about matching peaks...

Interestingly, Norway uses a lot of tolls but is also having to come up with money from somewhere else to fund roads with the decline in fuel taxes. What you might call a regressive tax might also be called a luxury tax - ie the toll road as they are being built in some areas now. Competition...

I would imagine that Nordic countries never tied building and maintaining roads to their gas tax. While there is something clean about gas tax paying for roads, the vast majority of what taxes pay for does not work that way because it can't. So they just pay for roads out of the general budget...

I am trying to figure out what bigger picture look leads to a "pessimistic" attitude and corrective action? You made some comparisons to stock market and Academy awards viewership. And BTW - the Dow isn't a great catchall for the stock market and hasn't been for a long time. In each of the...