Tobberone

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I wonder, is this the throwes of a dying oil industry? Delaying the inevitable. Delay.

What happens to the oil infrastructure in a country where 95% of all new cars are EV? How long will the gas infrastructure uphold? How many companies in heavy transport can afford to uphold their own refuelling infrastructure for long hauls? Farmers have it a wee bit easier, they always start and end their day at the farm. Yet, the one (green) hydrogen plant I've visited was at a farmer already doing agrivoltaics.

The fall of oil as fuel can be abrupt.

What happens to oil demand if whole countries suddenly stops buying oil? 2022 it was estimated that the cost of producing a barrel of oil outside OPEC was just below 50$. Today oil is traded at 70$. Slim margins, to say the least. What happens if the price drops further?

The fall of oil as fuel can be abrupt, indeed.

We need to prepare ourselves for a life without oil and we need to start today. And at grass root level. Politicians seems to have lost the plot.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I was about to write that i agree, but then i read the article. The ads were targeting people to sway public opinion on chat control, the very purpose GDPR was built to control. I expected more from our politicians.

So, as embarrassing as twitter is, the intended purpose is worse.

I'm glad GDPR seems to work.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago

I can't come in today, I got a bad case of X... I don't know, seems like a reason to self isolate already.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

I'm going out on a limb here. On average car drivers and cyclists are equally rubbish in traffic. After that it becomes a numbers game. I don't see any reason why the mode of transportation has any bearing on my skills in traffic.

As I told my kids when they started venturing out in traffic by themselves:

Me: expect anyone in traffic to be a moron Them (in a got ya-snicker): But that means you, too! Me: yes.

We all have bad days in traffic, regardless of how many wheels are at our disposal. Plan for it.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

No, as a driver you are always responsible for your actions.

However, being a driver does not absolve any cyclists of their responsibility as cyclists. In this case the issue is the lack of reflectors and lack of bike lights. That is part of the responsibilities that comes with being a biker.

Any reference to race, outside of the reflective properties of different colors that might actually be relevant in this case, are yours.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Well, demand is low, supply is little and inefficiency in production is high. With that said, EUs fit for 55 will soon provide plenty of solar power, so summer days will see practically limitless electricity. At least enough to brute force the inefficiencies. maybe then.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I can't decide if this is real, ai or cyberpunk 2077...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (2 children)

If he does die, do you think the establishment would tell anyone? They'd AI his looks, speech and Twitter posts and claim he's done appearances on TV for years.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Yeah, don't get this idea that everyone else will be somehow better than the western world if given the chance. People are people no matter where we live. We are about equally lazy on average and the ability to pay for power is down to circumstances.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Heard positive numbers from a farmer connected to EV research as well. He provided the "Agri-"part of the experiment😊 No numbers from any paper yet, though.

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