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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 month ago

Or...he wasn't trying to be funny, but was trying to induce an assassination attempt aimed at Biden or Harris, and hiding behind a fig leaf of "humor" to avoid prosecution.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 month ago (7 children)

It's on voters to impose them by keeping him out of office

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The problem is that we'll still have a Republican-appointed Supreme Court. It takes more than just electing a Democratic President to change things there; it takes a willing Congress and (maybe) a few justices dropping dead.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Absolutely, but the executives started claiming that EVs would require less labor to manufacture. It's utter bullshit, but they managed to panic a bunch of the workers.

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago (3 children)
  • Big batteries need cooling during charging.
  • A/C units need to do heat exchange.
  • Aesthetics
[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 month ago

It's not as fast as I'd like either, but it's a lot better than the original USPS plan to replace them with diesel trucks.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Per the article:

as the planet warms further, the increase in risk actually falls heaviest on those swimming in money rather than floodwater.

It may not kill, but it's going to be incredibly expensive.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

It's more that there needs to be a lot more discussion of the fact that converting to EVs doesn't mean fewer jobs. So the autoworkers unions don't need to fight it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That 'sprint to the middle' happens in every general election campaign. You can't get elected if you don't do it.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (6 children)

To very different degrees

A ton of Democrats have turned down that money.

https://nofossilfuelmoney.org/pledges/

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