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goofus says

Leave it to government to get this one exactly backward - bail on standard time and keep daylight savings year round. No one can use the earlier sunrise for anything but commute or a brighter coffee, but sunset at 6p vs 5pm gives enough time for outdoor activity following work or school. Who really wants to be off work and having dark free time most months?

Doesn't really matter what people want. It's dark regardless of where you live outside of Southern FL or TX. This is why in the Merry Xmas thread I said this time of year pisses me off. We've had no snow and everything is just dead. I'm whining, but it's miserable here in IL. Xmas lights on houses don't do it for me and just piss me off more.

Finally have someone positive news mostly. Permits are done. $10k permit fees mother fuckers though. Probably 2-3 site visits and then a final CO visit. Total value for taking two months to process and then doing nothing. Hoping to have this new house by my birthday in June. I'll re-up my previous house thread and try not to derail other threads like I always do.

Imagine how dangerous it would be for a multinational with offices in Hong Kong or Dubai to control our Port Facilities with automatic remote coded/maintained systems.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Military is a non-starter. As mentioned before by the horse I beat dead, there's no utility and range. You're f'd if you run out of electric. Office type military whatever in a sedan, if they get stranded in DC who gives a shit. For combat, a big hell no.

I actually don't care if federal vehicles go EV route, but just expect higher expenses. Not sure how DOGE would handle this. EV's are more expensive. Musk is there.

I sometimes think Trump likes chaos to confuse. EV government vehicles and Musk is in charge of cutting costs??? That makes no sense.

How did Elon Musk end the spending bill?

HeadSet says

How did Elon Musk end the spending bill?

He didn't. Just delayed it.

Also:

The Dems are like crackheads being evicted from their crack house for unpaid rent and fucking it up as much as possible on the way out.

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

LOL! Encouraging the Dems to self infiltrate with their dumbest Soros fecal impaction. Well, they're the ones that put her in there. Trump cracks me up.

Ceffer says

Encouraging the Dems to self infiltrate with their dumbest Soros fecal impaction.

Or Trump wants a shot at those fun balloons.

Trump plans to cut EV support, impose tariffs on battery materials

Proposals aim to boost U.S. production, redirect funds to national defense

Transition team suggests rolling back emissions standards, blocking California's stricter rules

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/trump-transition-team-plans-sweeping-rollback-biden-ev-emissions-policies-2024-12-16/

DOGEWontAmountToShit says

Trump plans to cut EV support, impose tariffs on battery materials

Proposals aim to boost U.S. production, redirect funds to national defense

Transition team suggests rolling back emissions standards, blocking California's stricter rules

How does that jive with Musk? This is where I get frustrated with Trump. Tosses a bunch of ideas out and little gets done. I get the art of the deal, but you created a non-governmental agency with an EV manufacturer and then say he's going to have to pay more to manufacture his cars? What's going to get cut? Definitely not EV's.

Musk is allegedly shifting to hydrogen powered cars eventually. We're going to have huge EV dumping grounds, like those huge tire dumps.

Ceffer says

Musk is allegedly shifting to hydrogen powered cars eventually. We're going to have huge EV dumping grounds, like those huge tire dumps.

No effing way. His rockets are methalox. Hydrogen is way harder to store, transport and deliver. Ask NASA and ULA.

Lithium Batteries are already being strongly recycled. As soon as there is enough Lithium in the Battery Recycling Supply Chain to supply all needs, there won't be any need to mine it, UNLESS the mining cost is significantly lower than recycling cost. Short-term, we need a shedload of lithium to supply gridscale energy sector battery needs. Tesla is already the leader in this area, and it's being priced into the stock value. Expect much more growth. Tesla's first USA Lithium mine just opened. He asked other investors to begin mining years ago, but they were dumb.

Guess some customers feel stabbed in the lithium. Maybe hydrogen powered cars can be remote detonated by the CIA without all the hazardous shit and a much bigger mushroom cloud. I don't know. "Eat My Water" doesn't have the same impact as "Eat My Fumes".

https://youtu.be/gUXQOczxcKI?si=VXyxzcpUOzdfWbdu




https://www.eldiario24.com/en/musk-tesla-hydrogen-electrics/3564/

WookieMan says

How does that jive with Musk?

Tesla doesn't need the subsidies but it's competitors do.

So they will be trading purely sugar profits for market dominance.

Trump: "All Greenland and Panama Canal and Canada ARE BELONG TO ME!"

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/23/student-loan-forgiveness-plans-withdrawn-by-biden-administration.html

Biden administration withdraws student loan forgiveness plan

Now that the election is over, no need for this anyway.

zzyzzx says

https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/23/student-loan-forgiveness-plans-withdrawn-by-biden-administration.html

Biden administration withdraws student loan forgiveness plan

Now that the election is over, no need for this anyway.

This is soo awesome!

Yeah, Denmark can really martial an army/navy to protect Greenland.