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There is a problematic corollary here: businesses also can't outsource this data processing. That's not really realistic in today's cloud and SaaS world. For instance, companies like Workday, ADP etc. would still have access to employee data of millions of Americans. Vigilant will still have...

Realistically, not just aviation. It's the only way to decarbonize road traffic, too.

False. A supercharger can only fill up one or two cars per hour, under ideal circumstances. An H2 station with four dispensers costs about as much as a dozen or so superchargers, but can serve 80 cars per hour.

Why do you keep repeating nonsense based on 12-year-old technology? Today's pumps can fill up one H2 car every three minutes. That seems like FUD. DoE says it costs about the same as gasoline today. https://www.energy.gov/energysaver/hydrogen-fuel-cell-vehicles . And that seems accurate...

Even within new cars, they are exceptionally expensive. In the US, the average price for all new cars is just a little lower than the cheapest battery cars are (and if you do find a significantly cheaper one in other countries, invariably they have a short range). Lower maintenance is largely a...

But also: H2: works for nearly anybody, just like gasoline. Batteries: limited to a market niche of people for whom they fit into their lives. In the end, both are too expensive; we'll probably end up having to use synfuels.

Unfortunately, no. It's very much bipartisan. One of the worst offenders was Dianne Feinstein. And you'll find some of the most reasonable positions among the otherwise horrible right-wingers.

Agreed, the best time to fix such things would have been yesterday. The second best time is now. And, BTW, some things did change for the better after Snowden first made the public aware - the Internet is now pretty much fully encrypted, and the NSA had to give up on trying to collect most...

Absolutely. We just don't have to hand them the tools on a silver platter. They may still get the tools they "need" eventually, but at least it will take more time, effort, and will be harder to hide.

There were tons of companies that did that - what sets Tesla apart here wasn't that they innovated the concept, but that they didn't sink. That, too, is due to Elon Musk, who was willing to capitalize the company with his PayPal billions. On the detail level, the real innovation was that...

When people have to quote Goebbels to defend their position, they don't have a leg to stand on.

You don't want a despot to have this type of tool available. And once Trump has been elected, it's too late to stop it.

Not even that seems to help. Didn't Jeff Bezos get exposed? He dealt with it in a smart way, by calling the hacker's bluff, but not everybody is in a position to do that.

Not gonna happen. This type of spying has strong bipartisan support. One of the leading supporters was the late Dianne Feinstein, but the R side isn't any better. Nor are most Ds, not even Bernie Sanders. And to think that there is a risk that on 1/20/2025, that treasure trove may fall in the...

Not so much EV battery fires in this case, but Li-Ion-battery fires in general. The attention comes from micromobility devices (e-bikes, scooters etc.) because there have been a ton of fires. The repair of car batteries is not yet widespread enough to draw that attention. But you are right that...

Thanks for clarifying it. Now it does make more sense!

Except in this case, you would need to purify the water either way; recycling the water doesn't seem to buy you any benefit. Of course the situation would be different in a desert.

That's a case in point. There's a reason there was no follow-up to the EV1. The EV1 wasn't a viable car (nor was it intended to be); it was an experiment. That's why it was lease-only and was crushed after 3 years. Note that I didn't say "Musk" but "Tesla". I agree with you. Musk does deserve...

I thought that's what you meant, but my comment still mostly applies. These ideas have been around for decades, and never went anywhere. If it does take off eventually - great. I'm just not holding my breath.

It is. In all fairness, without that NIH, Tesla wouldn't exist. Back then, all the experienced people in the industry were saying "battery cars are impossible".