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  • Crude oil futures end week lower as market eyes potential for increased supply amid OPEC+ tiff

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  • Oil is interesting at the moment. Russia has been getting cutoff for a few years from global markets and oil didn't really rise. Maybe I missed other reasons but it seems like demand didn't increase enough for it to matter like it would have in years gone by. China is rapidly reducing their oil demand, Europe and America are following. Renewables seem set up surge around the rest of the world.

    OPEC+ is having issues with countries not sticking to quotas.

    Trumps then got a lit a petrol can on fire and thrown it onto the pile and everyone else and himself which has caused economist to predict a recession which is causing oil prices to drop.

    There seems like a lot of reasons for oil to drop in price and if OPEC+ sees the writing on the wall for the end of times maybe oil will drop in price further. Which ironically is worse for the things that are causing the price drop in the first place.

    Personally short term I hope it just fucks over Russia.

  • Sometimes we create our own problems.

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  • I don't see why home batteries are propaganda. Those prices are plummeting and they have decent payback times in some markets.

    The reasons for getting solar is the same reasons for getting batteries.

  • Sometimes we create our own problems.

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  • Just to be clear this can't be solved with storage. Currently it can be but not permanently.

    For ease of argument let's say the grid runs 100% on solar with batteries that last a day. For 100% solar you need to build power for when demand is highest, winter, and supply is lowest also winter. Come summer demand is lowest and supply is highest. You can't store all that energy in summer because you got fuck all to do with it.

    It's a really weird cost saving exercise but basically when supply is massively abundant it has to be wasted. No one is going to build that final battery that is only used for 1 day every 10 years.

    Bringing it all together. In a 100% renewables grid with solar, wind, hydro and batteries a lot of electricity will be wasted and it will be the cheapest way to do it. Cheaper than now.

    Quite a few people talk about this on youtube. Tony Seba and rethinkx is the best place to start in my opinion.

  • UK and EU to defy Trump with ‘free and open trade’ declaration

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  • People have moved closer to the middle from both sides, but the average has moved to it being bad.

  • "You need to try Linux"

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  • Thank you. I didnt know about lenovo so that's good to know.

    System76 seems especially out of my price range. I haven't bought a computer for 12 years, can't believe laptop's cost more now (even accounting for inflation) than they did back then. It's unbelievable. Might have to work out if I want a good one to last a long time (which is risky) or to get a cheaper one and expect to replace earlier.

    By thank you that is helpful.

  • "You need to try Linux"

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  • I want to get into Linux and I need a new laptop. I'm happy to go secondhand but I actually want a half decent thing that can play some games, not the cheapest box I can put Linux on and use fake word.

    Am I best off just buying a new windows laptop than I can dual boot? Or any other suggestions?

    Windows is US$ 139.00. So I figured if I buy a laptop without windows it will be 139 less but I guess manufacturers get windows for like $20 so there are no saving anyway.

    Edit:should probably add I'm from to UK I that's relevant

  • Volkswagen has overtaken Tesla as Europe's top EV seller

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  • Plenty of things have been tried.

    Like communism has been tried multiple times. Every time was an unmitigated fucking disaster.

  • You made what now?

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  • Hilter should have gone all in on Donitz.

    Could have let to a real weird outcome. Would have destroyed the UK, slowed down the Manhattan project. Given Germany more resources against the Russians.

    Next thing you know there V2 nuclear rockets being launched from sub's hitting all the costal cities of the US.

  • Volkswagen has overtaken Tesla as Europe's top EV seller

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  • Thats weird.

    Turns out I have no idea how to link to communities. Maybe if I link to a post in that community you can see what I mean.

    I'm on lemm.ee so I guess thats why that link comes up. But when I click on the community the previous link I sent is written at the top.

    https://lemm.ee/post/62031137

  • Volkswagen has overtaken Tesla as Europe's top EV seller

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  • I found your post interesting found another community from you.

    Just wondered if you ever post on energy@slrpnk.net with batteries being so integral to cars and energy seems like a good overlap and would like to see more in depth comments on energy.

  • Volkswagen has overtaken Tesla as Europe's top EV seller

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  • Fuck the Tankies fuck communism entirely, I just got back from Cambodia, got an economics degree and like capitalism, China's a bunch of dickheads.

    BYD is going to change the world.

    It's the classic incumbents move slow into new tech. Added with government investment, low labour costs, access to raw materials/adjacent industries, hungry growth focused companies, semi crazy workforce.

    I haven't drove a BYD or even a electric car for that matter but reading the stats things are going to move fast and the rate they move is going to increase. I can see all the west companies largely losing their overseas market, other than luxury, inside cities. The world's moved on and people don't realise.

  • Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S.

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  • My view is it's pure hypeware until proven otherwise.

    This isn't Tesla hate from my side either. The general consensus from enthusiasts since the beginning is Tesla is way off the mark. But the latest self driving upgrades using more LLM tech has apparently been a big step up. By that I mean going from poor assisted self driving to good assisted self driving. Getting it from there to no driver behind the wheel is another matter all together. Maybe they had a single jump or maybe it's a new path of consistent progress, I have no idea.

    I'm not expecting much from Tesla. I would absolutely love to be wrong.

    Expecting more from baidu, pony.ai and zoox more than Tesla. Hell even BYD with the Chinese backing it has might beat Tesla.

  • Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S.

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  • I've been to Los Angeles and Austin. Is San Francisco seen as a bright sunny desert climate?

  • Waymo reports 250,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in U.S.

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  • Was hoping at this point in time Waymo would be expanding more aggressively.

    But no one else seems immediately on the horizon and Waymo is consistently expanding well so they are doing very well indeed.

    I'm excited for the last mile problem to be solved and be able to cycle on roads without drivers that actually wish I was dead or playing about on their phone. Also I hate driving.

  • Elon Musk makes stunning claim after Tesla profits plummet: 'If the ship of America goes down, Tesla will go with it'

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  • Irrational markets are irrational.

    There is a reason people lose all there money on the stock exchange and there is reasons idiots make loads of money.

    Any expert on this stuff are probably avoiding and have been avoiding Tesla for about 10 years. But cryto Bros have been investing for 10 years and been making loads of money.

    Remember people. You don't own the money until you cash out. $100,000 in Tesla isn't the same as $100,000 in the bank.

  • Transitioning in STEM

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  • Honestly people are probably just looking at you wondering if you are trans.

  • Rural counties ask Gov. Hochul to slow down on renewable energy projects

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  • Economically disastrous.

    Fossil fuel shills push nuclear because it takes so long and costs so much it will keep us on fossil fuels longer.

  • How am I supposed to go on?

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  • Because you can excuse your shitty behaviour to anyone for anything if you make enough excuses to yourself.

    Guilt free being a cunt. It's not your problem you're a cunt to someone, you're innocent!

  • French newspaper: The British elites always talk about their special-relationship. They say the americans are their lovely cousins. But do US elites actually respect them?

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  • Yes they should be.

    But fuck they are the pettiest people in the world.

    I'm not saying they aren't a close ally, they are. I'm not saying we shouldn't work with them more, we should.

    But we aren't going to have a close relationship with them because they can't stand us or anyone else really.

    Long term I feel like Germany is a much closer ally. Culturally they act much more similar to us. France only act closer militarily which is where the main focus of that relationship should be.

    Canada, nz and aus should also be kept as closest allies.