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      05-22-2024, 09:27 PM   #8097
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They have headphones that can read minds. What used to be scifi is now reality. Whatever you see that the consumer section has now, they (government) has had for 20 years prior at least.
People are being watched alright in all sorts of form and the latest 'face recognition' here is the latest threat to freedom, I believe the press is being censored also.
A friend who works in central London close to the MI6 place witnessed on Tuesday 5 cops who came out of nowhere to down someone who looked like he was homeless then proceeded to brutally kick him from all sides as he covered his head. He apparently took a sandwich from a shop and then started running with it and there is nothing about this on any of the news pages.
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      05-23-2024, 09:32 AM   #8100
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The EV battery 'catch-22'
05/20/2024
In his e-book, “The EV Transition Explained,” Robert Charette, longtime systems engineer, and contributing editor for IEEE Spectrum, says making the transition is harder than anyone thinks.
His argument centers on the lack of planning and systems engineering on initiatives that are politically, not engineering, driven. While change is possible, he suggested it would require trillions more in government spending and enforcing those changes through law.
Profitability. Battery recycling is a still-developing process which is time consuming and expensive. The cost of purchasing recycled materials may be more costly than buying them new.
Mineral shortfalls. Secure and sustainable access to critical minerals like copper, lithium, cobalt, and nickel is essential for a smooth and affordable transition to clean energy. An analysis by the International Energy Agency indicates a “significant gap” between the world’s supply and demand for copper and lithium. Projected supplies will only meet 70% of the copper and 50% of the lithium needed to achieve 2035 climate targets.
Transportation of discharged batteries classified as hazardous waste is one of the costliest steps of the recycling process. Experts suggest updates to federal EPA and DOT regulations for how battery-related waste is classified.
In his opinion, battery recycling issues are even further behind than transitioning the electric grid to renewable energy sources.
https://www.thecentersquare.com/penn...33ad316cb.html
Aside from the political/social and gov control angle, which is the real reason behind them and not anything to do with "saving the environment", this is my biggest beef with BEV's. The systems engineering behind them is either all wrong or non-existent.

If we had spent billions/trillions over the past 30-40 years creating affordable nuclear power and that super conducting power grid they were talking about 30 years ago, rather than funding endless wars, death, and destruction around the world via conflicts that the people who profit from such things created, we could have much nicer things. But alas, here we are having these things shoved down our throats with none of the systems engineering needed for them to truly work at scale really in existence.

Fake problems with fake solutions, just like everything else in the world. Ask yourselves who runs it.
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      05-23-2024, 09:49 AM   #8101
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Lying and hiding stuff yes goes without saying - being able to pull off full blown conspiracy type activities require levels of knowledge and ability we'd normally associate with a deity.
Funny you should mention that. Who is actually running this world?

Ephesians 2:2
2 Corinthians 4:4
1 John 5:19
John 8:44
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Aside from the political/social and gov control angle, which is the real reason behind them and not anything to do with "saving the environment",
You will love this trailer:
Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)


If you're triggered by facts and the truth don't watch this. Please resume you daily dose of state sponsored gruel.
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      05-23-2024, 09:56 AM   #8103
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Funny you should mention that. Who is actually running this world?

Ephesians 2:2
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John 8:44
Oh we are way past that and on to Romans 13
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      05-23-2024, 10:05 AM   #8104
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Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)


If you're triggered by facts and the truth don't watch this. Please resume you daily dose of state sponsored gruel.
Yeah modern "science" is all bought and paid for, and fake. If people can't see that especially after what we all witnessed just a few short years ago, they're never gonna see it and will never wake up. Most people will go to their graves with every last thing they've believed in having been nothing but lies and fakery. The rabbit hole goes deep, but most people can't see the start even when it smacks them in the face, much less question anything they've been told and starting to go down it.
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      05-23-2024, 10:07 AM   #8105
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Oh we are way past that and on to Romans 13
Amen.

But sadly most modern "preachers" cannot even get that right, because they're under the curse too.

Chuck Baldwin gets it. Excellent series.

https://libertyfellowshipmt.com/News...arch=Romans+13
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Aside from the political/social and gov control angle, which is the real reason behind them and not anything to do with "saving the environment", this is my biggest beef with BEV's. The systems engineering behind them is either all wrong or non-existent.

If we had spent billions/trillions over the past 30-40 years creating affordable nuclear power and that super conducting power grid they were talking about 30 years ago, rather than funding endless wars, death, and destruction around the world via conflicts that the people who profit from such things created, we could have much nicer things. But alas, here we are having these things shoved down our throats with none of the systems engineering needed for them to truly work at scale really in existence.

Fake problems with fake solutions, just like everything else in the world. Ask yourselves who runs it.
Governments will do anything for 'job growth'.
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      05-23-2024, 11:13 AM   #8107
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Aside from the political/social and gov control angle, which is the real reason behind them and not anything to do with "saving the environment", this is my biggest beef with BEV's. The systems engineering behind them is either all wrong or non-existent.

If we had spent billions/trillions over the past 30-40 years creating affordable nuclear power and that super conducting power grid they were talking about 30 years ago, rather than funding endless wars, death, and destruction around the world via conflicts that the people who profit from such things created, we could have much nicer things. But alas, here we are having these things shoved down our throats with none of the systems engineering needed for them to truly work at scale really in existence.

Fake problems with fake solutions, just like everything else in the world. Ask yourselves who runs it.
Said perfectly.
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      05-23-2024, 11:34 AM   #8108
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You will love this trailer:
Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)


If you're triggered by facts and the truth don't watch this. Please resume you daily dose of state sponsored gruel.
Goddammit, that Geology science gets in the way again.
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      05-23-2024, 12:18 PM   #8109
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Why Aren't More People Driving Electric Cars? An EV Expert Weighs In

Read More: https://www.slashgear.com/1582035/wh...pert-explains/
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You will love this trailer:
Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth)


If you're triggered by facts and the truth don't watch this. Please resume you daily dose of state sponsored gruel.
Just a bunch of BS. There's no way a Nobel prize winner in Physics or a Climatologist with over 50 years of experience can know as much as Greta. That's just crazy talk.
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Why Aren't More People Driving Electric Cars? An EV Expert Weighs In

Read More: https://www.slashgear.com/1582035/wh...pert-explains/
Nothing new in that article. It summarizes what most of us in the "echo chamber" have been saying all along. I have especially been stating EV cost more to own in total inclusive costs and the payback doesn't start until after 80,000 to 100,000 miles, which is 5+ years of ownership. The Professor backs up what I have been saying for years on the Forum. I'm not a Doctorate-holding, Dept. Chair of anything, but I do understand automobile ownership costs. Maybe he's been reading my posts... Lol.
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Funny you should mention that. Who is actually running this world?
Running the world is like herding a billion+ cats
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They have headphones that can read minds. What used to be scifi is now reality. Whatever you see that the consumer section has now, they (government) has had for 20 years prior at least.
Yes it hit news last year - but more like a swimming/shower cap wit lots of wires, it requires quite a bit of training and active participation of subject and can only detect active thoughts not memories -
https://www.uts.edu.au/news/tech-des...-thoughts-text

Science has been turning Sci-Fi ideas into reality for a long time.
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Unsold Teslas fill Langley parking lot

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Unsold Tesla's fill Langley parking lot
Honestly I wish Tesla the best. If you have to buy a EV that is IMO the best choice. I'm seeing more KIA EV's lately.
Seems to be a different customer as it is the younger students driving the Tesla's and the clueless soccer moms driving the KIA's.
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Honestly I wish Tesla the best. If you have to buy a EV that is IMO the best choice. I'm seeing more KIA EV's lately.
Seems to be a different customer as it is the younger students driving the Tesla's and the clueless soccer moms driving the KIA's.
Same customers that were paying $10-20k ADMs on KIA Tellurides
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Funny you should mention that. Who is actually running this world?

Ephesians 2:2
2 Corinthians 4:4
1 John 5:19
John 8:44
You missed Ephesians 6:12

** “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.”
**Ephesians‬ *6‬:*12‬ *NASB1995‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/100/eph.6.12.NASB1995
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Yes it hit news last year - but more like a swimming/shower cap wit lots of wires, it requires quite a bit of training and active participation of subject and can only detect active thoughts not memories -
https://www.uts.edu.au/news/tech-des...-thoughts-text

Science has been turning Sci-Fi ideas into reality for a long time.
That's not what I'm talking about, this is:

https://digialps.com/apples-mind-blo...ain%20activity.
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