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I read papers quite regularly as part of a function of my job.

It could be if that yields more profit in the end.

For example,

It costs the company 10 dollars, and that 100 out of 110 people will purchase the upgrade for $20. That is $100 profit. Maybe the company also finds that 80 of those 110 people would also buy the same upgrade for $150 and yields like $11,200 in profit.

So it makes sense for the company, the persons running it, and the investors in the company to have the markup as high as it will maximize their profits.

lack of profit when I said "anywhere near".

Sorry, to me I interpret markup to be assumed as double the cost but would not consider that "near" cost.

If they are interested in making money then no, there is going to be cost+profit. That is just how business works.

Though maybe people can open-source hardware a DIY solution that involves some servos, a control circuit, & 3D printing.

Without going through everything with a fine tooth comb I imagine some of the money may have been spent upgrading the electric grid to support the chargers.

Fast chargers as I understand are more taxing to the electric grid and so are not simply able to be placed just anywhere there is electricity. Additionally a source paper in the govtech.com article also emphasizes looking at coverage rather than number of chargers. That is wanting to have chargers spread out such a way that people can complete longer trips.

https://cyberswitching.com/understanding-grid-connections-dc...

That is categorically not true. Showing why something does not work (or is not advantageous over other methods) demonstrates you know how to properly conduct research which is good for ones resume.

People buy cars for a lot of reasons.

Such as commuting to & from work. But I imagine you believe that is the least likely thing to ever happen to a person. Driving to and from work.

They're already crushing it here though?

You can still do both things but if the primary goal is to capture carbon my question is if it would capture more if released in the atmosphere (by planes or similar).

Larry Page would be pumped. His annual salary is $1.

Salary might be $1 but what is his effective income when he files his taxes? That is what he is taxed on, which includes things like dividends and selling of stocks.

The company spreads crushed basalt on small farms in India and Africa. The silica-rich volcanic rock improves the quality of the soil for the crops but also helps remove carbon dioxide from the air. It does this by reacting with dissolved CO2 in the soil’s water, turning it into bicarbonate ions and preventing it from returning to the atmosphere

Carbon dioxide in the air dissolves into rainwater, forming carbonic acid. As rocks are worn away (or weathered) by this slightly acidic water, silicate minerals in the rock dissolve. This releases calcium, magnesium, and other positively charged ions called cations. These cations react with carbonic acid in the water, forming bicarbonate ions.

Here is a dumb question: Would the basalt capture CO2 more effectively if released into the atmosphere or into rain storms?

https://www.slate.auto/en

That is just for the base model. There is an option for an electric window opener.

It is also not a finished product yet so wait and see what actually becomes of this. The modularity is nice along with the promise of easy to install upgrades and so forth.

Delivering on all those customizable options though may be easier said than done.

A tiny minority of Americans are so often at a home supply store that choosing a pickup over a trailer would make any sense.

Your scenario here makes even less sense because most cars do not come with a trailer hitch (trucks on other hand...), you're buying another thing (which lowers that this is supposed to be an "affordable" EV), you have to renew registration for the trailer, and have a place on top of your vehicle to store it.

A truck bed is nice to have sometimes. You can quickly throw things in it (like plywood, a new large flat screen, bicycles, fishing gear, a dead deer, etc). You don't have to hookup a trailer or fiddle with wiggling things between doors and so forth.

Gambling is also sometimes considered a tax on the poor. But my point is it can be easier to levy a vice tax than raise income taxes for example.

AND with vices people will do them regardless so maybe some social good is better than no good coming from it.

Just answering your initial question.

What you personally need I have no idea nor was my reply pertaining to that.

Not if it has two seats and you want to carry more than two people.

Then you don't want a small truck.

If you aren't using your bed daily you bought the wrong car.

Plenty of cars have a second row of seats that are not used daily too. I guess they bought the wrong car as well.

Plus not a lot of cars have trailer hitches...

Link to Scientific American that provides a bit more detailsl and images such as the moth it becomes:

https://archive.ph/XDBQW

Ford F-150's have been the number one selling vehicle in America for a lot of years (Toyota RAV4 beat them last year).

A small affordable truck works great as a commuter and picking up supplies from a hardware store for home improvement.

Important to note these are touch screens.

I am not sure it's safe to associate wanting tactile controls equates to not wanting a clear screen for useful information. Like a backup camera.

I don't disagree with you but where's the stable/ consistent source of funding?

It sounds good but where is it? Whom are you taxing or collecting funds from?

What would be a good alternative then that would also likely be implemented?

Pretty sure it effectively has. Doesn't the state have different regulations have an effect on the rest of the country?

https://www.npr.org/2022/09/09/1121952184/the-impact-of-cali...

VOGEL: It's such a large market so that anything which California acquires for its own product sold in its state is going to resonate among national and global companies. If you don't want to have to make separate products for California and the rest of the country, you might as well just make them according to California's standards.

Do not let perfect be the enemy of good.

Money for social programs must come from somewhere.

Using tobacco, alcohol, marijuana, gambling (for example) to raise funding for socially beneficial programs seem better than not doing it.

“Some important points are that it would not be pollution-free. Coal is still very dirty,” said Baker, conceding that perhaps the pollution would no longer be airborne, but “water and soil would still be at risk.”

Not emission free as I am reading it.

Still, if economically viable at reducing amount of CO2 released not effectively terrible as it extends the life of existing infrastructure to ease transition to replacement.

Are conditions for lightning less frequent than wind?

Every wind turbine generates power while there is wind.

Will a large percentage of drones & energy capture devices be of use while there is lightning?

Sure but there are cases where it just does not make sense.

Case in point, regular sized everyday cars.

There might be viable applications for semi-trucks that provide an economical advantage over batteries. There might be good use cases related to energy storage & transportation, aviation, and water craft. There is also likely other industrial applications I'm not familiar with.

God Honda will not quit on Hydrogen.

As the first plug-in hybrid fuel-cell car, the Honda can travel 29 miles on a 17.7 kWh battery, before switching to a 4.3-kilogram tank of onboard hydrogen, for a total range of about 290 miles.

290 miles, I could be mistaken but are not many pure battery cars already within that range?

Maybe there is some viable applications for space like potential rocket refueling?

Is it beyond the scope of this project to also have synopsis and link to notes about each book?

Would be nice to link to reflections.

Additionally, any thought given towards incorporating standard cataloging systems like Library of Congress?

Perhaps most significantly, the sodium-ion technology offers safety performance that far exceeds traditional lithium batteries. CATL demonstrated this through rigorous testing, including multi-sided compression, needle penetration, electric drill penetration, and battery sawing – all without fire or explosion

Article also says it has cold weather performance improvements.

For me at least reducing the risk of fire or explosion really nice. Sodium is obviously very accessable but not sure on other common material constraints.

Forcing kids to learn to spell when they have learning difficulties (eg dyslexia) doesn't usually go well either it's just causing suffering for the kid.

I greatly valued the tutoring that I received for that (personally wish it had not been cut short). I was somewhat fortunate and received one-on-one tutoring in a secluded room.

They provided me with clearer definition of rules (instead of sayings like "i before e...", proper phonetics, and a history of where English came from.

That said, there's research into trying to determine which children with Dyslexia should receive specialized treatment as a segment just cannot learn to read at all.

but the implications seem ... net harmful?

I was not trying to imply that it was not. Just observing that when money is on the table there appears little incentive in some cases to build a good product.

Or to follow good engineering practices because the founders & investors already made money without it.

I'm not disagreeing with you.

Just an observation though:

There seems to be a world in software where "it works" well enough to grow a large user base to achieve a a large valuation and then dip out is also a viable option.

Growing/evolving the code does not matter because the product no longer matters after the founders have made a large sum of money.