So keep an eye out for cheap German Diesel cars.
But (((they))) will probably start making them illegal in your neck of the woods soon too.

I’ve thought for years that the easiest thing to do would be to loosen safety regulations so you can put cars on a diet. Something like https://www.eliomotors.com/ would be ideal for cost and efficiency, but there could be many ways of doing it that are less spartan. Then, you could change the tax on energy like you mentioned.

Boom, instant cut in emissions by over half, and huge savings for the driver. It can be done tomorrow. Take it a step further, and give tax breaks to companies and people which work remotely (which most of the office jobs could be performed), instantly taking a huge share of the cars off the road.

But, despite this solution being a no-brainer, I don’t see it happening. It does not give TPTB greater power and control, and it threatens the profits of the auto, labor, and insurance industries.

“Theft as a business model is a crime. Promising that which you can only deliver via speculative advances in technology and by stealing a large part of your operating cost from others who do not use it ought to land your ass in prison and reduce your company to a smoldering pile of ash.

Then again Hastings did exactly that to America with Netflix and Net Neutrality, so why shouldn’t Musk rob everyone of tens of thousands of dollars in his plan to “build” these trucks right up front, since you didn’t lynch Hastings when he did it and in fact rewarded him with billions.”

I still believe China will go big on electric vehicles anyway, as they are currently constructing several fourth generation nuclear power stations, the first is scheduled to go online next year already, with HUNDREDS of them planned to follow. They will get what we were promised once, electricity too cheap to meter!

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What’s your take on net Neutrality Wimminz? Seems like cost shifting to me, like if trucks demanded “road neutrality” and no tolls.