Some guy on a news forum:

They’ve been looking for a much more ENERGY DENSE battery. There are at least four major conceptual problems with EVs:

1. Energy density — a 700-lb 70 kWh EV battery holds about the same energy as 2 gallons of gas (14 lb).

2. Charging time — pumping 70 kWh into an EV battery takes a long time — dependent, of course, on the available power of the charger and grid. No amount of tinkering with battery chemistry will overcome this problem.

3. Power availability — where does this power come from? The eco nut jobs insist on wind and solar. These are not only intermittent and unreliable. They are extremely capital intensive for the low amount of power generated per dollar spent. The transportation sector of the US economy uses the equivalent power of all of the nuclear plants in the USA combined. Wind and solar cannot match this.

4. COST — EV batteries are extremely expensive and have a relatively short life. Once the virtue signaling morons have all bought theirs, normal car buyers are not interested in buying an expensive impractical vehicle that has a depreciation curve like a rock dropped off a cliff.

There are numerous other issues that the fan boys/ shills try to lie away, but these alone should be enough to turn any sensible buyer away.

From elsewhere in the thread:

“Einstein:
Everything Should Be Made as Simple as Possible, But Not Simpler”

Biden-Harris Regime Quietly Amends Directive Against Assassination of Americans
Headline USA | 10/07/2024 | Luis Cornelio

The Biden-Harris administration amended a Bush-era directive against the assassination of Americans as it pertains to law enforcement activities in intelligence collection and national security.

The Defense Department appears to have removed language asserting that “under no circumstances shall any” component or employee of the federal body “engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassination.”

This clear language appeared in the August 2007 version of the directive, which relates to the implementation of former President Ronald Reagan’s Executive Order 12333, originally signed in 1981.

On Sept. 27, 2024, the Defense Department established more vague language, stating that no department “civilian employee or member of the Armed Forces will engage in, or conspire to engage in assassination.”

The “under no circumstances” clause is notably missing, prompting many on social media to sound the alarm about the intent behind the change.

ASSASSIN@TION: Last month the Biden-Harris regime updated the 2007 DoD Directive 5240.01 removing the prohibition, “Under no circumstances shall any DoD Component or DoD employee …

[… leaves a whole lot of wiggle room, doesn’t it? What about an IRS asset? — Oppo ]

… engage in, or conspire to engage in, assassin@tion.” Under the regime’s new rules the government can target foreign nationals and Americans both here and abroad.

h/t @nataliegwinters

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— @amuse (@amuse) October 5, 2024

The amendment was first noted by journalist Ken Klippenstein’s page, KlipNews, which shared the news on X.

Natalie Winters, a journalist and co-host of Steve Bannon’s War Room podcast, also highlighted the change on X.

“Odd thing to change. Especially stripping the ‘under no circumstances’” …

Mega Millions Is Raising Ticket Prices From $2 To $5
OANN | September 27, 2024 | James Meyers

A spokesperson for Mega Millions announced that the price of tickets will soon cost $5 instead of $2, also adding that the starting jackpot will increase from $20 million to $50 million and will continue to grow based on sales.

Additionally, the odds of winning the jackpot will go up from 1 in 302 million to 1 in 290 million.

Every ticket will have a built in “randomly generated multiplier” to increase non-jackpot wins, with multipliers ranging from 2X to 10X, according to the spokesperson.

The new price to play is set to debut sometime in 2025, promising to “bring more value and excitement to players,” said the Mega Millions gaming commission.

Raising the price of something brings more value and excitement? That’s the “semi” part. Provided by the government.

Anyway, here’s the serious discussion part:

(a) I don’t play the lottery because I’m a tightwad, and I am also severely naturally unlucky. If the odds were one in 2.1 I’d still avoid it because I’d lose. For reference, see my history at playing roulette (red vs. black). It ain’t pretty.

(b) My instinct tells me that government should not be involved in lotteries.

My brain objects, and says that it is a harmless and painless way for the government to gather money from people willing to throw it away. But that should not be a valid goal by itself. The government should be clear and open about what money it requires, and why; and should face the hard decision and consequences of demanding that money from taxpayers.

“But . . . Mr. President, Madame Vice President . . . won’t the placement of that desk destroy the usefulness of that supposed bulletin board?”

Harris: “It’s black! It’s a blackboard! Always has been!”

“Your computer gadgets aren’t plugged in.”