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Opinion: The FOSS Community Should Fork and Abandon HA Before The Project’s Dictator, Frenck Decides To Cash In in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Is there anything newer than 2021 here?

Climate Crisis Is the Defining Issue of Our Time. Where Was It at the Debate? in c/[email protected]

Trump says all we need to do is turn on a "giant faucet" to solve California drought in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Southwestern USA had drought periods lasting hundreds of years in recent history. That's normal for the region. And we think we should pack a few tens of million people there and treating ground water as infinitely renewable.

Solar power + desalination en masse or gtfo ...

https://www.mercurynews.com/2014/01/25/california-drought-past-dry-periods-have-lasted-more-than-200-years-scientists-say/

I guess even Elon has his limit in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 113 points 3 days ago (23 children)

Well I mean murdering someone breaks the very definition of libertarianism so you can be very sure they're just using that moniker because it fits whatever they're really trying to accomplish.

the maximum freedom for each individual to follow his own ways, his own values, as long as he doesn't interfere with anybody else who's doing the same.

https://www.hoover.org/research/take-it-limits-milton-friedman-libertarianism

But you're absolutely right that a lot of people who are today clearly cheering for fascists used to call themselves libertarians.

A study found that a nuclear war between the U.S. and Russia would kill more than 5 billion people – just from starvation in c/[email protected]

There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, the new platform is way better - one of the reasons we held on to the Tesla until the ID.7 was available.

There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Ahh then I might know where it comes from. People who use Tesla's Sentry mode don't realize that it uses up several percent per night. Now, it does turn off automatically when the battery is at 20% but I know people who parked at an airport and didn't have charge enough to get home when they got back because of this.

There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I haven't owned it through winter (no ID.7 owner has tbh) but I don't expect that to be an issue. It will only heat the battery if you schedule departure times.

I've noticed no battery drain with the car parked otherwise.

There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I have a VW ID.7 and it does - but I also believe that's the first model on their "new platform".

There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Which EV do you have where this is an issue? The ones I've had pre-heat the battery to optimal charging temperatures.

There are now more electric cars than gas cars on Norway's roads in c/[email protected]

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 days ago (6 children)

Harder to start? That sounds extremely weird - it's electric :D I've never had such issues (Sweden, on my second EV) while ignition when really cold has always been problematic with my gas/diesel cars.

Range goes down, yes. That's true also for gas/diesel cars, but when the range is good enough we tend not to notice/care. My previous EV (Tesla Model 3 SR+) had lousy range both summer and winter (Tesla lies about their range) but in the winter it was indeed painful.

The current one (VW ID.7) has about double the range and also performs as stated. I expect a 20% drop in range in the winter and that's just fine.