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EU warns that its trade with the US could be effectively wiped out if Trump follows through on his threat · 228 points · 30 comments
Will The EU Roll Back 2035 EV Monopoly Target To Save Its Industry? · 27 points · 12 comments
Will The EU Roll Back 2035 EV Monopoly Target To Save Its Industry? · 27 points · 12 comments
Good couch co-op/multiplayer games? · 86 points · 56 comments
Trump delays tariffs on many products from Mexico and Canada · 80 points · 18 comments
US lawmakers pressuring Zelensky to lower mobilization age, Presidential Office advisor says · -1 points · 13 comments

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12 points · 2025-07-14T18:35:24.534358Z

Suddenly cutting off a lot of trade suddenly is a stupid and reckless move that would hurt people in their countries as much as it would hurt the US. It's basically the same behavior as Trump with his absurd tariffs, banning trade with a country, and taxing people obscenely to buy things from that country mostly work out to the same effects in practice.

Incentivizing other trade partners, and maybe slowly disincentivizing the US makes a lot of sense though. Maybe it made more sense years ago, but as they say, if the best time was yesterday, the next-best time is today.

1 points · 2025-06-17T23:09:38.951840Z

Yeah this is it, the problem is that even once you solve the technology problem, it becomes the choice between two logistics problems, distributing liquid fuel for refilling, and moving large amounts of power on the grid on demand. The latter is a solvable problem, but the former is just so well understood.

Certainly, most people are better served by EVs today, for their personal vehicle needs. But I think hydrogen will be a compelling option for people with specific needs beyond the short term. Especially with continued investment in that technology in Japan.

3 points · 2025-06-17T21:14:49.158938Z

There are two hydrogen fill stations between my home and work, they definitely get used, and the price per kg of green hydrogen is still trending downwards. It'll never be the next big thing, hydrogen is heavy and has several of the other problems of gasoline that EVs always solve. But for people who need personal transport, and need to frequently go larger distances than one battery charge will support, hydrogen fuel cells solve a problem EVs have, without going back to fossil fuels; fuelling up takes negligible time.

I think hydrogen cars will have a niche for a long time to come, enough to keep the technology around and evolving.

4 points · 2025-04-15T08:07:43.234127Z

Overcooked 2, Conduct Together/Deluxe. Both are tough but fair, and they'll have to communicate effectively to do well.

Ultimate Chicken Horse is a bit more chill, more of a party game.

15 points · 2025-03-06T22:49:23.035482Z

Am American, please keep it up.

0 points · 2024-10-15T19:34:21.224009Z

Except Putin is actually doing those things. Ukraine has a draft, which is not great, but isn't kidnapping people off the streets. That's completely disingenuous at best.