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- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
Well there are contractors who need to tow heavy machinery around, so about 0.01% of the people that buy them need them.
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
That’s a terrible thing to say!
…Only joking.
I tried to buy an EV for my parents a couple of weeks ago and the dealer had the EV misinformation playbook memorised and tried to convince us that EVs were a fad and that should get a hybrid until Hydrogen takes over.
I’ve decided that whenever I see these common myths, I’m not going to just let the misinformation go unquestioned.
In this case I think specifically focusing on EVs will generate more clicks for article writers, but it does also feed a common anti-EV narrative that they are somehow worse than ICE cars because of tire wear, which is not true.
I do see the other side that the tires being developed are specifically looking at EV owners, so this is a tough one to get the balance right on, but I do still think the headline is written to stir trouble and generate clicks.
One thing is certain, America needs to stop buying so many trucks!
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
I agree entirely, but the title of this post suggests that EVs are the problem, but actually it’s heavy vehicles.
Additionally when we say “problem”, particulate pollution from vehicles is 99.9% a diesel problem, and 0.1% a tire problem. (Not actual statistics but let me know how wrong I am with the actual stat)
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
That explanation is fair enough but the headline is red meat the the EV disinformation brigade.
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
That is a list of the most sold vehicles in the US. Where are the people lining up to say the ICE trucks that are so popular are causing all this tire pollution?
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
Those are the most sold vehicles in the US, when you have heavy EV’s in the top slots you can say that heavy ev’s are a problem… until then it’s what you are buying is causing the problem.
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
2023 top 5 vehicles sold in USA and weight:
1 - Ford F-150 4069-5697lbs
2 - Chevrolet Silverado 4400-6947lbs
3 - Ram pickup 4765-6440lbs
4 - Toyota RAV4 3370lbs
5 - Tesla Model Y 4416lbs
Looks like the only electric on the list is below the average weight. We don’t have these conversations about the trucks.
- Comment on How to make an EV tire that won’t pollute the environment 6 days ago:
What kind of backhanded EV misinformation bullshit is this?
Electric, gas, petrol, hydrogen, diesel, cooking oil or vodka; what you put in your car to make it go makes no difference to the tires or the wear.
- Comment on Spotify’s HiFi add-on could cost an extra $5 per month 2 weeks ago:
So they kill their Car Thing player leaving customers with e-waste, add a bundle of features with high fidelity audio which only 1% of systems will benefit from, while jacking up the price. Well done Spotify, you have successfully enshitificated your service.
- Comment on Recommend me a wireless earphones/headset with good audio...that is PINK in color 4 months ago:
There are companies who paint AirPods for you like this: as2.ae/airpods-pro-pink/
- Comment on Why do (desktop) PC have so few USB ports ? 4 months ago:
I think my keyboard and mouse use Bluetooth 5 and they have been rock solid.
While I use cloud for automatic phone and picture backups just because it’s built in to the OS, all manual and PC backups are to NAS via RJ45.
I suppose it depends on your needs but a NAS/external with the smallest disk you can find would take a while to pay for itself if you compare it to a 99p a month cloud storage package.
- Comment on Why do (desktop) PC have so few USB ports ? 4 months ago:
Sorry @Ziggurat but you might be the one behind the times; keyboard/mouse/headset - Bluetooth, External Hard drive/ memory stick - cloud/ WiFi, camera - WiFi/Bluetooth, Webcam is still USB.
The true connector crime here is that single USB-C, any new PC should have more than that.
- Comment on better out, than in 6 months ago:
But there is an element of fun about being defenestrated
- Comment on Is it safe to use pans with peeling nonstick coating? 7 months ago:
That’s the stuff, serves me right for only half paying attention to a documentary. Either way I’ll probably steer clear of Teflon pans in future.
I did try to find ScotchGuard a few years ago when I got a new Sofa (Couch for the Americans) and I found it was discontinued because it was probably just PFOA in a spray bottle :)
- Comment on Is it safe to use pans with peeling nonstick coating? 7 months ago:
There was that town in the US where 3M dumped PTFE into the rivers and it made it into the drinking water, I watched a documentary where people in that town have a cancer rate 169 times the national average. IIRC
PTFE is one of the greatest chemicals to ingest… if you want to grow some extra body parts.
- Comment on Your Windows 10 PC will soon be 'junk' - users told to resist Microsoft deadline 7 months ago:
Just in case you don’t want to go to the tabloid hell that is the Express Petition Link pirg.org
- Comment on Petition: Call an immediate general election 8 months ago:
Don’t let prefect be the enemy of good. Right now Sunak is enriching himself and his friends with corrupt policies (HS2 Land sale, India trade agreement, net zero rollback, etc.) if Starmer did that Labour would be minced by the press. Better to have a (so far) non corrupt leader who will be held to account.
- Comment on A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades 8 months ago:
My dad still uses my iPhone6, still perfectly usable, admittedly that is a 9 year old phone but I’m not seeing anything making that one obsolete in the near future.
As you say modern phones are not progressing that fast any more, it’s time we made Apple and Google support OS updates for longer. Apple certainly charge app developers enough for the burden to be on them and not the 3rd parties.
- Comment on A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades 8 months ago:
Writing this on an iPX which got its last update this week, 6 years old now but I’m just waiting for my banking apps to require iOS17. People will blame development costs for excluding older phones but there is no reason iPhones should not get iOS updates for 10+ years to save App developers the work.
- Comment on I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and I'm not missing much 8 months ago:
I think my partners car was 15 years old when it was recalled for an airbag replacement, and if there is a security issue with a car I have aftermarket options available which Apple actively restrict.
I get your point, but we are talking about pretty much the only thing a person routinely spends more than £/€/$1,000 that they can’t modify or update themselves.
- Comment on I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and I'm not missing much 9 months ago:
Why shouldn’t it last be updated if it’s still working perfectly and capable? I have a 10 year old laptop and a 24 year old car. But my bank is not restricting me from visiting their branch or website because my car or laptop is too old.
- Comment on I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and I'm not missing much 9 months ago:
Ditto: reading this on an iPhoneX