Mitchie151

It's not entirely incorrect. The two party system is designed to force both parties to appeal to the average person. But when one side goes radical and still appeals to a big chunk of voters, the other side has to consider how to capture those voters too. In the case of the democrats, that means taking an extremely conservative approach to countering the Republicans, because they somehow still believe there's a chance Republican voters will swing towards them. Young people are looking for a far more left wing government than the democrats are providing and so voter apathy among that demographic is so high, leading to this spiral. There are people fighting for sure, but the average is moving to the right.

It shouldn't be, but German Auto makers are extremely slow to evolve due to their ridiculous bureaucracy. They've had ages to get on top of it and ignored it and they should pay the price for that, but they're too big to fail for their countries economies. They're definitely beginning to waver in the face of competition from china, so this comes across as the EU giving them a final respite to really start competing. Then again, could just exacerbate their complacency, we'll have to see whichever way it goes.

Yep, Tesla's early agility and willingness to try outrageous things with the tech in the vehicle is what set them apart but they started a trend that China has gone running with. Now they aren't keeping up on any front and are way more expensive. Not to parrot the typical sceptic too much but I definitely think Tesla is massively overvalued and once people start seeing it as a traditional automotive stock in a market of very capable competitors, the correction will be devastating.

BYD have added autonomous driving to their entire lineup for free. 'Gods Eye' as they call it is SAE level 2 or 3 depending on the version which is on par with Tesla's full self driving.

Tesla is doomed in the AU market because Chinese competitors offer unbelievably better value for money as imported cars. The price to quality ratio is just so outrageously in favour of BYD, Geely, etc. that there's just no way Tesla is sustainable down under.

Greenland, as an autonomous territory of Denmark, is an overseas country and territory (OCT) of the EU. As such it receives funding and has many agreements with the EU. This will drive a huge wedge between the USA and the EU. Perhaps more than anything else he's currently doing. Denmark is also a NATO country and so who knows what would happen if the US essentially attacked the territory of another NATO member, it's unprecedented and also likely why Trump wants to withdraw from NATO.

The average use case for the majority of truck owners in the US does not involve towing. Light trucks are driven an average of around 30 miles per day, which is why I say for most people they're actually in a pretty good position, other than being pretty expensive vehicles of course. If you own a caravan or something and are doing regular massive road trips, you are the minority that these vehicles still don't cater to.

The Silverado EV and F150 lightning seem pretty decent from the specs, but towing anything they still seriously suck. But for most people they're actually already pretty good... Unlike the cyber truck.

Don't you all in the US vote on like, everyone and everything? Can you vote for another dem against a dem locally? How do all these ancient people stay in their seat for so long?

Herbiboar

I did a cursory google while writing out my reply and stumbled on this one: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0019103515004509

I've found some less legit sources that report similar values from the Venera probes. 2-4m/s is probably more accurate.

Overall it is hard to say, at those pressures if the wind could get any dust in the air the energy behind it would definitely contribute to erosion.

On the surface of the planet, the atmosphere is extremely dense carbon dioxide, the sulfuric acid that makes landing such a threat is pretty much non-existent at the surface. The wind is also much slower at the surface, the probes measures only 2-4kmh. The probes that landed typically fail due the the temperatures overwhelming the electronics. Most electronics we manufacture are only good up to around 100 Celsius, with specially designed stuff good to around 150c.

I'm no expert, but as the atmosphere is mostly inert at the surface and the wind speed is relatively slow I would attribute damage to the probes over time to temperature and pressure rather than corrosion/erosion. That said, it's been a long time and even trace amounts of sulfuric acid at surface level could lead to corrosion over time but to what extent I'm not sure.

The temperature is well below the melting points of the metals I would assume they were made from such as titanium and steel. Aluminium however would be too weak under the pressure and temperature conditions and would be crushed, though it probably wouldn't melt.

Barring any major volcanic eruptions nearby, under normal conditions I'd hazard a guess that the probes on the surface are still there, perhaps largely in tact.