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If fuel doesn’t run out, you can thank the EV drivers. That’s because globally, electric vehicles are already displacing around 1.7 MILLION barrels of oil demand EVERY DAY. That’s roughly 620 million barrels a year that would otherwise be consumed by those EV drivers driving inefficient ICE vehicles as well. Less demand for petrol and diesel means less pressure on the fuel supply that everyone else relies on. So if you pull into your local petrol station this week and there’s actually fuel left… You’re welcome. Maybe give the next EV driver you see a little wave 👋 .

Eine Statistik, die an Absurdität im Energiesektor schwierig zu überbieten ist. Ich habe mit vielem gerechnet, aber dass wir im Vergleich zu anderen Ländern wo viel mehr Heimspeicher verbaut haben, hätte ich nicht gedacht. @DerClue - irre oder?

The amount of compute in space will obviously round up to 100% of all compute

If I say, "ketchup is the worst," that's just an opinion. If I say, "people who like ketchup are idiots," that's bullying. If I say, "because I don't like ketchup, no one should be allowed to have it," that's oppression. If I say, "people who eat ketchup are dangerous and must be controlled," that's racism, bigotry, and fascism. If I say, "anyone who defends ketchup should be silenced or locked up," that's the destruction of free speech and democracy.

A reminder to those East Germans with minds now successfully pickled in Putin's propaganda, voting AFD and longing for the days of GDR.. Things were so great in GDR that East Germans regularly attempted escape by swimming across the river, under machine gun fire, with many dead or captured.

This is truly a great man. He has invested more in Ukraine than 185 countries combined. Meet Howard Buffett, Warren Buffett’s middle son. He is 71 years old. He dropped out of college three times. He drinks Dr Pepper and looks for a McDonald’s wherever he travels. Since the beginning of the war, his foundation has become the largest private donor to Ukraine: $1.4 billion. Over four years, he has personally visited Ukraine 27 times. In April 2022, he saw burned-out agricultural machinery and called the president of John Deere: “How many combines are available in Europe?” “Fifteen. All of them were supposed to go to Russia.” “I’ll take them all.” Then came all the available New Holland equipment in Europe. Altogether, more than 100 tractors and combines were provided to Ukrainian farmers. He even tested demining equipment himself - on his own farm in Illinois, detonating explosives beneath rollers. When a Ukrainian deputy minister expressed doubts, Buffett told him: “Stop counting my tractors. If necessary, I’ll blow up a thousand of them.” Andriy Stavnitser initially asked him for $1 million for Superhumans. Buffett asked how much was needed to build the entire center. “$14 million.” “Okay. And what do you expect in return?” “Nothing. Build it.” Today, his support for Superhumans has reached $77 million, and the center has treated more than 1,700 patients. But his largest area of spending is neither agricultural machinery nor prosthetics. It is food: 642 million meals. And that is only part of it: * 344,000 windows replaced after Russian attacks; * 9 bridges, 4 power plants, 2,500 generators, and 18 DNA laboratories; * Much of Bucha rebuilt with his funding. “I already have more friends in Ukraine than I do at home,” he says. He celebrates birthdays in Ukraine, comes for Christmas, and even has a Ukrainian godson. Friends, this is truly a great man - someone who understands that he cannot take all his money with him when he leaves this world. I simply want to thank him and wish him well. Whatever else one may say, this is real help from a person who had no personal obligation to Ukraine. He simply chose to help. Source: translated from the original text by Oleh Bairak.

Bürgerversicherung incoming? „Karl-Josef Laumann […] hat heute Morgen noch einmal darauf hingewiesen, dass dieses Nebeneinander von privater und gesetzlicher Krankenversicherung, genauso wie von privater und gesetzlicher Pflegeversicherung, ein erhebliches Problem im Gerechtigkeitsempfinden der Bevölkerung auslöst. […] Wenn die Bevölkerung das als ein so massives Problem ansieht – und ich teile die Einschätzung –, dann müssen wir daran etwas ändern.“

Tja!

Easy to forget how many people said @tonyseba was completely crazy 10 years ago 🤣

Man muss FJ Strauß nur drei Minuten zuhören, und der ganze intellektuelle und sittliche Verfall der Gegenwart liegt offen da. Es geht im Gespräch mit Günter Gaus 1964 um die notwendige Qualifikation eines Politikers. Strauß redet dabei nicht als Parteimanager. Er redet als jemand, der noch wusste, dass Politik ein Charakterberuf ist. Kein Strategiepapier. Keine Arbeitsgruppe. Kein „neues Narrativ“. Ein Politiker, erst recht ein Kanzler, braucht ein Fundament, das älter ist als die letzte Koalitionsrunde. Und dann die Unterscheidung, die heute niemand mehr treffen will: Weltanschauung ist nicht Weltbild, Weltbild ist nicht Geschichtsbild. Ohne Geschichtsbild bleibt nur Verwaltung. Strauß verlangt das damals Selbstverständliche: Strömungen erfassen, Folgen ahnen, den schwachen Spuren der Wahrheit auch in düsterer Zeit folgen. Instinkt plus Mut zum Wagnis. Die heutigen Altparteien CDU und SPD haben nichts mehr davon. Sie hatten ihre Zeit und sind nur noch morsch. Jetzt werden sie von Kräften verdrängt, die wieder den Mut haben, den großen Bewegungen der Zeit zu folgen. Im Grunde ein völlig normaler Vorgang.

Hier die Entwicklung der Energiesteuer (pauschal) und der CO2 Steuer (pauschal, aber gestaffelt) seit dem Jahr 2000. 🤯 Nur für den Fall dass ihr wirklich glaubt, der Staat würde den Preis treiben 😂😂