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-Coffee-Owl- t1_ixu7j2t wrote
Reply to Eye-tracking study suggests that negative comments on social media are more attention-grabbing than positive comments by mossadnik
This is simply why social media don't really fight with toxicity. It's profitable.
-Coffee-Owl- t1_is53iqq wrote
Reply to comment by StrangePlaces405 in TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina by PrettyPinkPonyPrince
That's an American thing as hell. One of the first things comes to my mind when I think about, ehem, The United States Of America, is being sued for everything, on every step, from random people you meet.
-Coffee-Owl- t1_is4p110 wrote
Reply to A breakthrough in electric vehicle battery design has enabled a 10-minute charge time for a typical EV battery. The record-breaking combination of a shorter charge time and more energy acquired for longer travel range was announced today by Wagamaga
Electric vehicles are cool when you rent one, not buy them on your own. Because the cool factor drops when you have to replace a worn battery with a new one for... freaking $20'000. I don't remember, but replacing a fossil fuel tank doesn't cost an owner $20K, not even a 1% of that, and it doesn't wear in 5 or 10 years. It's a lifetime car part.
-Coffee-Owl- t1_is4kcwy wrote
Reply to TIL at the end of the Top Gear US Special after arriving in New Orleans, the hosts gave their cars away instead of selling them as originally planned after seeing the damage from Hurricane Katrina by PrettyPinkPonyPrince
"Clarkson revealed that after filming of the last segment of the film had been done, a lawyer had approached the group representing the mission and threatened to sue them for misrepresentation after it transpired that Clarkson's Camaro wasn't a 1991 model as promised but a 1989 model, further stating that they were told the lawsuit would be dropped on a settlement payment of US$20,000."
Just for the clear :) Imagine someone gave you a car, because you probably have nothing, a hurricane took all your stuff etc. and you sue that guy, because the car actually was 2 years older.
Yeeeah..., "Don't go to America!"
-Coffee-Owl- t1_j415he8 wrote
Reply to Fossil fuel producers pay for carbon clear up. Compelling fossil fuel producers to pay for carbon clean-up could end these fuels’ contribution to global warming without pitting climate action against meeting society’s energy needs—at a relatively affordable cost. by Wagamaga
In an utopian universe where producers pay extra costs and fines, taking the full responsibility for their work, without adding it to the final price, making customers to pay for that. Tell me where is that planet and I'll try to go there.