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I'm not Jack, but I would say that's at least ten years out, probably 20.

-Uwe-

Uwe: I've never seen both you and Jack in the same room together - so thanks for dispelling my niggling doubts about you each being the other's alter-ego!!! Only kidding - in truth, I've not seen either of you!;)

Thanks also for your thoughts - it helps add another piece of data to my mental meanderings about the pay-back period for investing in new cars (paradigm shifts like solving the battery problems play havoc with my risk management decisons) !

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Wow! 0.79 EUR / kWh !?!?! What a deal that is -- for Ionity!

FWIW, my electricity bills here work out to about $0.15 / kWh.

In the UK, where we always claim our utility bills are too high(!), I'm paying £0.19 / kWh ($0.25 / kWh).
 

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https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2020/01/18...nts-to-turn-your-hand-into-a-credit-card.html

How much you wanna bet that someone loses their hand due to credit card theft if they do this?

Amazon reportedly wants to turn your hand into a credit card

Reckless?

Hop skip and a jump what do you know?
Will history repeat itself?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/311136/

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/04/fingerprint_merc_chop/


Do you think the guy that tries reads this?

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.en...inger-cant-be-used-to-unlock-the-touch-id-se/
 
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Back ion the early 1990's I was fortunate enough to be allowed to drive a prototype Ford Fiesta fitted with an Orbital 2-stroke; the torque from such a tiny engine was amazing, you could start from standstill in any gear with no hint of stalling.
I'm a bit surprised that two-stroke engines haven't made more of a come-back. With direct injection, the problem of blowing un-burned fuel out of the exhaust (which is what caused most of their inefficiency and excessive emissions) should be solvable.

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Love 2 strokes!
Me too!!! I've had 2 Daihatsu Max 360's:

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360cc, 33PS and 510 kg (1100lbs?). Freakin fun to drive and surprisingly fast. Tiny. Like you wouldn't believe tiny. Made the old Austin Mini look obese.


Back ion the early 1990's I was fortunate enough to be allowed to drive a prototype Ford Fiesta fitted with an Orbital 2-stroke; the torque from such a tiny engine was amazing, you could start from standstill in any gear with no hint of stalling.

I didn't get to drive it (I was 9 or 100!), but Dad took me to a Mercury Marine international conference in Australia, and they had a BMW 320i with a 2.0 6 cylinder orbital 2 stroke. It was part of Mercury's development of their direct injection 2 strokes at the time. Sounded awesome.

I'm a bit surprised that two-stroke engines haven't made more of a come-back. With direct injection, the problem of blowing un-burned fuel out of the exhaust (which is what caused most of their inefficiency and excessive emissions) should be solvable.

I have wondered this too. I suspect it comes from the loss of "valve" timing... but what's to stop a poppet valve 2 stroke with supercharger and an oil pressure fed bottome end? Basically a modern 4 stroke without the wasted strokes ;) You can adjust EGR with valve timing, have 2x the power strokes, direct injection to reduce the hydrocarbons, supercharger cylinder purge and still sound awesome :D

Plus the aftermarket crowd would have some fun with the open exhaust ports, supercharger-purging flow and opening the injectors late then an extra spark... You could probably blow the exhaust clean off!
 

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https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna1118811

At tense Virginia rally, gun rights activists vow their fight is just getting started

Get ready to rumble?
I certainly hope it never comes to that, but if it does, things will certainly get unpredictable. Did you know there were county sheriffs at that rally supporting the Second Amendment?

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And take a look at how many counties, cities, and towns in Virginia have declared themselves "Second Amendment Sanctuaries":

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-Uwe-
 
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