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CrimeDad

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Father; husband; mechanical engineer. Posting from my self-hosted Lemmy instance here in beautiful New Jersey. I also post from my Pixelfed instance.

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CrimeDad , to asklemmy in Where to find answers on common car problems?

The LED ‘U’ shaped accent light in the passenger side headlamp assembly of my 2017 Golf went out a few years ago, causing an error that disabled the headlight turning feature. It is not repairable so I had to get a new assembly. Fortunately, it happened right before my warranty finished and was covered.

CrimeDad , to technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

Unfortunately, I think the other manufacturers are also following Tesla’s model of oversized batteries and software gimmicks.

CrimeDad , to technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

That’s fair, but Musk has specifically complained about FCEVs before.

CrimeDad , to technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

I don’t think transitioning to either predominantly BEVs or hydrogen powered vehicles really affects the energy mix since the electricity to charge BEVs also comes from natural gas. That said, the infrastructure to support fast charging for a predominantly BEV fleet isn’t there either, especially for cargo trucks.

CrimeDad , to technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

I don’t know how the mineral ingredients of a fuel cell stack compare to a lithium battery, but assuming they’re the same, a fuel cell vehicle has significantly less of them. For example, the fuel cell stack in the Toyota Mirai weighs about 19kg and is complemented with a battery that weighs 45kg (1, 2). In comparison, the Tesla Model 3 carries a battery weighing 480kg. Therefore, a BEV has about 6.5x as much stuff of questionable origin (and questionable disposal requirements) as a FCEV.

CrimeDad , to news in School children in Hong Kong sang Chinese anthem "too softly"

Serenely imagining a Chinese Miss Trunchbull.

CrimeDad , to technology in Elon Musk Openly Advocates for Overthrowing the Government of Bolivia, The Country with the Largest Lithium Reserves in the World

We need hydrogen powered vehicles just to spite this guy, if nothing else.

CrimeDad , to technology in Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership

I don’t know if they were the first, but they’re one of the most notorious offenders.

CrimeDad , to technology in Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership

I have observed that myself with the infotainment system of my 2017 Golf Alltrack, but when did they start software derating their engines? My understanding is that there’s nothing much to be gained from an aftermarket ECU tune unless I switch to premium gas and the more powerful Golf models have other real differences like bigger turbochargers.

CrimeDad OP , to worldnews in Julian Assange Free on Bail, Departs UK for Australia!

How messed up are things in the UK if that’s something that makes you feel proud?

CrimeDad , to technology in Volkswagen and Rivian agree to $5 billion partnership

The businesses are launching a joint venture to develop platforms for “software-defined vehicles.”

Big oof.

CrimeDad , to asklemmy in What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?

No it’s not.

CrimeDad , to asklemmy in What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?

Yes, BDS Movement acknowledges that there are many extensive boycott lists out there:

Many feel compelled to boycott any and all products and services of companies tied in any way to Israel. The proliferation of extensive “boycott lists” on social media is a result of this. The question is how to make boycotts effective and actually have an impact in holding corporations accountable for their complicity in the suffering of Palestinians?

The BDS movement uses the historically successful method of targeted boycotts inspired by the South African anti-apartheid movement, the US Civil Rights movement, the Indian anti-colonial struggle, among others worldwide.

We must strategically focus on a relatively smaller number of carefully selected companies and products for maximum impact. We need to target companies that play a clear and direct role in Israel’s crimes and where there is real potential for winning, as was the case with, among others, G4S, Veolia, Orange, Ben & Jerry’s and Pillsbury. Compelling large, complicit companies, through strategic and context-sensitive boycott and divestment campaigns, to end their complicity in Israeli apartheid and war crimes against Palestinians sends a very powerful message to hundreds of other complicit companies that “your time will come, so get out before it’s too late!”

Many of the prohibitively long lists going viral on social media do the exact opposite of this strategic and impactful approach. They include hundreds of companies, many without credible evidence of their connection to Israel’s regime of oppression against Palestinians. Many do not have clear demands to the companies as to what we expect them to do to end the boycott, making them ineffective.

If you feel like personally boycotting every company that has anything to do with Israel then go for it, but that’s not a real plan.

CrimeDad , to asklemmy in What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?

craft.co/waze/locations - it’s headquartered in Tel Aviv. Boycott it.

Maybe some horrible massacre happened there once, but that’s like the heart of 1948 Israel, not some illegal settlement in the West Bank.

“The modern economy is very global and interconnected” is a cliché - too vague and obvious to guide action.

Maybe, but it is an esteemed, Palestinian lead organization employing that cliché and providing good justification for it. I will be giving the guidance from BDS more weight than yours, @frightful_hobgoblin.

CrimeDad , to asklemmy in What's the greatest invention of 21st century, in your opinion?

Waze and many of the companies you listed are not BDS targets, for good reason:

The global nature of today’s economy means that there are thousands of companies that have links to Israel and are complicit to various degrees in Israel’s violations of international law. However, for our movement to have real impact we need our consumer boycotts to be easy to explain, have wide appeal and the potential for success. That’s why globally, while we call for divestment from all companies implicated in Israel’s human rights violations, we focus our boycott campaigns on a select few strategic targets. We also encourage the principle of context sensitivity, whereby activists in any given context decide what best to target and how, in line with BDS guidelines.

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