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Re:The Lithium-Ion Battery May Not Be the Best Bet for EVs by vouaobrasil on Friday March 01, 2024 @08:02AM (#39561357)
I absolutely agree! I think we should lower speed limits not just for cars, but for life in general: economic systems and the internet should have speed limits. And I'm being serious. Ivan Illich talks about this in his book [1] and I tend to agree with most of it after a lot of thought.

[1] Illich, Ivan. "Energy and equity." (1974).

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Re:The Lithium-Ion Battery May Not Be the Best Bet for EVs by thsksbd on Saturday March 02, 2024 @04:44PM (#39576034)
The guy who agrees with me reads Ivan Illich!!!

I've never read too much of him (no time, I have many of his books), but his argument that cars, on average, have an effective speed of 5 kph blew my mind.

That flipped my understanding of cars.

The irony is that he was a far left hippie who flirted with getting defrocked and I am supposed to be a "far right" conservative (whatever that means).

Have you read E.F. Schumacher? "Small is beautiful" is right your alley.

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