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Cake day: July 22nd, 2023

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  • The main benefit of Prime is savings on shipping. Without it, Amazon’s far too expensive. Maybe they slow shipping speed for regular customers, but seems like they’d shoot themselves in the foot. Who pays extra shipping and waits twice as long? In any case, if you’re going to use Amazon, you’re all but forced to buy Prime. Which is fine by me. I can’t afford the 20-mile roundtrip to town and the extra price on other sites.

    Of course this is a thread about software where people pay $40 to get cold McDonald’s delivered, so maybe consumers are even dumber than I thought.







  • Gasoline is inefficient

    Um… the problem with getting off gasoline is because it is so efficient. There is a shitload of energy in a gallon of gas. I don’t think efficient is the word you were going for. Or, think of it this way; Would you tell the military that they should convert to electric tanks and planes for better efficiency? (That may be a bad comparison, but maybe it gets the point across.)

    Also, it’s a regular electric truck, just like any other EV. Only difference is an onboard generator to charge the battery if you run out on the road. That’s a simple, well understood solution. You may not ever even use it! And if it gets EVs in the hands of people that were reluctant over the limited range, that’s a win!