My argument is that perceptions matter more than reality. Disagreeing on the grounds that my argument is not reality is not a dismissal, but I certainly understand that you do not perceive things as such. You are only one anecdote out of many.
The government shouldn’t give out billion dollar participation trophies.
There’s a set of metrics to meet. Starlink is moving the wrong way against those metrics. As such, they’ll need to succeed unaided in the marketplace, instead of getting a government handout.
Perhaps not billion dollar, but shouldn’t it give some participation trophies? How else to entice innovation in certain areas, especially when the interest rates are killing small tech outfits.
Agreed. The FCC shouldn't be giving out any funds. They should stick to their role as regulator. Starlink as a properly grounded libertarian outfit should have lobbied to have any subsidy role by the FCC discontinued. Starlink should have just competed in the broadband marketplace - as should have everyone else. In such a level playing field, I think Starlink would do just fine.
Perhaps it could be compared to _just_ FedWire. But even then, FedWire handles about $4t of transfers per day. That's a couple orders of magnitude more than BitCoin.
That is a reasonable comparison. Bitcoin can do that much volume as well (without much change in water “usage”). The difference being that one is controlled by the US government and one is not.
superautomatics provide similar benefits with less environmental impact.
Unfortunately, most people prefer the lower up-front cost and higher operational cost of a Keurig or a Nespresso to the higher up-front cost and lower operational cost of a superauto.
Tesla 3 - up to 4065.
Tesla S - up to 4941.
Tesla X - up to 5531.
Tesla Y - up to 4416.
Chevy Bolt - 3563.
Leaf - up to 3853.
Mach-E - up to 4920.
ID.4 - up to 4848.
E-Tron - up to 5754.
BMW iX - up to 5659.
Taycan - up to 5121
Kona EV - up to 3715.
I like how you just excluded all the comparable EVs. Here they are for completeness, most coming close to or topping out the standard 7k where they will post "No Trucks" signs.
Ford Lightning - 6,893
Hummer EV - 9,063
Rivian R1T - 7,148
Lordstown Endurance - 6,450
Chevrolet Silverado EV - 8,532
RAM 1500 REV - est. 7,500
Alpha Wolf - 7,088
1) the backup is likely a high end rewards / corporate card whose fees are as high or higher than Amex for most categories of spend; and
2) it’s kind of weak for the last interaction with a business be them saying they won’t take your preferred form of payment because they imagine it boosts their margin by .3%.
And if you want to find somebody saying that some people should not exist on the planet, you can find the CEO retweeting it, or replying with something like "this is the actual truth".
Your argument is completely detached from reality, and devoid of logic.