Hmm.
So beat them to it, and corner the EV market with affordable domestic models.
Seems like a pretty simple solution to me.
I wonder how soon all EVs will be heavily marked up in order to support ~~politicians need for more bribe money~~ "essential petroleum industry", regardless of country of origin
It's okay, you can swear here, I won't tell mom.
glances around ^fuck^
Here's how I imagine this will go
People: Hey, that company isn't following the laws
Politician: oh no, I'll look into it
Company exec: yeah we don't want to follow the laws, so we won't.
Politician: well, I asked them nicely but if I actually do anything to punish them, then they won't give me money anymore so my hands are tied.
"I don't have kids but I am confidently throwing my ass around and calling it information relevant to kids"
I own several cowboy hats, which I wear around town.
It took me until this part to recognize it.
"I own several kimonos, which I wear around town"
Well done. 10/10.
Lmao that's what I get for leaving the page up for twenty minutes without hitting "submit reply"
I would like to know the inside joke, but I also don't want to look at a bunch of pictures of spiders...
I'm not arachnophobic, but I'm also not a spider voyeur, and am perfectly okay with them staying in their corners of the house while I stay in mine.
So uhhhh.... Can someone explain the joke I'm too scared to try and understand? I assume it's in the same vein as "the MELTdown " on the reddit grilled cheese page
I think at this point there's a significant number that have only realized they were completely wrong about Mr "drain the swamp", but are too embarrassed to admit they were wrong, so they just double down.
That moment of realization when you misjudge the amount of rock between you and your goal and the amount of fuel you have...
Then you either do the walk of shame all the way back, or full send into sunk cost and begin chipping your way to the closest air pocket...
I have mild Post Traumatic Drilling Disorder from doing that more than once...
Sure, I could take this to mean that the ship's laundry personnel mixed it up, but I like to think on big stations, it's more like a laundromat, and they're in a relationship.
"This is why we separate your clothes from mine, Terry. This is the third time this year!"
Relevant:
I'm already loving to misuse slang around all the nieces and nephews. They're all 3-14, so it changes depending on which kid is around, but the eye rolls are fantastic.
We need to tap into the power of the cringe and we might have an unlimited energy source.
Edit to add my updated version
Well I mean... I sure hope not. I personally don't see any reason to think it's anything other than China trying to gain support from nations that are on the fence or don't care about them, which to be clear is not a bad thing. They're free to pursue any relations they desire, and the other nations are free to do the same. Hopefully the politicians involved are truly working for the betterment of both countries.
That said, the person making the shady deal would clearly say "it's not a shady deal", and the person duped by aforementioned shady deal would obviously not want to admit being duped by said shady deal. So everyone involved has every reason to say this anyway.
In other words: a lot of words to ultimately say nothing. Much like this comment.