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EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it
  • The irony being that there are obvious challenges to EV becoming mainstream for the average person, and you choose to say there are no challenges. You are willingly ignorant to them.

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    EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it
  • "powerfully ignorant" oh the irony.

    EV's are great to bomb around Cali and similar cities. Practicality drops off substantially in rural settings, and to zero when the temperatures drop well below freezing.

    Your fun little idea might gain some traction if you stop being a prick when presented with challenges.

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    EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it
  • Please let me know how that goes for you and when I can purchase one that allows me to travel 500 kilometres in -25°C without disabling the vehicle mid trip in that mentioned temperature.

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    EVs are cleaner than gas cars, but a growing share of Americans don't believe it
  • So, just so you know, the average EV battery weighs 1000lbs, and some all the way up to 2000lbs in something like the EV hummer. (Unnecessary I know). The cost to have a battery in an EV replaced currently sits around $5000 to $15000 off of warranty. So there are definitely obstacles. Along with letting the general public fry themselves trying to hook up a 400v battery. You're not dealing with AA batteries. Battery technology is far away from something able to swap out yourself with the ease you may be thinking of.

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    You have been kicked from the game.
  • Ran a full 45 minute mission (lots of dicking around no such thing as avoiding a patrol in the group) tons of samples. Called a gat sentry off in the distance as last stratagem. Buddy ran down the hill and walked down in front of it and died, kicked. FFS

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    Baltimore bridge collapse: two bodies recovered from water, officials say
  • That has to be the worst way to go. Unable to escape a sinking vehicle and drown. Hopefully they were lucky and unconscious from the fall but i doubt it. May the management that made the call to skimp out on boat engine maintenance find themselves behind bars.

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    Instagram finds that AI Mr beast scams do not go against community guidelines.
  • I deleted Facebook a couple years ago. Instagram is my guilty pleasure for car reels and god damn dancing toothless. It seems like the end of my ig use is getting closer

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  • These scammers using Mr Beasts popularity, generosity, and (mostly) deep fake AI to scam people into downloading malware, somehow do not go against Instagrams community guidelines.

    After trying to submit a request to review these denied claims, it appears I have been shadow banned in some way or another as only an error message pops up.

    Instagram is allowing these to run on their platform. Intentional or not, this is ridiculous and Instagram should be held accountable for allowing malicious websites to advertise their scam on their platform.

    For a platform of this scale, this is completely unacceptable. They are blatant and I have no idea how Instagrams report bots/staff are missing these.

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    A 14-year-old boy in California allegedly used ‘multiple weapons’ to kill parents, injure sister, police say
  • This makes sense. You are able to apply for a license to carry a pistol, however chief firearms officers are denying them, regardless whether you meet criteria or not. The RCMP also will not disclose how many permits for carrying a handgun they issued on a given year. Fun facts.

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    A 14-year-old boy in California allegedly used ‘multiple weapons’ to kill parents, injure sister, police say
  • How many school shootings did we have in 2016 comparatively? How many of you actually live in Canada and watched the news about these stories unraveling after 2019?

    I'm not saying that GUN CONTROL BAD GUNS GOOD as much as you guys are portraying it that way. I asked how is it cutting down on crime and one of about 15 comments actually had a logical response to that without being a dick about it.

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    A 14-year-old boy in California allegedly used ‘multiple weapons’ to kill parents, injure sister, police say
  • Between 2019 and 2023 the Canadian government issued a ban on "assault style weapons" including pistols shorter than 105mm in length.

    Another commenter pointed out that law was to prevent them being stolen during break and enters which makes sense, but even then I've never heard of that happening. I'm sure it does in larger cities So back to the original question of did the change of law to give your newly prohibited weapons back to the government decrease crime rates?

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    A 14-year-old boy in California allegedly used ‘multiple weapons’ to kill parents, injure sister, police say
  • I stand corrected by several years, but again, I don't think recent amendments 2019+ has reduced crime. Our government has taken lawful gun owners, and are trying to take their weapons away. No criminal who owned a handgun is going to go and turn in their weapon that they may use in a crime.

    Edit: take a look at this link https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/85-002-x/2022001/article/00009-eng.htm

    It is firearm crime statistics from 2009 to 2021. I would like to see up to 2023 but it isn't there unfortunately. I see no correlation to 2019 law amendments and decreasing crime. Except for maybe robberies. Which I would have expected to increase with COVID and unemployment. That being said perhaps there hasn't been enough time passed to reflect the law changes via statistics.

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    A 14-year-old boy in California allegedly used ‘multiple weapons’ to kill parents, injure sister, police say
  • I mean this in the most polite and conversational way possible but what you are saying is wrong.

    October 21 2022 a national freeze on sale and transfer of handguns was placed. It is still in effect today unless you take a restricted firearms course.

    The article you linked me does in fact show that the US has a gun violence problem, which I believe should be rectified. How? I don't know.

    Your article makes no mention of handgun/restricted weapon (automatic rifles) crime statistics decreasing after 2022, which is what I am getting at.

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    A 14-year-old boy in California allegedly used ‘multiple weapons’ to kill parents, injure sister, police say
  • I completely agree the US needs to change some things but what I'm asking is are the 1.5-2 year old laws made in Canada actually cutting down on gun violence in Canada? Because what I see first hand is no change.

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    A 14-year-old boy in California allegedly used ‘multiple weapons’ to kill parents, injure sister, police say
  • In Canada we have gone to extreme lengths on gun control, specific to handguns. You can take a restricted firearms course, allowing you to own handguns, and other restricted arms.

    The rules go something like this. If you own a handgun, the government can come and check on you at almost any time. You must keep it locked in a safe. You must keep ammunition in a separate room. If you plan to take the handgun to the range, or anywhere outside of your home, you have to contact the government for approval and establish a timeline.

    I may not be 100% accurate on those laws but that is the gist of it. The idea is to cut down on firearm related crimes.

    Now answer me this. How is that cutting down on crime at all, other than punishing lawful gun owners. How many people that caused death or injury with a handgun, took a PAL course to legally buy it? My gut says little to none. Those who commit the crimes buy handguns illegally.

    It may be a sort of bias, but fuck me have there been way more shootings in my locale lately. Drug and gang related but still.

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