There's one western nation that has slavery enshrined in its Constitution.

So they're much like Christians, except a better heaven.

Except they're taxing at a much higher rate compared to the average gas tax, at least in America where the gas tax is generally very low. Politics.

Some states are taxing EV's at a few hundred a year already, much more then if paying the gas tax. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftaxfoundation.org%2Fdata... look at the middle column. Somehow it has become political.

Perhaps your one of the people that electric doesn't work for you, what with one of your main pleasures being driving.
Me, I hate driving now, my leg hurts from the clutch, my hip hurts from sitting and I'd rather not drive any more then needed. Last road trip, I found myself stopping at every rest stop for 10-15 minutes to stretch and everyone of those rest stops had a couple of unused level 2 or 3 chargers, so I'd love to be able to afford to go electric. Obviously you and I are quite different when it comes to driving and electric just doesn't work for you. I was the same when young, jump in the truck and go on a multi day drive, often where there weren't hardly any gas stations.

The American auto companies are much more scary then the Chinese ones. It is America who keeps starting wars, threatening to annex various countries and waging economic war on friendly countries. It is also American companies that have the profit motive to sell all the data they can and likely will happily sell to the Chinese government as well as other governments.

Breaking the DRM is illegal in most jurisdictions due to the Americans insisting on it as part of trade deals. Illegally acquired rips would be considered piracy, even if no one cares. I know I don't care and neither does my government but strictly speaking, it is illegal.

Most of the trip to the Moon is uphill, so not falling, rather a ballistic trajectory. Think of throwing a rock 10 metres up. Spends a second going up, stops, and falls down for a second. We don't call that first second falling. Coasting is maybe the best word.

Here's an article on someone with XY chromosomes, a man according to various authorities, who with some medical help, used their own eggs to get pregnant and deliver twins. Article says woman, but we all know that XY means a genetic man.
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2F...

Just have to convince the jury that you have reason not to like a law and they can nullify it.

Is sailing the high seas in search of music actually illegal there, rather then a civil offence? Where I am, every time I buy a blank cassette or CDR, the *AA get a cut, supposedly to share with the musicians and writers, therefore the courts have ruled copying music for personal use is legal.
Sharing movies does mean you can sued for the cost of buying it on a DVD.
What the law does come down is counterfeiting others IP and selling it.

WTF, it is America that is threatening other countries with annexation. It is America who is currently waging a war on the other side of the planet and fucking up the whole worlds economy. it is America that is run by a real estate developer and a bunch of lawyers who have their heads up their arse, rather then engineers like in China
China's bad but America is looking to be worse. I feel much more confident with a Chinese router then an American one spying on me, especially as it is America waging economic war with the goal of annexation. And the way it is looking, the average American should be way more worried about being spied on by their government then a government on the other side of the world.
Fix your fucking country. You're forefathers gave you the 2nd amendment to take care of fucking bad government that is anti-freedom.

Yea, I remember when they had to rejig the pumps to half gallons as they couldn't handle more then a dollar a gallon, people said it was temporary. Same thing when they had to rejig the pumps for over a dollar a litre, a temporary thing. With the stupidity of the Americans, I wouldn't count on it being temporary.

They don't stop them, rather feather them and the swarm of bats shows up on radar at a bit of distance and is only a worry in some spots.
Do you have any idea how much energy it takes to ship something to the Sun? Just getting to Mercury is harder then getting to Neptune.
Anyways, best is a mixture of sources with natural gas as a backup. Even here, the natural gas plant needs to be fired up at least once a decade for those really cold nights to supplicant the hydro. Wind would would do a way better job of supplicating the hydro, solar too.

Talking to my neighbour the other day. Has a 100 mile commute, loves making it in his Tesla, the car was cheaper then his truck, charges it with an extension cord, forget what he said it costs but fairly cheap in the land of cheap electricity and expensive gas.