hillbicks

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[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 18 points 1 year ago

I regularly comments from users who were not aware or the financial situation. Maybe "we" need to promote it a bit more. But it is 332 per week, not month. At the beginning of the last migration it stood at 40 something, so we at least got some traction.

Thanks for the update and thanks for the work guys, I really appreciate it

[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago

LONDON, Sept 19 (Reuters) - Volvo Cars (VOLCARb.ST) said on Tuesday that it will end production of any remaining diesel models by early 2024 as it heads towards becoming an all-electric carmaker.

"In a few months from now, the last diesel-powered Volvo car will have been built, making Volvo Cars one of the first legacy car makers to take this step," the Swedish company said in a statement.

Majority owned by China's Geely (0175.HK), Volvo has committed to going fully electric by 2030.

While a majority of the cars Volvo sold in Europe were diesel as recently as 2019, in 2022 they made up just 8.9% of the Swedish carmaker's sales.

In August 33% of Volvo's sales were fully-electric or hybrid models. The company did not break out how many of the remaining 67% combustion-engine models were diesel and how many ran on petrol.

Sales of diesel models have declined rapidly in Europe since Volkswagen's (VOWG_p.DE) emission-cheating scandal and carmakers have been gradually reducing the number of diesel models available in their model lineups.

Diesel vehicles comprised more than 50% of Europe's new car sales in 2015, but accounted for just over 14% of sales in July

[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 58 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Right, because 30°C in the middle of September is totally normal and in no way an indication that climate change is about to get completely out for control.

Let's just go to the beach, everything is fine and we don't have to change anything, let alone something that will inconvenience us.

Temperatures in September are already past 1,5 degree increase. We need to do something. Now.

Can I ask what your solution is?

[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the case of Ames, yes there was.

From Wikipedia

The CIA also realized that, despite Ames' annual salary being $60,000, he could afford:

A $540,000 house in Arlington, Virginia, paid for in cash

A $50,000 Jaguar luxury car

Home remodeling and redecoration costs of $99,000

Monthly phone bills exceeding $6,000, mostly calls by Ames' wife to her family in Colombia

Premium credit cards, on which the minimum monthly payment exceeded his monthly salary

In March 1993, the CIA and FBI began an intensive investigation of Ames that included electronic surveillance, combing through his trash and the installation of a monitor in his car to track his movements. From November 1993 until his arrest, Ames was kept under virtually constant physical surveillance. When, in early 1994, he was scheduled to attend a conference in Moscow, the FBI believed it could wait no longer, and he and his wife were arrested on February 21

[–] hillbicks@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow, so the shit show begins even before we had even one gop debate. Article states you can't participate if you don't sign the pledge to support the eventual nominee.

This is going to be really interesting....

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