I believe the Netherlands and London have that. Tap in, tap out. Probably more cities have that. Definitely one of the things more things should have!

Public transport by trebuchet?

Stay the course for black sludge! It'll make us rich beyond our wildest dreams!

I'm betting 3 hairs on my ass that the German government is going to bail out VW, stay the course for polluting engines, and tank the economy for the next 20 years. (And of course blame "immigrants")

wat?

Did Russia fuck up Chile? It was the US that helped Augustos Pinochet overthrow a democratically elected government which happened to be socialist and had just made education and healthcare free for all in the country.

It wouldn't surprise me if the US had a hand (yet again) in fucking up Chile.

The country in Europe that taxes wages the most and has no digital vision whatsoever (exaggerated of course) gets to do the project. The country where people still don't see a need for fiber, protest against nuclear and wind energy (some even against solar), and little to no digital education. That's the country this is going to?

The largest share of the aid, €495 million, will go to GlobalFoundries to support its “SPRINT” project in Dresden. The US-based pure-play foundry plans to expand and adapt its existing site to add new 300mm wafer manufacturing capacity.

Lol, also in one of the most racist places in the country (declared Nazi emergency in 2019, exodus of skilled foreign workers from Eastern Germany 2024) for a USAian company.

Chip sovereignty is critical but this isn't the place to do it.

I have a few, but a world-wide, interconnected high-speed rail is probably my wettest dream. Imagine taking the a highspeed rail from Paris to Beijing across Europe then the Trans-Asian Railway. Or deciding to travel from Alaska all the way to Patagonia by train. How about a trip from Oslo to Cape Town? We have the technology to make that reality.

My wildest dream though would be having some kind of solution for connecting remote areas. Imagine living in a cabin in the woods and wanting to get to town. Right now, the most likely answer would be "I need a car", but imagine we invented something else? What would that be? A public hydrogen powered drone network for last-k transport maybe? Gondola lifts? Bike paths and on demand rail to every house? A slingshot system with a glider? I dunno, just anything but a car.

I'm still very doubtful of a hyperloop. But a Europe-wide highspeed railway network? For sure! We need that.

The Netherlands has that... mostly. It's glorious. But I agree, having that worldwide would be amazing!

Planes aren't "idiotic". They are marvels of engineering and very useful for long distance travel, especially across oceans or difficult terrain (ever had to cross a mountain over a serpentine path?). Conceptually, planes are way less problematic than cars. There is no "plane centric lifestyle", planes haven't forced us to build our neighbourhoods differently, aren't handed out to just about anybody, and aren't killing thousands of people daily.

The problem is their engines. They are loud, polluting, and inefficient. Add on that they are unfairly subsidised with little to no incentive to improve besides lowering the weight on a plane. Let's be clear though, planes pollute nowhere as much globally as cars. Planes were responsible for 2.5% of carbon emissions in 2020. Rice production alone is responsible for 1.5% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

The airline industry hasn't had to reinvent itself technologically since the 70s or so. But there is now work going into net-zero planes:

• hydrogen fuel planes
• electric aircraft

Though there is a decline in funding - probably due to the new right-wing administrations in the US and Europe.

That film is going to be a disaster. It looks like they used too much AI or CGI or whatever.

They are much laxer for USAians than they are for poorer third-world countries, I'll tell you that much! Don't kid yourself, the USAian passport still has a lot of strength. It opens doors to many places.

If you want to move, there are actually many options, it doesn't have to be Europe. Vietnam for example needs English teachers and they aren't exactly picky on how well you speak English. If you can speak another language, you already have one leg up compared to your mono-lingual compatriots e.g Spanish cat get you to many places.

Simply going "oh, it's hopeless, I can't move anyway" is the wrong attitude. If you have studied, you already belong to 30% of the population that has. Try applying abroad. If you haven't studied yet, get a loan, study (pick a study that has a future), leave the US and never return. There's no need to pay off the load if you leave because having debt isn't illegal and they aren't going to drag you back from another country to pay your debt.

What I'm saying is, there's options. If you're USAian, living in the USA, you live in one of the most prosperous country in the world and have quite a few advantages over say a farmer in Mongolia or an Iranian. If an Iranian can get out of Iran and become a citizen of a European country, so can you.

I'd be surprised if the fat fuck wasn' an abuser. That dude definitely let power get to his head and must've abused at least one person.

The USA isn't actually doing what they're saying

Yes they are!

I never said they weren't!

And having a unified Europe against the US isn't "division".

Sure, then why are they voting right-wingers into government?

If you are unable to see the USAian influence in Europe, sorry mate, but you must be blind.

SLAVA

And yet they will not vote for it.

Sorry, I don't watch basketball. All I knew was that he was famous basketball player and LeBron was the first name that came to mind. Now I have to look up who LeBron is.