We need a general tweet of the day thread
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May need to rethink where the biggest scammers reside
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South Africa is another fine example of the miracle of socialism. It's also a fine example of the utter stupidity and hate America that is our Ivy League led State Department and Janet Yellen. The last thing that the collapsing nation of South Africa needs is a billion dollars for climate change and electric vehicles that will just be stolen by the theftocrats that run the country.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/after_billions_in_us_aid_including_a_recent_1_billion_pledge_south_africa_is_conducting_joint_military_exercises_with_russia_and_china.html
March 20, 2023
After billions in US aid (including a recent $1 billion pledge), South Africa is conducting joint military exercises with Russia and China
By Thomas Lifson
South Africa, alas, is not our friend. Despite decades of financial and moral support from the United States, South Africa is drifting into alignment with our rivals for global supremacy. Daniel Greenfield reports for Front Page Magazine:
In November 2022, Climate Envoy John Kerry announced a giveaway of $1 billion in foreign aid to South Africa. The failed racist state which regularly suffers blackouts from its socialist power system was being offered billions to subsidize electric cars and green energy.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed that “President Ramaphosa and the South African Government have created a bold plan identifying a clear strategy for achieving South Africa’s most ambitious climate targets.”
In reward for that $1 billion and the billions in foreign aid dispensed over the years, South Africa is conducting joint military exercises with China and Russia.
The Biden administration had little to say except that it was “concerned”, but wasn’t about to tear up that $1 billion check to make sure that a crime-ridden country with $500 million in car thefts a year has all the electric cars its car thieves need to steal and resell. -
I posted yesterday about 40 African nations meeting with Putin
Africa isn't buying net zero and climate bullshit from the west
America and the Eurotrash are losing influence telling emerging nations to freeze in the dark -
Unfortunately, not true.Sledog said:
Recall Revolver News originally broke the Ray Eps story. The disinformation campaign is designed to flood the realm with false stories and then use the false stories as a cudgel to discredit the entire story.
https://www.revolver.news/2022/07/strange-disinfo-campaign-to-discredit-key-questions-concerning-ray-epps/
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Uh oh. Car insurance going up. Is there nothing that EVs can't do.
Not ESG-Friendly: Insurers Junk Entire EVs For Minor Accidents
Tyler Durden's Photo
BY TYLER DURDEN
TUESDAY, MAR 21, 2023 - 01:15 AM
It's a surprise that Reuters has published an article revealing that the electric vehicle revolution might not be as environmentally friendly as automakers claim. Furthermore, a scratched or slightly damaged battery pack could lead insurance companies to scrap the entire car.
"We're buying electric cars for sustainability reasons," Matthew Avery, research director at automotive risk intelligence company Thatcham Research, said.
Avery pointed out, "an EV isn't very sustainable if you've got to throw the battery away after a minor collision."
A Tesla battery pack costs tens of thousands of dollars and represents a large percentage of the vehicle's price tag. Insurance companies have found that it's uneconomical to replace battery packs if damaged.
Many automotive manufacturers, including Tesla, have made battery packs a structural part of the car to reduce cost products but have shifted costs to consumers and insurers when batteries need to be replaced.
Unless carmakers produce more easily repairable battery packs, there will be a growing number of low-mileage EVs scrapped after collisions.
"The number of cases is going to increase, so the handling of batteries is a crucial point," said Christoph Lauterwasser, managing director of the Allianz Center for Technology, a research institute owned by Allianz.
According to Lauterwasser, the production of EV batteries results in significantly higher CO2 emissions compared to conventional fossil-fuel models. Therefore, if these batteries are discarded with low mileage, it undermines the goal of promoting environmentally-friendly practices.
"If you throw away the vehicle at an early stage, you've lost pretty much all advantage in terms of CO2 emissions," he said.
Sandy Munro, head of Michigan-based Munro & Associates, which analyzes vehicles and advises automakers on how to improve them, said the Model Y battery pack has "zero repairability."
"A Tesla structural battery pack is going straight to the grinder," Munro said. -
They also were not buying the Jab BS.RaceBannon said:I posted yesterday about 40 African nations meeting with Putin
Africa isn't buying net zero and climate bullshit from the west
America and the Eurotrash are losing influence telling emerging nations to freeze in the dark -
Worked with a guy from SA in the early 2000’s. He said shit was going sideways even then so he got his family the hell out.WestlinnDuck said:South Africa is another fine example of the miracle of socialism. It's also a fine example of the utter stupidity and hate America that is our Ivy League led State Department and Janet Yellen. The last thing that the collapsing nation of South Africa needs is a billion dollars for climate change and electric vehicles that will just be stolen by the theftocrats that run the country.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2023/03/after_billions_in_us_aid_including_a_recent_1_billion_pledge_south_africa_is_conducting_joint_military_exercises_with_russia_and_china.html
March 20, 2023
After billions in US aid (including a recent $1 billion pledge), South Africa is conducting joint military exercises with Russia and China
By Thomas Lifson
South Africa, alas, is not our friend. Despite decades of financial and moral support from the United States, South Africa is drifting into alignment with our rivals for global supremacy. Daniel Greenfield reports for Front Page Magazine:
In November 2022, Climate Envoy John Kerry announced a giveaway of $1 billion in foreign aid to South Africa. The failed racist state which regularly suffers blackouts from its socialist power system was being offered billions to subsidize electric cars and green energy.
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed that “President Ramaphosa and the South African Government have created a bold plan identifying a clear strategy for achieving South Africa’s most ambitious climate targets.”
In reward for that $1 billion and the billions in foreign aid dispensed over the years, South Africa is conducting joint military exercises with China and Russia.
The Biden administration had little to say except that it was “concerned”, but wasn’t about to tear up that $1 billion check to make sure that a crime-ridden country with $500 million in car thefts a year has all the electric cars its car thieves need to steal and resell.
You couldn’t stop at a traffic signal at night in Johannesburg. If you valued your life. -
I always pegged it as too good to be truepawz said:
Unfortunately, not true.Sledog said:
Recall Revolver News originally broke the Ray Eps story. The disinformation campaign is designed to flood the realm with false stories and then use the false stories as a cudgel to discredit the entire story.
https://www.revolver.news/2022/07/strange-disinfo-campaign-to-discredit-key-questions-concerning-ray-epps/
False stories abound
