JBee
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- First Name
- JB
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- Nov 22, 2019
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CT has childcare built in. Stick the kids in the back and get FSD to drive around the block until they sleep. Otherwise, keep it parked and let the air suspension rock whilst playing your Spotify lullaby playlist. Or for the older kids let them play AAA games on the screen. Comes with built in nanny cam which will have occupant monitoring, and its also bulletproof if thats the neighbourhood you call home. ?
If your kids need 24/7 care you aren't doing it right. The more kids you have the better they look after themselves. Entertaining kids is not the same as parenting them, and parenting doesn't stop when they are all grown up either, it just changes in dynamic. The more involved family, friends and neighbours you have the easier again. Not everything needs to be paid for with fiat. (There are exceptions for health reasons etc)
No point in calling someone or something parent, family, friend, neighbour etc if they are in fact not doing the things these people are expected to "normally" do. I for one would never give my kids/grandkids to someone I don't know, and have to "trust" them because I am paying them for it. Be they government endorsed, funded or qualified. Not everything can or should be amortised. I also don't see how this can be part of a "infrastructure bill". But thats just me.
As for setting long term target dates I think in this case its more of a restriction than a boost. Because what it is saying is they expect 60% or vehicles to remain ICE.
If there is demand, which there is, the biggest hurdle will be supply not the lack of government funds. And for supply you will have to come get it from us in WA. We already do over 50% of Australias exports with just 200k people involved in mining industry. So thats iron ore and nickel for SS, nickel, lithium, silicon etc for batteries and electronics. Every one is still expanding output too and we supply Asia, EU and US.
But don't expect the job numbers to grow, beyond those jobs needed for initial plant construction. Everything is hugely in bulk and mostly automated including our trains, dump trucks, loaders and dozers.
Just for example on trains: the primary reason these 2-3km long ore trains are automated is because of the train drivers union that keeps on throwing tantrums to get more pay upsetting really tight extraction, transport and ship loading capacities ans schedules that are ay max. And thats just a few hundred drivers in total they're trying to get rid of. The more that is automated and humans are out of the loop, the better it runs it seems, so don't hold your breath to see new jobs in EV's, definitely not much on the supply side. Because if the corporations can avoid it there won't be.
If your kids need 24/7 care you aren't doing it right. The more kids you have the better they look after themselves. Entertaining kids is not the same as parenting them, and parenting doesn't stop when they are all grown up either, it just changes in dynamic. The more involved family, friends and neighbours you have the easier again. Not everything needs to be paid for with fiat. (There are exceptions for health reasons etc)
No point in calling someone or something parent, family, friend, neighbour etc if they are in fact not doing the things these people are expected to "normally" do. I for one would never give my kids/grandkids to someone I don't know, and have to "trust" them because I am paying them for it. Be they government endorsed, funded or qualified. Not everything can or should be amortised. I also don't see how this can be part of a "infrastructure bill". But thats just me.
As for setting long term target dates I think in this case its more of a restriction than a boost. Because what it is saying is they expect 60% or vehicles to remain ICE.
If there is demand, which there is, the biggest hurdle will be supply not the lack of government funds. And for supply you will have to come get it from us in WA. We already do over 50% of Australias exports with just 200k people involved in mining industry. So thats iron ore and nickel for SS, nickel, lithium, silicon etc for batteries and electronics. Every one is still expanding output too and we supply Asia, EU and US.
But don't expect the job numbers to grow, beyond those jobs needed for initial plant construction. Everything is hugely in bulk and mostly automated including our trains, dump trucks, loaders and dozers.
Just for example on trains: the primary reason these 2-3km long ore trains are automated is because of the train drivers union that keeps on throwing tantrums to get more pay upsetting really tight extraction, transport and ship loading capacities ans schedules that are ay max. And thats just a few hundred drivers in total they're trying to get rid of. The more that is automated and humans are out of the loop, the better it runs it seems, so don't hold your breath to see new jobs in EV's, definitely not much on the supply side. Because if the corporations can avoid it there won't be.
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