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Yeah, it’s legal to purchase and own a Cybertruck in Europe.
You just can’t legally drive it on public roads, because it hasn’t passed the safety tests.
They haven’t even attempted, because it is evident that it will fail. So, they have not introduced the vehicle for sale in Europe
If you see one, it’s probably a gimmick showcase thing. They did tour a demo model around for tv stations earlier this year, but I’m not sure what the purpose was. It was basically mocked everywhere it went.
It’s possible and perfectly legal to import it yourself and then… put it in a garage or drive around your mansion all day long if you want.
The sand silo heating projects that I’ve read about are used to feed the excess energy from electricity to central heating. The heat can be stored for months, but converting it back to electricity wouldn’t be very efficient. It’s “only” viable in places with district heating.
There are other power-to-x technologies out there, like splitting water to hydrogen and oxygen, and these are all good ways to use excess energy, but they won’t help on stabilizing the electricity production. Hopefully these technologies can create enough demand for electricity that the prices will always be worth it for the producers, so they can begin (over)producing enough renewable energy to cover the baseload at all times.
The gas production in early 1900s sort of did the same. The gas was produced for heating and light, but the byproducts of gas production lead to all kinds of other very cheap chemicals and products. Similarly we need to think of excess electricity as a very cheap byproduct and invent uses for it, instead of attempting to “balance” it.
In my opinion, this shows why privatization of electricity production is an obstruction. It would have been easier to transition completely to renewable energy if it was a state monopoly setting a fixed price to enable overproduction without regard to price fluctuations.
They have $44 billion dollar bills to wipe away the tears.
Yes, for some things. Some tasks are better done summarized. Cleaning generally isn’t, because it easily conflicts with other tasks when not done.
I’m a rather busy family man, so if I have 20 minutes to cook a meal for the family before I have to drive someone somewhere it can really mess up the entire day schedule if the sink is full of dishes and the trash bin is topped up with unsorted garbage. So I try to be on top of it for my own sake. “Keep the tools sharp” goes for everything, even a diaper supply.
If it comes up the basement drain, then the obstruction is further down, and so you can’t really flush it from the drain and out. You need to find the sewer service well further out and flush it from there and in.
It’s likely a broken pipe taking in sand or branches, so flushing it won’t be a permanent fix. A plumber can probably fix it from outside too, so it doesn’t have to be very expensive.
You don’t need to waste your money on snakes and that kind of stuff. If a regular hose on full blast can’t loosen the obstruction from outside, then you need a plumber anyway.
