Finland is a cold country that needs cheap electricity for heating during winters. Burning gas isn't an option.
It should be noted that Russian gas was more expensive than any other source of electricity in Germany: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... Hungary still uses it, and it's not helping (aside…
It depends on the region. The US has shale gas which is genuinely cheaper than coal. Europe doesn't want to use coal for political reasons. China and India barely use gas since it can't compete with coal.
That's still not enough to bridge the gap between coal and gas. See for example this article: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... The US is an anomaly due to shale gas:…
Card fees aren't paid by end customers either. The Swedish iDEAL equivalent, Swish, is more expensive than cards for smaller transactions (below 15 euros). Wero will be like Swish, not Pix.
The EU would obviously benefit from a digital euro, but the banks won't give up without a fight: https://euperspectives.eu/2026/02/digital-euro-timeline-at-r... >Private banks are resistant to a digital euro both as a…
Most likely because your country's banks are heavily lobbying against such initiatives. It's easy to blame Visa and Mastercard, but the reason why the EU doesn't have this is that the EPP (the largest political group in…
Sweden has a similar "initiative" set up by a consortium of banks (Swish), as do many other European countries. Usually these systems raise their fees after being established, sometimes even higher than Visa/Mastercard.…
The Swish system is private, which means that the fees are as high as the market can bear. In many cases cards are cheaper. If the e-krona happens, that would be a better comparison.
Of the big tech companies, Apple is definitely the one that has embraced America First the most. If you live outside the US, you get features later (if at all) and have to pay more for that privilege.
People burn coal to heat their houses. That doesn't mean it's healthy. Gas stoves are known to cause asthma.
Freight will eventually go electric as well. It's crazy how fast it's happening in China: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric...
Is there anyone using only cameras except Tesla?
Hydrogen was marketed as a stopgap until batteries are good enough. Well, batteries are good enough for trucks now: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... Once you go battery electric, you never…
Liquid hydrogen loses 1% of its volume per day due to boil-off. Hydrogen is incredibly difficult to move without huge energy losses.
Buses are already largely electric (with the US as a notable exception), and trucks are quickly getting there: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... Meanwhile, hydrogen trucks are nowhere to be…
Sweden has very little natural gas in its energy mix: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-sou... I highly doubt that hydrogen heating was ever considered. It's usually pushed by the gas lobby (since…
The EU will probably wait until the launch of a digital wallet that can do anonymous age verification. Otherwise it won't get enough political support.
It depends on the implementation. The EU's European Digital Identity Wallet will allow users to prove that they are over 18 without sharing any other personal information.
On the contrary, third parties will only get to know the age of the users, not their identities.
You're describing a CBDC, not a coin. Why isn't it being done? Because commercial banks are vehemently against that. The current administration in particular will never go against the big banks.
That's a commercial service backed by some European banks. It's not at all comparable with a non-profit service like Brazil's Pix. The closest EU equivalent would probably be the planned digital euro, but the banks are…
> Well, I like that the people that think like this also probably live I places where you are actually driving a coal powered car. That's still an improvement for both global and local emissions.
Biodiesel doesn't solve the pollution problem. It's also very expensive, and often produced in an unsustainable way.
Sodium-ion batteries have extreme good performance in low-temperature environments. CATL is working on sodium-LFP dual-power batteries to get the best of both worlds: https://www.catl.com/en/news/6401.html That's mainly…
Finland is a cold country that needs cheap electricity for heating during winters. Burning gas isn't an option.
It should be noted that Russian gas was more expensive than any other source of electricity in Germany: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... Hungary still uses it, and it's not helping (aside…
It depends on the region. The US has shale gas which is genuinely cheaper than coal. Europe doesn't want to use coal for political reasons. China and India barely use gas since it can't compete with coal.
That's still not enough to bridge the gap between coal and gas. See for example this article: https://www.ffe.de/en/publications/merit-order-shifts-and-th... The US is an anomaly due to shale gas:…
Card fees aren't paid by end customers either. The Swedish iDEAL equivalent, Swish, is more expensive than cards for smaller transactions (below 15 euros). Wero will be like Swish, not Pix.
The EU would obviously benefit from a digital euro, but the banks won't give up without a fight: https://euperspectives.eu/2026/02/digital-euro-timeline-at-r... >Private banks are resistant to a digital euro both as a…
Most likely because your country's banks are heavily lobbying against such initiatives. It's easy to blame Visa and Mastercard, but the reason why the EU doesn't have this is that the EPP (the largest political group in…
Sweden has a similar "initiative" set up by a consortium of banks (Swish), as do many other European countries. Usually these systems raise their fees after being established, sometimes even higher than Visa/Mastercard.…
The Swish system is private, which means that the fees are as high as the market can bear. In many cases cards are cheaper. If the e-krona happens, that would be a better comparison.
Of the big tech companies, Apple is definitely the one that has embraced America First the most. If you live outside the US, you get features later (if at all) and have to pay more for that privilege.
People burn coal to heat their houses. That doesn't mean it's healthy. Gas stoves are known to cause asthma.
Freight will eventually go electric as well. It's crazy how fast it's happening in China: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric...
Is there anyone using only cameras except Tesla?
Hydrogen was marketed as a stopgap until batteries are good enough. Well, batteries are good enough for trucks now: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... Once you go battery electric, you never…
Liquid hydrogen loses 1% of its volume per day due to boil-off. Hydrogen is incredibly difficult to move without huge energy losses.
Buses are already largely electric (with the US as a notable exception), and trucks are quickly getting there: https://www.electrive.com/2026/01/23/year-end-surge-electric... Meanwhile, hydrogen trucks are nowhere to be…
Sweden has very little natural gas in its energy mix: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/energy-consumption-by-sou... I highly doubt that hydrogen heating was ever considered. It's usually pushed by the gas lobby (since…
The EU will probably wait until the launch of a digital wallet that can do anonymous age verification. Otherwise it won't get enough political support.
It depends on the implementation. The EU's European Digital Identity Wallet will allow users to prove that they are over 18 without sharing any other personal information.
On the contrary, third parties will only get to know the age of the users, not their identities.
You're describing a CBDC, not a coin. Why isn't it being done? Because commercial banks are vehemently against that. The current administration in particular will never go against the big banks.
That's a commercial service backed by some European banks. It's not at all comparable with a non-profit service like Brazil's Pix. The closest EU equivalent would probably be the planned digital euro, but the banks are…
> Well, I like that the people that think like this also probably live I places where you are actually driving a coal powered car. That's still an improvement for both global and local emissions.
Biodiesel doesn't solve the pollution problem. It's also very expensive, and often produced in an unsustainable way.
Sodium-ion batteries have extreme good performance in low-temperature environments. CATL is working on sodium-LFP dual-power batteries to get the best of both worlds: https://www.catl.com/en/news/6401.html That's mainly…