Saving For a Space Ship

Selling your house for 3 years at sea, smart ... then Life at Sea 3 Year World Cruise Cancelled....they have no ship! .. so now no home https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/11/life-at-sea-3-year-world-cruise-cancelled/ https://www.reddit.com/r/facepalm/comments/184xcwl/selling_your_house_for_3_years_at_sea_smart/ https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2023/11/life-at-sea-3-year-world-cruise-cancelled/

call me cynical.... 'Overall data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics.' The National Bureau of Statistics is a deputy-cabinet level agency directly under the State Council of China. https://www.ceicdata.com/en/china/nbs-property-price-monthly/property-price-ytd-avg-overall

'Ministers and ex-Ministers questioned by police over Lady Mone’s £203m PPE deal with government https://******/47vwk4j good summary of the whole shocking affair including allegations of personal gain, an offshore trust and failure to declare interests. With denials from M and B.' https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/4a6903be-502c-4b94-9ae8-f7dd704f6cb7?shareToken=0149113789e16faadf65865be8fe6da7

Indeed, other arguements aside, the bottom line re: royalty is that the uk cannot afford it, especially given we are looking a depression in the face possibly next year imo. 'Here is the problem with attacking Benefits, as Jeremy Hunt chooses to do. Instead HMRC should be going after the 360x as much Tax Avoid/Evaders. People like Zahawi, Cameron, and Bamford.' https://twitter.com/BladeoftheS/status/1727815204807827660

Revealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens Exclusive: Assets of thousands of people in north-west England used to upgrade king’s property empire via archaic custom https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/nov/23/revealed-king-charles-secretly-profiting-from-the-assets-of-dead-citizens

Shanghai Property Prices Crash 70%, China's Real Estate Market Rescue Fails, Leaving Owners in Tears https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QQyrCd-PEo

The Real Reason EV Repairs Are So Expensive Insurers are demanding perfectly good EVs be scrapped, or hiking repair bills from $1,000 to $15,000 for seemingly no good reason. There’s a solution, and it’s in the hands of car companies. https://www.wired.com/story/ev-repair-batteries-expensive-insurance/?s=04I'mm I'm seeing a lot more Renault Kangoo ZE Ev's for sale on ebay, I wonder if this is due to increasing insurance costs or the new model coming out

Incognito Featuring Jocelyn Brown ‎– Always There (Club Mix) [1991] Worth mentioning the other great music thread on hpc off topic (now archived ) Tune of the Day https://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/44044-tune-of-the-day/page/132/#comments https://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?/topic/44044-tune-of-the-day Simple Minds - Love Song (zhd extended devotion mix) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dlSMirrg3E

Tesla...........the Battered Wrecks of future cars? 🙂 The reincarnation of totaled Teslas—in Ukraine https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/the-reincarnation-of-totalled-teslas-in-ukraine/ https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTesla/comments/17z3kli/the_reincarnation_of_totaled_teslasin_ukraine/

More supermarket surveillance ? I wonder if this is done to help catch the thieves ... more cameras -Tesco introduces new checkout rules and shoppers say 'it's like magic' ' a combination of cameras and weight sensors, GetGo stores can tell what you’ve picked up and will charge you automatically when you leave the store.' https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/whats-on/shopping/tesco-introduces-new-checkout-rules-28135933

Just noticed they have added an AI link to ebay selling for writing descriptions. No doubt its early days on accuracy, but those millions of folks who spend their days writing such descriptions as part of their job must be worried about having their hours cut https://www.ebay.co.uk/sellercentre/news/2023-september/ai-enabled-description

Collapse of used car market ?? im hearing anecdotes Used EV Bargains | HUGELY DEPRECIATING ELECTRIC CARS Webuyanycar, BCA & Cinch LOST OVER £100M LAST YEAR!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXJ7ZA4oXFc

Massive cryptomining rig discovered under Polish court’s floor, stealing power Top law enforcement agency taps IT experts to calculate stolen energy costs. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/11/secret-cryptomining-rig-found-hidden-in-the-floors-of-a-polish-court/

I'm getting anecdotes of the used car market sales collapsing fast .. Webuyanycar, BCA & Cinch LOST OVER £100M LAST YEAR!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bXJ7ZA4oXFc

I suspect it does matter how many chargers there are, as more means increased competition / economies of scale in manufacturing, so lower prices / profit margins. I read somewhere sometime ago that it cost £20k to install a fast charger (don't know what make) presumably as they get more of their intial outlay back, prices will drop. Don't many Tesla chargers have solar panel roofs in USA? this could lower prices as they get installed here. There was an article saying other manufacturers cannot compete with low cost of tesla chargers as they have manufacturing economies of scale. Presumably why BP & Asda are buying loads of them. Also many other car manufacturers have adopted Tesla cable plug type and have access to charge network. Like many Ev drivers, I charge at home & work, I just top up a little bit at public chargers if going on a longer trip, while having lunch or shopping It is also a common myth that going green is going to be cheaper than the old polluting tech, it is often more expensive, especially initially . Transition to new tech includes other factors that save money. In the case of Ev's, reliability (so few moving parts or less parts ie exhaust / gearbox etc) & no need for a service / oil change or brake pads . My Evs has done over 100k miles, still on original discs. I've done 47k miles on same pads, spent almost nothing on service / breakdown apart from replaced wire to back light & its nearly 10 years old (Not a tesla, a renault kangoo ze van) Ive also not noticed any great loss in range at 100k on battery, but old van is slow charge, cannot not use fast chargers, which is fine by me as I only do short distances and van was cheap 4 years ago, then doubled in value as they became more popular + ULEV intro. I'd happily pay a bit more to save kids lungs ... ‘The complete murder of our young’: India counts cost of another polluting Diwali on a generation of children One in three children in Delhi is already asthmatic, https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/nov/17/the-complete-of-our-young-india-counts-cost-of-another-polluting-diwali-on-a-generation-of-children