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Patrick Reddy
@patrickjreddy
bluesky ID @pjred.bsky.social. whimsical nerd, cyclist, EV driver, keen on the green future, especially for my kids. interested in future public transport
Woking, Surrey Katılım Şubat 2012
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Government finances are not like a business or a household. 1925.
**1925**
Why did we ever believe Thatcher?
Why didn't her household budget lie die with her?
Why do so many economists still believe that fallacy?
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Our economic system is broken. Climate crisis accelerating. Inequality deepening. Public trust crumbling. Wealth concentrates while governments scramble to fix what markets can't do, rather than shape them from the outset.
Presenting my new book The Common Good Economy live at @HowToAcademy—a reimagining of economics and a manifesto for a future economy that serves people and planet.
How we achieve collective goals—through participation, reciprocity and reward-sharing—matters as much as what those goals are.
2 June | 19:00 | St Martin-in-the-Fields | Ticket link below
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@giulio_mattioli It's not required to drive at those speeds and there are ongoing discussions within Germany about scrapping the unrestricted sections.
Would not be surprised if they do bring in speed limits like everywhere else.
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Meanwhile in Germany, you can drive your car at 400km/h+ on the motorway.
Yes, it's allowed.
Annmarie Hordern@annmarie
South Korean President: "Save very drop of fuel" “I earnestly appeal to all citizens to actively participate in energy-saving movements in daily lives, such as taking public transportation and conserving electricity."
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@PaladinJew @JohnHundeslit But once the US leaves, there is no war with Iran. Just a set of diplomatic discussions between adults.
The US is thinking that the EU has to continue the war that the US started. Why? This is nonsense.
The EU is not at war with Iran.
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@JohnHundeslit The US doesn't need their help to open it. But it wants to see the Europeans taking it seriously since it's more of a core strategic interest for them than it is for the US.
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Britain and Europe are shamefully weak, but the United States desperately needs their help, and can't possibly keep the Strait of Hormuz open without their help. Have I got that right?
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@lysdahllars London already has congestion charging now. With a fully integrated public transport system. Carrying millions of people a day.
Can we stop the share price pumping and get a bit real please? Tesla minicabs will replace, eventually, some driver minicabs. That's about it.
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@lysdahllars Oh, they probably will at some point. The issue I have is the perception that anyone with a Tesla will be able to let it drive off at random and do taxi work ad-hoc. And everyone will stop using public transport and use these instead.
That's completely preposterous.
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If the Tesla Optimus robot can drive cars can’t anybody buy them along with electric cars without FSD and start deploying robotaxis ?
Whole Mars Catalog@wholemars
this will actually be possible with humanoids eventually btw
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@Rix6145 @PolitlcsGlobal But they are the reason it's closed. They go away and the rest can just sit down and sort out a diplomatic solution to something the US created.
Epic failure by the US and Israel.
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@PolitlcsGlobal The only two countries that can open the straight are missing :
USA
Russia
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🚨🇬🇧 SUMMARY: Britain is hosting a meeting with the following countries to discuss the Strait of Hormuz
🇦🇱 Albania
🇦🇺 Australia
🇧🇭 Bahrain
🇧🇬 Bulgaria
🇨🇦 Canada
🇨🇱 Chile
🇭🇷 Croatia
🇨🇿 Czechia
🇩🇰 Denmark
🇪🇪 Estonia
🇫🇮 Finland
🇫🇷 France
🇩🇪 Germany
🇮🇹 Italy
🇯🇵 Japan
🇽🇰 Kosovo
🇱🇻 Latvia
🇱🇹 Lithuania
🇲🇭 Marshall Islands
🇲🇩 Moldova
🇲🇪 Montenegro
🇳🇿 New Zealand
🇳🇬 Nigeria
🇲🇰 North Macedonia
🇳🇴 Norway
🇵🇦 Panama
🇵🇹 Portugal
🇰🇷 Republic of Korea
🇷🇴 Romania
🇸🇮 Slovenia
🇸🇪 Sweden
🇳🇱 The Netherlands
🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates
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@MorriseyMi6568 @PolitlcsGlobal No one is going to bother with fighting. A nice cup of tea and what can we do to help will suffice.
Only two countries are at war with Iran. The rest aren't.
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@PolitlcsGlobal That whole Hormuz list — France, Germany, Japan, SK, plus dozens of tiny nations like Marshall Islands & Kosovo can't match the USA alone.
#1 Global Firepower.
$900B defense budget
11 supercarriers (more capable ones than most of the world combined).
God help us all.
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@PolitlcsGlobal @Helen07101981 The bit that everyone is missing is apart from Israel and the US, no one else is at war with Iran.
They don't need to fight their way in or out. They just need to sit down with Iran over a nice cup of tea and ask politely.
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@lysdahllars Uber already exists and already comply with the rules and regs. That's not going to change.
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@lysdahllars Currently it won't either. It's the point that everyone is missing. Taxis are not a total free for all.
In no city are they going to allow random cars be random taxis. They don't now and they won't in future. Insurance, licence, inspections. All controlled with fees
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@graeme_cobb Sweet spot for range and size. Kia's are on the expensive side these days but nearly new or ex-lease, these are going to be in high demand.
Brilliant range of EVs now and solid design across the different cars. Big thumbs up from me at least.
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The Kia EV2 starts from £24,245 for the Air Long Range with 281 miles of range rising to £32,595 for the GT-Line S Long Range.
Does this hit the sweet spot? Or should it be less expensive? Thoughts?
notaguru.co.uk/blog/kia-ev2-p…
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@GerHerbert1 That's pretty amazing numbers. And it's unlikely to slow down too.
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EV growth is accelerating
March EV registrations:
➡️ 3,851 units
➡️ up 52.1% Year on year
Year-to-date:
14,004 EVs registered
up 40.5% vs 2025
#NewCarSales #SIMI #Evs
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I completely agree with this point.
A successful economy is where the state and private enterprise work together towards a known end goal and Industrial strategy.
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@TheEVuniverse More HUGE cars when what we really need is what Ford were leaders in, small cars like the Focus and the Fiesta.
As always with Ford, entirely missing the point of why they exist.
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Ford CEO in 2027: We will have, in two years, something to compete with Model S and Model X in the US market
Sawyer Merritt@SawyerMerritt
Ford CEO in new interview: “We'll have an all-electric, affordable vehicle to compete with Model Y and Model 3. I think there's nothing else like it on the market. We started a skunkworks team 4 years ago. They were basically Formula 1 and Tesla people. That vehicle is radically different. I'm really excited to show everyone maybe late this year or (early) next year. It will be coming out next year.” (via Spike's Car Radio)
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BMW announced a new entry level iX3.
Single motor, smaller battery, but still solid range:
iX3 40:
- 82.6 kWh usable battery capacity
- 395 miles of WLTP range
- 300 kW charging
- 10–80% in 21 min
- 315 hp RWD
- ~€7,500 cheaper than iX3 50 in most markets
- Launching this summer in Europe
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@patrickjreddy @adrianweckler Nah, not really. I walk up one side of my hill I am in Donegal and I walk down the other side, I am in Derry. Plenty of tourist buses also and they carry a lot of diesel, I am pretty confident
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Ireland car sales in March -- first full month of effect from Iran war
Electric: +52%
Petrol: -38%
Diesel: -37%
Electric now outselling petrol and diesel -- first time.
Hybrid (petrol-electric): 27.4%
Full electric: 21.6%
Petrol 21.2%
Plug-In hybrid: 14.4%
Diesel 12.9%
(Simi)
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@redgolf99 @dorfman_p You are actively re-fueling wayyyyy longer then I am.
I have been EV driving for over 5 years after 35 years petrol. EV charging is a shorter and much more convenient activity.
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@redgolf99 @dorfman_p But I don't.
At home I plug in and go indoors. The equipment is doing things which I don't care about.
On the road I plug in and wander off, shopping, toilet, tea, whatever. Again the equipment is doing stuff but so am I.
My time actually doing things to charge is seconds.
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UK now has nearly twice as many public EV chargers as petrol pumps.
More than 118,000 public charge points are now available nationwide compared with around 60,800 fuel pumps.
independent.co.uk/cars/electric-…
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