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[-] docmox@lemmy.world 51 points 11 months ago

Money.

Now that USB-C is the required cable, people can go out and buy any cheap cable they want. The law turned a proprietary cash cow into a low return commodity item.

[-] docmox@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Don’t need to, just down-blend from the available fuel used from weapons put out of commission as a result of disarmament treaties.

Now, about those materials used to construct solar panels…

[-] docmox@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Raw material is usually a small fraction of the cost of refueling. I would also argue that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is a small blip in the lifetime of a reactor, ~80 years. Transient pricing will have a negligible effect on the LCOE.

[-] docmox@lemmy.world 7 points 11 months ago

This is false. Nuclear has a very competitive levelized cost of energy (LCOE). Nuclear has high upfront costs but fuel is cheap and the reactor can last much longer than solar panels. The big picture matters not just upfront costs.

Source: https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/files/2015/08/f25/LCOE.pdf

[-] docmox@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I’m going to go out on a limb and say Netflix and other platforms probably picked up these shows/movies because they were cheap and wouldn’t need to pay out residuals if they became hits.

Kinda sucks they don’t get paid but honestly no one makes it out big on their first run. You use your new leverage to negotiate better the second time around, after you’re proven your worth.

A few exceptions to this, but more than likely the streaming platforms would have never picked up these shows were it not for the very beneficial terms.

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submitted 1 year ago by docmox@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

Wholesale prices are down almost 10% YoY. New car production is up and new car inventory is returning to normal. Prices have started to drop with the reintroduction of incentives.

All this points to supply returning and demand falling away with increased interest rates, high inflation, and the imminent return of student loan payments. Accordingly, prices should continue to fall. Hopefully we see a significant reduction in pricing and a return to reasonable affordability of vehicles.

docmox

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