From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from smtp2.nextlayer.at (smtp2.nextlayer.at [81.16.150.37]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by lists.bufferbloat.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3BBB83B29E for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 03:40:30 -0400 (EDT) Received: from [172.31.253.102] (guestkeeper.heise.de [193.99.145.166]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.nextlayer.at (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 36B8C8021AB for ; Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:40:27 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 smtp.nextlayer.at 36B8C8021AB Message-ID: <32fe446a-bbd8-b275-56be-dd709a411d06@falco.ca> Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 00:40:25 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.8.1.24) Gecko/20100411 Thunderbird/2.0.0.24 Mnenhy/0.7.6.666 Content-Language: en-CA, de-AT To: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net References: From: Daniel AJ Sokolov In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [Starlink] geo-engineering... X-BeenThere: starlink@lists.bufferbloat.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: "Starlink has bufferbloat. Bad." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2023 07:40:30 -0000 On 2023-07-19 at 23:53, Loganaden Velvindron via Starlink wrote: > Yes. We have similar issues in Mauritius. We are also a small country. We > have too many ICE cars on the road. However, we saw an increase in > hybrid/EV purchases in 2022 and the number is growing for 2023. Mauritius has a long history of massive import duties on ICE vehicles. 100% duty, plus 15% VAT. Plus the significant cost of shipping the vehicle to the island far out in the Indian Ocean. And still traffic is challenging. That tells you something about the allure of the car. However, because the way roads and traffic are, you really want a small car, not a large one, in Mauritius. (It is the only country I have been to where they have a divided highway, but then they use one lane on the "wrong" side to add capacity during rush hour. No traffic lights above the lane to indicate that. Locals just know.) When I visited the most recent time, in 2018, it cost me more to rent a tiny car (without CDW insurance) for a week than to rent a large house with garden for a week - and that house was not in a tourist hotspot at all (Surinam, MU, if you want to know). To wit, I don't think we can extrapolate experiences from Mauritius to other developing countries. >I'm not a > Nissan fan, but the Nissan Leaf is the most affordable one. Yes, I can see that being a great vehicle for Mauritius. But the Leaf is being discontinued, because Nissan is making a loss with every one they sell. Unsustainable. Cheers Daniel