Generalisations about companies, public and private, tend to break down. I worked for over a decade for Ciba-Geigy/Novartis in Switzerland - very large multinational pharma companies. They weren't pe… (View Post)

That's basically my view too, supported by the fact that the option is already available to people with money (travel to Switzerland etc.). Cyclefree's header puts the case against, but too vigorousl… (View Post)

350 km is nothing special. I know people who have 5-year-old EVs with range 220 miles who fret when they have trips to areas with sparse EV coverage. 500 miles would make them sit up and trade in. (View Post)

I doubt if Kursk is up for grabs - the Ukrainian move there is tactical. Conversely I don't think that Ukraine should be expected to yield Ukrainian terrain that it's not already lost. But my main po… (View Post)

AFAIK the Russians haven't been pressing to reincorporate Kyiv and Western Ukraine, where the population is overwhlemingly hostile - their claim is Crimea plus the eastern provinces. If they were off… (View Post)