Comments by "Luredreier" (@Luredreier) on "Type Ashton" channel.

31:52 Hum, no idea. I'd probably subscribe myself due to my own financial situation. But I have no idea what's best for you guys. All I can say is, good luck, and I hope you'll end up being happy with your choice. =)
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9:47 Eh, Denver is a bit on the high side... 11:00 Exactly. 14:00 There's way more crew jobs then management jobs. And even working in McDonald all life you're not guaranteed to be promoted...
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"Type A"? What does that even mean? What kind of system is that idea from?
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Regarding what car I'd go for... I'd want the Volvo more. But WV is likely going to offer a cheaper EV then Volvo soon, and my income isn't great...
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Norway has a 100% state run health care insurance and all hospitals are 100% state owned. There are however private medical clinics as well as most general practictioners being private. There's a roof on how much people can pay in medical expenses pr year (much lower then the ones you mentioned for Germany and the US, but still high enough to make people think twice about needlessly seeking medical attention). The costs of medications are highly regulated. And they're a part of the same cap as for both physical and mental health care. However dental care is not covered by our system for adults, and has to be covered 100% out of pocket except for in certain cases when people are on certain social aid programs, changing this has been one of the many election topics in the recent election in Norway, although it wasn't the main topic. Our system is of course covered by our tax system, a progressive one. So with a lower income you'd pay a smaller percentage of your income in tax. With a higher income you'd pay a greater percentage. In terms of post-tax costs, I've had doctors appointments with a cost of perhaps 30 dollars, and some at perhaps 80 dollars, give or take. And that would in essence be all you'd pay if you don't need any further medical treatment. Births are free in hospitals and birth clinics, but isn't covered for home births, where you have to seek out private solutions and pay for it in full (this is to discourage this kind of births, due to the obvious risks involved, if something goes wrong there that would incur higher costs for the state, and in the case of death, a loss of taxable income...) As for the cost cap for health care in Norway, I think it's something like 250 dollars give or take? That cost cap may also apply to health care in other countries like the US if you can prove that you can't get the same health care within Norway up front, it's a bit complicated... Seeking healthcare abroad for things that is available in Norway however would generally not be covered, although I blieve there are some exceptions.
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2:36 There's a lot more then 195 countries. They're just not all equally recognized. 14:25 It's not the country merger that's beneficial here, but the merger of individual factors like labour pools etc. Having specialized laws suitable to local conditions is still extremely beneficial in many cases because we do not all have the same conditions to deal with. Climate, geography, soil quality, linguistics, culture, religion, raw materials, traditions, historic specializations etc, etc all matters in terms of what works well where. You can remove barriers to movement etc without removing borders.
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What happened to the refugee video?
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@TypeAshton I see... YouTube is throwing a fit about a controversial topic I'm guessing?
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Well, when it comes to water and electricity we here in Norway are pretty much the most wasteful people out there... In part because we've historically had a lot of them both... We're great at avoiding fossil fuels. But we're better at switching to greener alternatives then cutting down on our consumption... We have a lot to learn from Germany and Sweden in this regard.
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17:15 That's a truth with modifications. You can charge a car at home overnight at slower speeds just using a regular power cable. And for short distance commuting where you're honestly not even close to emptying the battery each day that may be viable. Just don't expect any fast or even semi-fast charging that way... The more you want to charge though, be it a PHEV or a EV the more important that charger becomes...
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22:53 Voting right on a local level does not require citizenship here in Norway, unlike a lot of other countries.
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Actually, it depends on the energy mix and the expected lifetime of the vehicle. A PHEV is actually more enviromentally friendly then a EV if your power mix isn't. Also, there's ways and ways of making a hybrid. Here in Norway a EV is most definitively the way to go. But in many US states for instance a PHEV is a far better alternative. Basically the bigger the battery, the bigger the enviromental impact of making the car. And eventually the car will reach its end of lifetime. A PHEV is more enviromentally friendly during the driving then a ICE if you can do all your daily commute within the range of its battery (so you'll want a PHEV or a EV with at least enough electric range to serve your daily needs). But while the PHEV might be worse then the ICE for those longer duration trips the fact that it has a smaller battery, and therefore a smaller manufacturing impact then the full EV might not be made up for during these longer drives, if they're not all that common. So if you only have rare long distance drives you might end up actually saving the enviroment by adding a ICE engine to the car making it a PHEV compared to going all in with a bigger battery if and only if the electricity isn't all that enviromentally friendly to begin with. There's a cutoff point that varies depending on how much you drive long distances and how clean your energy mix is and how long you plan on keeping the car. That said, yes, you're right about renting for those long distance trips. Although I'd say, rent a PHEV with a big battery instead of a ICE car. You might have a bit bigger impact driving there, but once you get there you can drive around and explore the place with a much smaller impact then with the ICE car.
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@Likr666 The idea that you have to charge a PHEV often just isn't true. But the maintainance cost thing, definitively is. My sister has a hybrid car, and it's has broken down for the second time this year in a short amount of time, and she can't afford to repair it right now, since she's still paying down the loan she took to repair it last time... On the other hand, like a EV you'll have little wear and tear when you're driving in electric one pedal mode and drive efficiently. Anyway, regarding refueling. She only fuels her care once a week at most... She often go longer without needing to fill it. And a hybrid car can charge when you're breaking or even just by running the gasoline engine if needed, although that's definitively not ideal. Don't think of the battery as something you have to charge, but something that you have the option to charge whenever you're stopping anyway for a snack or something with a PHEV. But yes, they do tend to charge slower. But yeah, it depends on the car. You can get cars that's mainly driven by a electric engine but that has the option of generating electricity using a ICE engine that is then feed to the electric engines, that is range extenders... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Range_extender Or you can get hybrids where both the ICE engine and the Electric engine drives the drivechain directly. And those two approaches to hybrid cars are very different and leads to cars that have different abilities and behaviors.
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@Astravall Of course the ICE is worse then the BEV. That's not what I'm arguing. My point is that a PHEV is almost as good. And the resources needed to make one BEV can make two or three PHEV. So what's better? 1 BHEV + 2 ICE or 3 PHEV? We don't have enough resources available for everyone to start using electric vehicles short term. Hence why batteries are so expensive. The environmental impact of making a BEV vs a PHEV also gives the PHEV the edge inna one vs one if the electricity is polluting enough, while the BEV beats the ICE even if the power is 100% coal based. Yes, PHEVs have drawbacks. And ideally we'd all have BEVs. But if we're to actually save the world instead of just buy ourselves some bragging rights and that warm feeling of doing what we think is right then PHEVs might actually be better. Because you end up leaving resources available for other electrified vehicles to be made.
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@Astravall What's better, 1 battery electric car and three ICE cars, or 3 PHEVs? And regarding "almost good". If you get a PHEV or a range extended battery electric car then you can can treat the PHEV as a electric car essentially. Because you can drive with the electric battery, you can recharge when breaking, saving wear and tear on the breakes. You can on some of these cars disconnect the gasoline engine from the drive shaft so it won't wear during electric driving. So in essence 99% of the time it's essentially a electric car and since the resources needed to make it is a bit more limited several more electrified vehicles can also be made. If 99% of drives for 3 cars are electric then that beats out 100% for one car and 0% for the other two. Are PHEVs perfect? Definitely not. They're complicated and expensive to maintain on the rare occasions they do need maintenance... And they do pollute when you exceed their electric range. And they aren't as good an electric experience as a fully electric vehicle, it'll use more electricity, can't store as much etc... But it's still preferable in my view.
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@Astravall Hum, fair enough. If you want a small low range electric that's just as well for both the environment and you.
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11:59 That could potentially land you in jail here in Norway although fines are still more likely...
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Right now I just wish I could hug you and comfort you, you know... I mean, don't want to do anything without your consent of course (so no emote or anything), just... You know... It hurts to see you suffering so much, and I just wish I could make it better. Edit: Ps. Thank you for sharing, and for being this incredibly brave.
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Given that this is stuff people have to deal with in the US... https://youtube.com/shorts/YdvWS44tYOk
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6:44 Seriously, try Norwegian cousin. It might not be the most exciting cousin in the world, mostly being based around various traditional preservation methods. But if there's anything we got a lot of it's fresh high quality sea food.
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@TypeAshton I'm glad to hear that. :-) Just one thing, don't expect spicy food. Unless you consider large amounts of salt "spicy". ;-) We've made new traditions (kebab, frozen pizza, taco etc) but while we've made them our own they're still technically imported dishes, our own don't really have a tradition for much spices.
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@SuperPuddingcat I'm glad you liked it. :-D Unfortunately as a vegetarian it's off the menu for me. Various forms of dried fish was the last non-vegetarian thing I ate. I kind of miss stockfish. The taste, that is. The moral angst, not so much.
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EVs and plug-in hybrids are not ideal for pulling a camping wagon, but if you can find one that's rated for that then consider bringing it to Norway. The EV infrastructure here is good, given that EVs make up more then half of all new car sales here...
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20:45 I think that's partially why Europeans tend to be critical of the US. European countries have room for improvement too. But we tend to be a bit more aware of the fact even if it's a bit painful sometimes.
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This almost feel like a repeat of my own arguments in the comment fields earlier. 😁
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@urlauburlaub2222 I've been thinking of buying a used EV for some time myself. Early EVs had a lot of early adopters problems... And that's part of why the used market is a bit... meh... But we're starting to see used EVs that's actually worth buying.
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@urlauburlaub2222 As for the idea that the climate makes solar panels somehow infeasible, that's just not accurate anymore, as modern panels are so efficient that they works well far north. Indeed some are designed for use far north, for conditions like Sweden and Norway. And lets just say that in terms of climate Germany has a good one compared to us up here in the north...
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@urlauburlaub2222 10 Euro for *what*? I have no ide what you mean...
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4:50 Okey, so let me refine that statement about range anxiety not being a problem... If you drive like a normal sane person it's not going to be a issue in the west. If you floor the gas pedal at every change you get then, yes, range anxiety will be a issue even here in the west and a plug in hybrid might be a better option.
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30:26 If your husband can get over his lead foot habits, then the EV batteries will actually last for a really long time. So I wouldn't worry so much about that. Advances are likely to come in areas like self driving and safety features. But with over the air updates you'll get a lot of those even as the car grows older.
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@rollingwoodmediaservices831 I'm not sure. Here you're under no obligation to use pathways at all.
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27:03 Yeah, Eastern Europe is behind on the curve there... But even there you can charge in a hotel or motel with regular wall speed. It's slow but if you plan ahead it's still *doable*. But sure, I'm willing to aknowlege that a PHEV is probably a better choice for going there... Still, there's so much of Europe that has good EV infrastructure.... And even Eastern Europe is slowly catching up.
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28:47 It does meet all of your *needs*. It's inconvenient to need more time to charge by doing so without a fast charger, but it's not undoable. You don't need to have that convenience out there in Eastern Europe. You want it. That's a difference.
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My names have been going through a lot of language changes through the years...
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You bike? I'm so, so proud of you!!! Well done. 😁😁😁
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26:19 How often are you going to get even close to emptying the battery anyway? You don't need a full battery every day. And if you are a bit carefull and drive more efficiently you'll have more power in the battery prior to charging so you'll have a full battery faster. Charging time isn't a big deal. You're going to spend time sleeping. You're going to spend time going to the toilet. You're going to spend time stopping and just *eating*, or you know, stretching your legs. Driving the full length of Norway (if you don't cross into Sweden at all) is just a few hours shorter drive then crossing Australia or the US from east to west. Yet people here have no problems at all with EVs even for long distance drives. Trust me, this is pretty close to being a non-issue. At most it means that you have to plan a little more time for your trip and take a bit more of a relaxed approach to driving. Don't go for the charge 0->100% approach that you might do with a car. Instead do lots of smaller charges, +10% here, +15% there. And if you're making a longer stop sure, charge +80% there. EVs will usually tell you how far you're going to get on a charge, with many of them having apps notifying you, so you know when you need to leave the resturant and just continue driving. Also, the slowest charging speed is for things like the last 20% of charging from 80% to 100% so if you're willing to just not worry so much about going to 100% all the time you'll save a ton of charging time.
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As someone else on here mentioned. 92% of Americans being insured or whatever the number was isn't really that relevant given that if you get sick you may lose your job in many professions, and therefore also your insurance, meaning that far fewer of those people actually can rely on their health insurance.
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3:42 It's not really about the room. It's about the choices.
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33:32 It's a plan that I don't think is reasonable for a McDonalds worker. A academic has less wear and tear on their body then blue collar workers and generally live a healthier lifestyle, and even if she's now in management she might not be offered as good a deal as someone in a university... She's more likely to eat fast food, more likely to inhale fumes from frying food on a regular basis, more likely to already have worked as a crew member and have worn down joints etc, more likely to sit still and develop obesity now that she's in management, and so one and so forth. Her health care insurance is therefore likely to be more expensive and have less coverage simply because a insurance company essentially is making a bet with you that you're not going to become sick and they'll pay you if you more if you are and you pay them more if you're not. But they're still aiming to earn more then they lose, in a country with extreme health care costs...
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@arnodobler1096 I'm not German... But if I understood that right... I know that it's generalizing, but that's what insurance companies do. They look at statistics for large groups of people and make bets that might be wrong for the individuals but that they'll win overall. And yes, an academic might be sitting a lot. But they're usually more aware of the importance of a healthy living and on average tends to live healthier then other groups in society as a result, even if individuals don't.
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7:25 Oh good grief. That explains a lot. And I hope it stops as soon as possible... Because it leads to so many negative side effects.
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11:32 Stops in sparsely populated areas is just fine. But you need to be smart about it. Look at Switzerland.
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20:56 It's not just the US or Germany either. By getting a dual citizenship the two of you gets options in all of the schengen area. For instance, you'd be free to move to Norway and work here if you wanted to. Then if it's not to your liking you could go back to Germany, or the US or wherever. You'd have that *freedom*. And if Germany ever changes its mind about the whole dual citizenship, there's plenty of other European nations you could go to that still supports that.
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10:32 Who the heck would want that cold a coffee?
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Norway is mostly the same as Germany here, except lower speed limits and you can repair stuff yourself as long as you get it inspected afterwards. And you need a proper workshop or something like that. Not sure about the exact word.
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