They did 2 things well (from an economic perspective) in my vaguely shit memory:
It paved the way for a lot of long running, high budget tv shows like heroes, supernatural etc...
I also severely disliked it.
Jimijett obvs. What more sauce do you want?!?!?1
While I think your comment is over simplifying the issue, there is strangely little mention that people's animosity toward Musk are responsible for the downturn. Tesla used to be almost the only premium EV available, now there are significant numbers of competitors.
Additionally, there are too many people with similar views to him in Europe to consider it purely a revolt against him
I'm sorry. Why are we talking about biodiversity loss with solar? Who is cutting down forests or clearing land to put in panels?
I only see them on rooftops, car parks, farmland (where they have the benefit of adding shade.) etc.
I'm all for more deployment, but no need to shit on non-"floatovoltaics" - rad name btw
Maybe I'm remembering poorly, but didn't Almunia have a few brilliant games?
Yeah the requirements are for USB-C power delivery for devices capable of charging @ (if I remember correctly) > 15W.
The requirement was placed in the radio equipment directive of the EU so unlikely they will amend it to add requirements for USB-C cabled data transmission.