I came here to see someone pushing an agenda and using a random, non-tech related event to assert a political opinion.

Hey-yo!

Well I'm not sure how is shit set up in US, but over here in Europe, on highways, it's basically just gas stations along the way. Nearly all of them have restaurants and cafés, and some of them have some pretty damn incredible restaurants.

And let's not forget one thing... It requires a very sizeable investment. Kind of which doesn't happen by a restaurant, not normally. Realistic expectation, at best, is for a restaurant to make a deal with energy company to have a few of their chargers in front - they get to charge for stations, restaurant gets business while charging.

Big Oil is not, really, Oil. They're simply companies working with energents, and it just so happens they made a killing off oil, as it was used for the past century in large quantities, and it's a relatively high margin stuff.

As fossil fuel slowly shows signs of slowing down, smart companies are starting to invest in the next thing, because the need for energents is never going away, it's just switching types.

Besides, what is the alternative? Small, neighborhood, family owned charging station? Infrastructure laid out by volunteers? It literally can't work, there will be basically the same players that do gas stations now, they will be doing charging stations, we'll just have the ability to charge at home now.

Yet, gold was corruptible. It doesn't rust, yes, but as gold coins and nuggets were used, in said use, they would erode slowly. That is one of the main reasons we switched to banknotes. Banknotes originally were basically a bond, a proof from the bank that such amount of gold is held by the bank in your name. People then figured out it's a hassle, so they started exchanging said notes, using it as essentiay cash, money as we know it today. Back in some year, can't remember, money notes stopped being backed in gold, and just became what you said, a number that we give value to, that has absolutely no real hard value behind it but the guarantees of various institutions (Central Banks of the world) and inherent market laws. That's why value of money can tank overnight due to politics, economy upset etc.

Forget money for a moment, imagine a scenario: China has robot weapon platforms, tensions are rising between US and China, all out war is nearly inevitable, and China has an army of machine gun dogs that can overrun large area quickly. US companies are urged to respond lest they learn Chinese.

"Oh, sorry, can't, we made a vow you know..."

Fuck knows why is this shit getting posted this much.

Until there is a large enough check, or a perceived (or real) reason that would justify it.

This is the 3rd time I have seen this posted, and I sincerely cannot imagine anyone giving any weight to this. This bears absolutely no consequences to weaponization of robots.