Meanwhile in the field of automobiles, the wave has differentiated manufacturers like never before. Each marque has it's own individualistic quirks and individual strengths in a way not seen since the 1900's as manufacturers go wild with things that are completely different from each other, rather than badge-engineered econoboxen. Car manufacturers start to have a genuine individual identity again.
Except in the EU were insanely rigid type-approval laws prevent waved-auto's from gaining much traction. Because 'quirky' cars because they're hard to rigidly define (Yes... this is an actual law being introduced by the EU which would forbid *any* modification beyond the manufacturer's standard spec on any car in the EU and ensure only type-approved parts can be used legally. The Shower of bastards.)
It's people like the EU parliament that hold back the mundane world. The straight-banana folk who meddle and regulate solely to justify their position.
Would the EU collapsing be too dystopian? Because I'm feeling bitter and pulling that heaving edifice apart even in fiction would make me smile. Or at least falling back to a more loosely associated Economic Community.....
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Except in the EU were insanely rigid type-approval laws prevent waved-auto's from gaining much traction. Because 'quirky' cars because they're hard to rigidly define (Yes... this is an actual law being introduced by the EU which would forbid *any* modification beyond the manufacturer's standard spec on any car in the EU and ensure only type-approved parts can be used legally. The Shower of bastards.)
It's people like the EU parliament that hold back the mundane world. The straight-banana folk who meddle and regulate solely to justify their position.
Would the EU collapsing be too dystopian? Because I'm feeling bitter and pulling that heaving edifice apart even in fiction would make me smile. Or at least falling back to a more loosely associated Economic Community.....
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?