Clocks are based on sundials. The little hand roughly follows where a shadow would be. The rest is just what people agreed on made the most sense.

Sure now list the trillion other things that tech can do.

It has nothing to do with leaning right or left. The odds of having to use a gun are smaller that having to repair a 15th century submarine. There are better places to spend that kind of time and money.

Why in the world would anyone in his right mind buy a tool they’ll never use?

No matter what anyone’s goal is, by 2035, I’ll still be driving a zero-emissions electric car.

Because you’re forgetting or ignoring that burning diesel adds greenhouse gases, and you don’t seem to know what you mean by “environmentally friendly”.

A car on a spiral shelf, next to a mirror, inside a museum.

All the alternatives? In terms of energy percentage used by the drivetrain? Who told you that? You sound like an O&G troll.

Also, the link leads to Volvo itself, so it’s a marketing twist, and it doesn’t refer to “electric cars”, but only to the ES90.

Who are you running and hiding from?