Remember when Rick Perry couldn’t name the Dept of Energy as one of the three he’d get rid of if elected president, then when he became secretary of it, he had no idea what it even did? This was pre-Trump Insurrection though, so maybe those days are too bygone to remember. 

Well, the North American way may not be building fission nuclear plants, but France is a prime example of a country that invested heavily in that form of energy, and yet it still is not energy independent. They realized early on that they had “no oil, no coal, and no choice” and went all in on nuclear. They even are…

Big surprise that standards based on outdated assumptions have resulted in stagnation. For decades, the “light truck” classification has drifted further and further away from defining strictly work vehicles, to the point where it’s basically useless as a regulatory criterion. To modernize the standards, we either need…

Typical Certificate of Entitlement cost (which merely gives you the RIGHT to own a car) is currently around USD80,000. It is hard to give an exact figure because they are obtained via auction. I am not arguing with their rationale for making car ownership expensive, but damn.

Seriously. Absolutely mind-boggling that non-cars are still not subject to a gas-guzzler tax, and that that tax hasn’t been adjusted at all in 31 years. There’s not even a lot of attention brought to that fact, perhaps due to a misplaced faith in consumers’ rationality leading them to eventually pick hybrids/EVs, in…

Fully understanding that we’re also reducing emissions, these are fleetwide averages, and that safety regulations have made cars heavier, but it’s embarrassing to think anyone could look at what would have been good fuel economy numbers in the 90s and think “we’re doing great!”

Not sure you can complain that hybrids and electrics are too expensive when the vehicles that are dragging down the numbers are trucks that tend to be fairly expensive, when purchased by individuals. Besides the Prius is well under $30k starting and Toyota has several hybrid models that can be had for around $30k and…

1st Gear:  I hope EPA isn't surprised that vehicles are getting larger, since their own rules encourage manufacturers to build larger vehicles.

metric shit ton? you even from Texas? what happened to Freedom unit shit ton?

Cars are taxed by weight in many states, including my winter home of Florida. They aren’t taxed *enough* to influence anyone’s purchase decisions - the difference in tax between my Fiata and my Mercedes is less than $20/yr. Just like gas isn’t taxed enough for anyone to legitimately care about efficiency unless they…

Subaru, Kia and Nissan followed Tesla as the most efficient brands.

I told him to bring the F250

Wages in Japan are typically low compared to the U.S. Especially with the recent inflation and the value of the Yen falling, it’s become more and more difficult to get by for most people. So, for a lot of people, anything more than a kei car is unaffordable

It only works in Japan because they have a really great public transportation system and their entire country is the size of California. The idea of taxing cars by weight is something that should be done here, as well as legalizing Kei cars for any roads that are under 50 mph.

So far, there is very, very little evidence of healthy wolves attacking humans.  In North America.  Wolves in Europe appear to have had a different relationship with humans over the centuries than the ones in N.A.

Bold of you to assume police follow laws when commenting on an article about how police illegally imprison people.

I got a DUI despite passing all the tests except balancing on one leg (previous leg injury) and then failing a drug test for THC. As I am a medical patient I literally always have THC in my body which anyone who knows anything about marijuana knows it doesn’t mean you’ve used the drug even the day you’ve been tested.
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I’m a former ADA. DUI cases without accidents or injuries are typically assigned to the newest ADAs on staff. They go to trial a lot and they follow a pattern that can help a new hire learn how to navigate a trial. Many counties have no-drop policies for DUIs because of cops and DAs hooking people up and dropping…

It’s crazy, I got pulled for a DUI once despite not having anything to drink. The cop did not want to hear from me at all, I was cuffed and taken to the hospital straightaway. Had to arrange for a ride home from the police station in the middle of the night and to get back to retrieve my car the next day. I had to pay…

The article pointed out that they wouldn’t close any wells before they recouped their capital expenditures. Also, municipal governments have always had the right to rezone land especially if they can prove environmental issues.