You just did an article about snow tires and you completely ignore the benefits of the rubber compound in the winter tire. Winter tires are softer at the lower temps and keep traction better even on dry roads. The sipes and tread only work when it is wet or snowing. The softer rubber works all winter.

It is all about temperature. Winter tires stay soft in the cold and don’t skid as easily as hard rubber. The benefits improve when temp fall below 40F. The sipes and tread are for snow and ice but the rubber compound helps all winter.

The PA system has some benefits and laws have been changed so you can finally buy beer at gas stations and grocery stores and are open on Sunday. If there is a state store that has the last bottle of your favorite MD20/20 or 55 year old scotch, they have to ship it to you, across the state for free. Pa is the largest…

What about the environmental impact of resource extraction to create the _GASOLINE_? _CRUDE OIL_ and other elements that need to be _EXTRACTED_ from the Earth in (commonly) unstable (politically) countries? Is that included in the calculation? We need to change our lifestyle and car culture, but lubricants and other…

Well, driving an electric car powered by solar, as I am able to do in a de-regulated electricity state, I get rid of the the 81K Kg today, That is >95% of my CO2 from driving. It is the #1 thing that many can do now.

Here’s my math (now with better formatting):

Here’s my math:

Come out from behind the great firewall of china and see what the rest of the world sees.

There is definitely corruption, but people hardly get fuck you rich from it.

First off, Your entire first paragraph supports what I said. Personal wealth was gained from the government giving away its state owned properties. These people were either party elites or friends of them.

Yeah, I knew that. However, it wasn’t until the late 2000's when private entities even accounted for more than half of the GDP. Even then, private only means, owned by communist leaders. It was at that time that the concept of investment into private companies were allowed. Jack Ma and Alibaba didn’t start until…

Lol. You think there is any other way to get in excess of $1.4M without it being allowed by the Communist party.

There are way more poor people than rich you moron.  He probably has a corrupt job sanctioned by the gov rather than rich parents.  The accumulation of personal wealth has only been legal for less than a generation, meaning people with wealth hardly yet have an adult yet.

You are to quick to blame the parents. It is more likely that this ADULT has a cushy/corrupt government job - kick backs or even sanctioned business arrangements. There really are not that many rich with adult children as the private collection of wealth has only been around for 20 years. Most importantly, if they…

He is in China. His parents are likely poor. He probably has a very close-to-governement job where money is a little more “dynamic”.

Most DC motors require brushes to make and break contact to each coil as it rotates. These need regular replacement as well as are mechanical with a binary on/off effect. With AC motors, the alternating cycle actual is doing the making and breaking as the coil moves past the magnets. With AC motors you can finely…

The design has a lot to do with it as well. Their high speed roads have less bends, better water management, better signage and exit and entrance designed to allow full speed before entering highway. Implementing some of these require much more space. We have what we have and it will take a long time to update the…

I wish more bikers were defensive drivers.  I wish everyone would wake up out of their driving fog to realize they are driving death machines.

The more I think, the more I like the link with the Brand. Mustang is many things now, Hell, there are 3 different Shelby’s!!! But I think putting an electric drive train in the Mustang body WOULD limit the electric performance. It could never be a Mustang. The new chassis allows it to be BOTH a mustang (in name) …

Every time I see this, I am still confused by the impression of belt loops and jean prints in the dust.