Thanks, Cousin Eddie.

Have a HART, they’re trying!

For all the people who think that self-driving cars will reduce VMT, this is just one of a million reasons why it won’t:

“Medium or large?”
“No.”

Cheaper than driving... as long as you live, work, and play within walking distance of a train station.

Maybe there's a duration component? I guess they wouldn't want it to go off every time a bird flew by. On the other hand, a little annoyance could save a lot of money.

Freight trains suck at hills.

I was always taught to leave the grill on at full blast for 5 or so minutes after cooking (10+ if it’s something with a lot of fat or marinade) - sort of an as-you-go self-cleaning cycle. That plus cleaning out the drip pans seems to have worked well.

1. ACAB

Texas got exactly what it asked for. Deregulation led to cheaper power - with the tradeoff being less reliability. This was 100% a manmade disaster.

Makes sense. These things were only designed to last a given amount of time, and it’s a testament to the engineering if everything is falling apart together.

I appreciate all of your points, but I think that you’re underestimating the fundamental changes that can happen when we have a lot of excess power production sitting around. This is a bigger topic, but there’s a scarcity mindset that we’re in now that means that we don’t think big. Desal would be one of a million…

I feel like any good vibes around him were just a halo effect from his also-crazy-but-sometimes-in-a-fun-way dad.

Point for fossil fuels!

Kirby has proven that he’s interested in trying stuff out. My guess is that there is zero risk on United’s side if they don’t feel like receiving the aircraft if the orders ever actually come up.

More than that - it makes Hawaii just a short-hop flight from the West Coast.

This is exactly why we need to massively overproduce GHG-free electricity in any form - including nuclear. Having excess electricity means that it becomes possible to do a whole bunch of “inefficient” things which are all really good ideas.

This is one of those “sounds cool, means nothing” statistics.

Who cares? This aircraft is never going to get to market anyway.

No-seatbelt and drunk driving fatalities should just be counted as suicides, not road fatalities.