The nuclear industry has a 65 year head start. And hasn’t really changed in 40 years. Don’t know why they still need the monkeys typing Shakespeare plays.

This is a problem with all helmets. As they used to say, you have either an Arai head, or a Shoei head.

Slaves are not exactly cheaper than paying people a low wage. Or a “per piece” wage. They require considerable and expensive supervision and security.

The estimated costs for the Death Stars is ludicrously overstated. The cost of steel would be far less than estimated, because it would be mined in space, relatively close to the construction site, and it would be very cheap. Tow a ferrous asteroid close to the construction site, heat it until molten, wait for gravity…

As you point out, the Tesla Model S will be long in the tooth by then, and they already have a lot of “field testing”.

But DC, right? Which is less likely to kill you than AC at those voltages.

I really like my Shark Evoline 3 transforming helmet. Since a lot of my riding is below 40 mph, I prefer an open face helmet at those speeds where I’m stopping at a light every quarter to half mile. Unlike any other modular, the chin bar can rotate to the back of the helmet out of the wind flow. And it’s easy to snap…

Oh please tell me again how electric cars aren’t powered by fossil fuel. Do you honestly believe that our only sources for electricity are non-fossil fuels?

No amount of money could have built a fission bomb in the year 1900. The atomic bomb needed the 42 years of intervening technological advance to be possible when money was poured into it. They didn’t even know about chain reactions until 1932. But from 1932 to 1942, it was known chain reactions were possible. It was…

Still can’t decide whether

Except the new Mustangs have independent rear suspension, and the V6 and Ecoboost I4 versions of the car are genuine sports cars. With inflation, they’re actually cheaper than the 2005 Mustang GT. You get more car for your money now (and more horsepower), even if you get a 2-4 cylinders less.

LA used to have all BMW motorcycles at one time, and they switched to Harleys. The motor officers say they’re more comfortable for spending all day on and going slow.

Think about how much worse the climate crisis is. In 1900, the world population was 1.6 billion. It’s 7 billion now.

In the Focus ST, it’s most sportscar like handling has the nannies partially on in “Sport” mode. It seems to run anti-understeer tactics and actually helps pull the car tighter through turns. Traction control full off, makes the car handle worse.

2016 Ford Focus with 1.0 liter Ecoboost engine: 123 horsepower

A Jalopnik would choose the Millenium Falcon. Because the Enterprise would handle like an aircraft carrier, while the Millenium Falcon would handle like a sports car. Plus, it constantly needs to be worked on, a bonus for the true performance spacecraft enthusiast.

Long before we hit 2 degrees, we’ll have numerous and costly weather disasters, population dislocation, refugees and serious economic disasters.

That’s because the Hellcat is the last “muscle car”. Big engine, overly heavy, not so great in turns. The Camaro and Mustang are sports cars now.

Middle class white people were eating conveyor belt sushi all over the US in the 80s. Maybe not in Minnesota. Most people are logically suspicious of sushi where the nearest ocean is over 1000 miles away.

This is not done for handling, it’s done because people are obsessed with “minding the gap” on their wheel wells. Form over function is an understatement.