To be fair, the truth is somewhere in the middle. Crossover / SUV vehicles get worse gas mileage based on two issues: They are heavier and have worse aerodynamics. Yes, they aren’t much worse because they aren’t much heavier and their wind-splitting capabilities have improved, but the “real world” mileage on a bigger…

Natural gas makes economic sense --- environmentally, not so much. But I do agree with you, at least in the short term, that switching to methane would be a good transition option.

Most hydrogen is created with fossil fuels. Yes, the stations in California typically use electrolysis, but that requires considerable electricity and I have yet to see any feasible way they could get the energy output at a truck stop that would be enough to supply the quantity necessary for a fleet of trucks. That…

Status quo on China is not tenable and I have not read anything in the U.S. that paints China as innocent, though perhaps I am missing some news stories. Whether it is intellectual theft, trade with North Korea and Iran, the Muslim concentration camps, what they are doing in Tibet, Hong Kong, South China Sea, etc. —…

“Keyless entry solves a problem that nobody really had”

“I haven’t had a ticket in 12 years. As a WRX owner, to boot.”

Yes, I certainly agree with you - there were numerous issues, and Chernobyl was just the final event that made the wall finally crumble. In a strange way, the collapse of the U.S.S.R. put major cracks in the United States, too.

It doesn’t matter much now, but the USSR was bankrupted by Chernobyl in the 80s, not the Apollo program in the 60s.

“They had [have] an objective to go to the moon today, [and] they failed to accomplish [postponed] that objective.”

“India’s failure is a good reminder that this shit is hard.”

Note that the Zoom application comes under various other names, such as “Ring Central Meetings”, so you might have Zoom running locally without ever having joined a “Zoom” meeting.

FWIW: Portable air conditioners are convenient but significantly less energy efficient than in-window designs where the condesner can be outside and evaporator inside.

FWIW: Portable air conditioners are convenient but significantly less energy efficient than in-window designs where…

“$26k for the 5th gen Prelude was insanity.”

1st Gear: Dino juice can cost less than milk. Old cars are cheap and reliable. What incentive does anyone have to drive less? We didn’t really think people were going to do this all on their own for the good of the world, did we?

Came here to mention the beautiful 2 door and you already had my back. Thank you.

I agree with you when looking at it from an ideal perspective - but it is often not ideal. The range of new EVs today is 200-300 miles if the weather is comfortable without any need for climate control. That trip from Seattle to Kansas City in August or January could result in as much as half the range lost which…

We have an EV that leaves our house daily charged with 100% renewable energy. It is the ideal second vehicle. But, I have a daughter leaving for college in a few months and an EV is not a realistic / affordable option. My son will leave the year after and it will be the same problem there. EVs are niche because we…

I like that idea (and we are part of the way there now), that does not address someone wanting to drive an EV from Seattle to Kansas City, which would be, at best, extremely time consuming today.

The battery replacement concept would require a standardized battery-swapping system, like Better Place used in Israel. This would be similar to the standards we have surrounding gas stations that allow every vehicle to be filled easily. If done correctly, there would be no need to take the car apart.