I have an alternative explanation:

Right, well there you go, even better.

Alright, I’m going to borrow the torch hat and come up with the ultimate car show vehicle.

Reminds me of the “comfort access” option on bmw’s. It allows you to unlock your doors, by touching the handle in a very specific way while your keyfob was in your pocket. There was another complicated touch you could use to lock your door. It was basically a less stupid version of the mclaren door system (less stupid…

Jason, this is completely unrelated, but have you seen this?

The idea of more secure computer systems thru legislation might well become the best new automotive joke of the decade.

More weight. Capacitors have a low energy density than batteries. They do charge really fast, and last much longer. I’m not sure if they are more or less likely to blow up.

Didn’t we recently have Neil deGrasse Tyson explain to us that this is impossible?

While I see instances where china consolidated its power, particularly it its close up sphere of influences, I see no indication what so ever that China is even contemplating a direct attack on the USA (but they are probably war gaming, isn’t everyone). It’s hard to see what China would gain from such a war.

Maybe thats part of the problem

And we make little springs out of it. It’s not that exotic of an alloy (actually a whole group of alloys). Machining it is somewhat difficult, but in sheet form, it isn’t that different to work with than stainless steel (it is somewhat more prone to cracking, but again, managable).

No, that would rather silly. What I’m saying is that our defense spending is larger than the stated defense budget of all the other nations in the world put together, and this at a time while we are piling on debt at a rather frightening pace. Now, many nations hide big chunks of their defense spending, so maybe we…

I’ve long thought we need an itemized tax bill. So much of your taxes go to program x, and so much to y.

Bankrupting the USSR also led to us having to delve into the middle east mess, which was previously mostly their problem. Besides, whom are we trying to bankrupt now? I’m not sure who “the enemy” is anymore.

Here are the numbers I found. I believe they include development costs, which seems appropriate

1. TV’s are usually cheaper than automobiles.

My apologies I wasn’t clear. I meant the new, expensive weapons are not worth it in comparison to buying older, less capable but cheaper ones.

And quiet possibly not worth it.

Arguably, USA can’t afford to buy its new super weapons either. How many F22s were we planning to buy, vs how many we ended up with? What about the F35?

I expect law enforcement to fight very hard to require a human attentive driver to be at the controls at all times, no matter who is actually driving the car. Without traffic citations, most municipalities will go bankrupt rather quickly.