I found his conclusion, “safety glasses off, motherfuckers!” (as he yanked them off his face), to be the pièce de résistance.

I am in complete agreement with John in that I'm here for Bill Nye's gritty new attitude. Time to stop fucking around with the planet.

Pretty sure humans will survive. It's what we're good at. But if we don't turn things around quick, it's going to be a pretty miserable existence for a really long time. 

They’ll eventually be replaced by a new equally beautiful ecosystem that thrives on the pollution we’ll leave behind.

For what it's worth, the Earth itself will survive. Humanity, on the other hand, will die out horribly, taking a whole host of beautiful animals, plants, birds, fish, insects etc with us!!!! Back slap for the greed of humans!!!!

Bill Nye gives good rant
(Choir-preaching notwithstanding)
Invite him back, John.

• There are all sorts of rain gear you can wear for rainy days, but you’d need to figure out if you can either change at work (with work clothes in a water tight bag) or wear the gear over work clothes. Or give yourself a break and drive on those days. If it is just a bit wet fenders can do a pretty good job of…

THANKS FOR THIS ARTICLE. I am a 31-year-old new professor and father of two who weighs about 50 pounds too much. Knowing I need something so I don’t leave my kids/wife father/husbandless before I get tenure, I started looking into cycling. It seemed like the perfect option for me, as it would allow me to “double-dip”…

I agree. Which is why I’ve also equipped my bike with nerdy looking rearview mirrors, and wear bright colors when I ride. I also generally stay on side streets, unless it can’t be avoided.

One thing that many bike owners tend to slack off on is maintenance. It’s actually not that hard to learn the basics of bike maintenance, and doing so will save you lots of money in the future. There are any number of good Youtube videos that will teach you about how your bike works, but there’s no substitute for…

A killer soundtrack really can be killer if you don’t hear a car because you have earphones in. Obviously you can use a bluetooth speaker with fewer negative effects, though you still make it harder to hear what’s happening around you.

Average trips in the US tend to be longer than in Europe, but even so the fast charging stations are not used a lot. That’s because people do not drive their batteries empty and charge at night. It has been proven time and time again that current range is enough for 90% of all trips done.

Oh, and just for the record, here is what I THINK is holding the EV back from mainstream:

Why would any sitcom dad want an electric vehicle when it will prevent him from “Making Great Time!” on a road trip?

I’m calling a bit of bullshit on both accounts. These two things are not holding the EV back, and the main reason is that these standards don’t exist for current ICE cars.

200k KM’s is 125,000 miles roughly, in 8 years that would require driving 15.6k miles per year. Most people aren’t going to get that far, especially since it’s tougher to use one for road trips.

And the whole “not contributing to air pollution in your locale” part

I do wonder what it’ll do to the resale value of older electric cars. How much would you pay for a 9 year old car which might need a €10k replacement battery? Absolutely nothing. This means the resale value of a 6 year old electric vehicle with batteries that expensive will be low as well, even when it’s still under…

So you’re saying that after driving 200-300 miles, there’s no way you’d want to take a break longer than 5 minutes?

I don’t think it will ever happen. Any SAE battery standard will probably end up being like the shit show that is the installed base of SAE J1772 BEV chargers.