God can take the wheel, so long as the state has her keys.

We are currently in the largest transportation switchover since we went from horses to motorized carriages. You may not like it, but this massive transition to EVs by nearly every car maker right now is going to be dominant news for a very long time.

Whole destruction of the environment and unethical business conduct cannot be justified by anything.

Cheap tools. I have learned that saving money by buying a cheap tool ends up being more expensive in the long run. Cheap tools will break or fail to work, and will have to be replaced. Just get a quality tool to begin with - especially if it is one used commonly.

Sounds like a neat fantasy, but that thing’s almost level with the parking lot. This looks more like someone was told to move their shitbox or it was just abandoned. After numerous times of having to clear snow around the shitbox  with a huge loader, the operator finally looked at this thing, let out a huge sigh, said…

“Can someone help me understand why the heck there’s such a big push (billions and billions of dollars) for autonomous cars?”

Why do doctors make you wait? Why do airlines sell more seats than they have on an airplane? Because it’s more efficient to do it that way. You overbook because some percentage of people won’t show up at all, some jobs will finish early, and time/seats are perishable. A tech sitting around with his thumb up his butt…

For sure the Rivian will be the most interesting thing to see if it can deliver as promised.

That makes a bit more sense, I hadn’t considered rideshares. I retract some of what I said above; for that application, it makes some sense. Of course, any HEPA-rated air filter can catch Sars-CoV-2, and that’s not exactly cutting-edge technology. Also, you’re likely to flush out the virus much more quickly if you…

Neutral: F355

Tesla is weird in how they’ve fallen in terms of styling. We’ll ignore the first Tesla Roadster, given that it wasn’t Tesla’s design. Then:

Honestly I’m kinda over the “lack of diversity in the workplace” thing. You can’t hire someone who is a person of color or a minority or a female (or any combination) just because you need diversity. You hire the best person for the position regardless of race or gender. Period.

Maybe they should have gone with Carnivorial instead?

Boat manufacturing has always been awesome. Had to use the way back machine to refind these images - https://web.archive.org/web/20160331121338/https://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/William_Doxford_and_Sons

Any time you hear about something incredibly corrupt destroying American lives, turns out Reagan helped it get there. 

Son? Is that you?

Can we make Mars a religion free planet, please. That’s going to go a long fucking way in keeping everyone sane.

I hadn’t considered goats.

D.B. Pooper