Shows up as another 0.1% increase in their overhead rate, most likely.

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Sad.  Three time Soapbox Derby Champion Ronnie Beck would never have approved of these shenanigans. 

No worries, volatile from a chemistry perspective refers to essentially how easily vapors are formed from a liquid, which chemically speaking, gasoline is higher.  Think of a fluid that evaporates nearly instantly, say brake or carb cleaner, extremely volatile.  Diesel though is generally dirtier to burn and harder to…

The opposite actually, diesel is significantly less volatile than gasoline. It’s why gasoline fumes are super explosive, but you could likely strike a match near a puddle of diesel, and why gasoline smells more - more vapors. Volatility is typically measured in Reid Vapor Pressure, very simplified, the pressure the…

Almost like Toyota was right all along...

“Accidentally reinvented basic infrastructure” is such an apt description for so much of the nonsense that comes from the tech industry these days.

Modern day ARFF trucks (Airfield Rescue and Fire Fighting) are pretty impressive. Their design standard calls for them to be able to drive over or through a wide variety of obstacles. While airports have designated ARFF routes which require the ARFF truck to get anywhere on the airport generally within 3 minutes, this…

Is there a chance the tunnel could bend?

Except the courts will never, ever make Elon pay for his negligence like they did for Navin Johnson.

I agree, the pressure to continually add more power has diminishing returns, and eventually creates compromises elsewhere that lead to bloat and ruination, namely more weight as a result of bigger cooling, bigger brakes, bigger wheels, bigger fenders, and bigger fake vents. But they could at least add some lightness,…

These 16" guns of the battleship New Jersey are pointing north, right at the Ben Franklin Bridge. If the tides won’t do the job, these will get it done.

Have you ever seen a briefcase full of cash?  That’s likely part of the reason.

Seriously, I have had the pleasure of riding the Victoria Line (and others) a lot, and never in a million years could this Tesla Loop move anywhere near 40% as many people in even a fraction of the time.

I just starting reading the books in order actually and am through the first two (Casino Royale and Live & Let Die), and you are spot on!  I mean, just wow. Not to mention, in the books, Bond never actually does...anything. He is constantly captured, anyone who had the misfortune of becoming his friend or partner is…

When the punishment is a fine, it’s no more than a fee for doing business.  Only jail speaks.

The funny thing about aviation is that, while speeds are obviously faster, problems generally happen much slower. Deer and kids do not jump out in front of planes, separations in the air are measured in miles, and you don’t even need to see the “road” if you have the right equipment. TCAS is a very effective…

WAYMO does not sell a car I can buy or have millions of vehicles on the road, dozens of which I encounter on a daily basis.

As an avid House Hunters fan, the garage door thing is what amazes me most. The people who (usually foolishly) want new construction, all of those houses have tiny-ass garage doors pinched 12" apart, or the fully misleading “double garage”, even on $1 million houses. Isn’t true luxury in a new house not a 1,200 SF…