@blyan-reloaded: Still waiting on that credible source... You know what? Nevermind. I apologize. It's my fault for trying to disagree with someone who suffers from a complete lack of historical literacy.

@blyan-reloaded: Daylight saving time "interferes with God's time?" That's funny. Do you mind pointing me to a single credible source that mentions that little fact? That is, you know, unless you completely pulled it out of your ass.

@900pilot: Actually, it looked a lot like this one, but picture it with a perfectly straight body and no missing parts.

I know I'm past the deadline, and I do not come bearing pictures, but I saw the most gorgeous thing today on the 110N: A rusty-patina'ed Ponton 190D. It was white/cream, and looked 100% original. Straight body, missing nothing. I can't really convey how much I wanted it.

@Shadowlayer: Stop setting up straw men. I was not complaining that the leaf isn't a perpetual motion machine, I merely said that range was a problem. The Leaf can travel 80-100 miles on an 8-hour charge (0.2 mile per recharging minute). My midsize economy sedan can travel 450 miles on a 3-minute fill up (150…

@eldictator: I would not have made the argument that jet engines weren't a revolution. They certainly were, but reciprocating engines and turbine engines are completely different concepts. They work on fundamentally different principles.

@Shadowlayer: I didn't say the advances attained by the Leaf are "worthless". I was only trying to make the point that we can't give electric cars a pass on their shortcomings because they're some sort of new idea. They're not a new idea. Engineers have had over a hundred years to iron out the shortcomings of EVs,…

@riyadh: I'm not so sure about that. I can't think of many technologies that have changes less in the past 100 years than that of the electric motor. Other than the advent of the brushless motor, there haven't really been any serious changes at all in the past century.

@Wunno Sev: Well, not really, but we'll have to agree to disagree.

@jd: I don't know if you've noticed, but there is a subject in Opara's list. The list items start with Get, Get, Get, Have, and Watch. This implies someone needs to be doing the Getting, Having, and Watching. Who do you think has the power to "Get" corporations to behave a certain way? You could say that trade…

Just so we're clear—to all of those saying "It's a new technology", "don't expect it to be perfect right away", "it will get better as technology improves," etc.

@mynameisjoe: You don't come here often, do you?

@JRC-Whacking!: It has a main porpoise for moving people around?

@Chinedu Opara: I give you Voyager I. 33 years, 12 days since launch and she's still operational 10.549 billion miles away. All for less than the cost of "one attack helicopter per year", to quote Carl Sagan.

@Novaload: They're called turndown guardrails, and they have their own unintended consequences. A vehicle that strikes a turndown can be launched violently into the air, like that Firebird in Ohio. Although that car did hit a turndown rail, the turndown was actually not a factor in the wreck (he contacted the rail…

@Peugeot: ?Is there a chance the track could bend?

@TrampaOnline: Well, I still agree with you on this piece, but Fountain is a piece of crap and you'll never convince me otherwise! ;-)

@TrampaOnline: You make a very good point, and I agree with you. Too bad you had to finish your statement with an appeal to authority, though. That pretty much ruined it for me.

@paintandswim09: Who doesn't want T/A?

@FrankenPC: I don't think cyanobacteria would suck oxygen out of the water. They photosynthesize, and were a major contributor to the formation of the planet's oxygen-rich atmosphere.