I still can’t figure out why heat pumps are considered a “costly” technology, but air conditioning isn’t. It’s literally the same cycle, just in reverse.  Yes, it means you have to have add a few more components to your AC and size it differently but I can’t figure out why this is somehow a huge financial hurdle in…

Go read the wiki page on heat pumps. They are essentially a reverse air-conditioner. They don’t need heat to make heat. They compress refrigerant to heat up the refrigerant then use that to make heat in the cabin.

Tesla desperately needs an adult at the helm. If that was GM, I’d be fine with that. 

I would argue that the government funded R&D is what helps the USA stay ahead in technology and fuels GDP growth.

Good for them!

Nah, the front end is worlds better

This has to be the #1 choice, honestly I wish they could and or would Crack down on those douche nozzles, seize their stupid trucks, crush them, ban the owner from owning a vehicle and give them a moderate discount on a life time bus pass.

This.  They’re public enemy #1.  Fuck all coal rollers.

Counterpoint: do these actually hurt anyone? I see rolling coal below and obviously sideshows above, but I don’t really see any issue with people making their cars the way they like them. This is ONLY pertaining to the modifications, not what an owner does after the car is modified (drag race, donuts in an…

Rolling coal. Yes we get it, you hate the environment, Prius’, and bicyclists. There’s probably a bumper sticker for that.

Well that’s a no brainer. No US president is going to be allowed to ride in an unarmored bus crammed with group of other world leaders. Don’t have to be Secret Service to figure that one out.

Reading comprehension much?

“If you live in Florida AND voted for DeSantis..”

So, this doesn’t include you and 4 million others.

if you live in florida and you voted for fucking desantis you deserve it, and much more.

Considering how Donald is a proven pathological liar:

Whenever he says “I have a friend who...” or “People are saying...” it really just means he’s about to pull something out of his ass.

It’s also a viable way for third parties to make inroads in elections. Right now, tons of people weigh “electability” when choosing who to vote for. Basically, they decide to vote for the candidate that they think has the best chance of winning, even if they actually prefer another candidate (I think a lot of people…

Let’s hear it for ranked choice voting, which while confusing if you haven’t dealt with it before, actually helps elect the candidates with the broadest support across the entire electorate. It essentially lets you say: I like Candidate A, but if I can’t have him/her, I would prefer candidate B, and have that…

This is a really good day for us here in Alaska. Mary Peltola is a genuinely warm, funny, thoughtful, and smart human. We have a Trump Party Governor and actual nazis in our legislature - so, we really needed this. Thank you for making this story about Mary’s win rather than Palin’s loss. Yay, Representative Peltola!!!…

More than anything, the biggest change is how much higher the belt line is (scale is as close as I can get with MS Paint). It adds a ton of visual mass over older trucks.

Everyone is making a big deal out of this. This was a test launch. As such and without a human payload NASA was doing a lot of stress testing here. In other words, putting way more stress on all of the systems than would have been done for a launch with humans on board. Its way more preferable to find issues first…