Tesla has long prided itself on word-of-mouth among its fan base to market its vehicles. It’s built a formidable brand without paying for television, radio or print ads.

Years ago my kiddo was the crying child on a flight from milwaukee to Ft. Meyers. It was the worst thing ever- non stop, inconsolable, We were apologetic, we took kiddo to the bathroom as often as possible to get at least some kind of a door between her and the rest of the plane. Other parents offered toys and stuff,…

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Again, what, exactly do you expect them to do? Anyone who thinks there’s a magic combo that will 100% stop a baby from crying in any situation is deluding themselves.

Welp, you have just cursed yourself into being the one with the crying baby sometime in the future.

My airline etiquette pet peeve: the people that walk by and give you an exceedingly dirty look because you have a crying baby/child.

Soooo... distribution. It’s distribution, right? Because it’s easy to build 12 million parking spaces at the walmart big box on the edge of town, less easy to build parking spaces downtown, right?

I switched to an electric mower as soon as it was possible and that’s been the best change of all- easy to start and stop, easy to push, quieter- quiet enough I can listen to my earpods at a normal volume while mowing. At this point I wouldn’t go back to gas if someone paid me to do so. All my lawn tools have switched…

Thank you for clearing up my info! I keep going by, it’s about 45 minutes from the border to what I recognize as chicago, forgetting that no, it’s ALL Chicago. Also, it is possible to escape Indiana- I left 30 years ago and only have to visit for family.

Soooooo... until we solve ALL the other problems, we can’t address this problem, correct?

OK, so let’s address some of the problems in Chicago. Like, for example, Indiana being a short 45 minute drive away. Many people don’t know that while Chicago has extremely strict gun laws, Indiana doesn’t. At all. (Indiana also…

I kinda get the feeling that PHEVs will be around longer than you’d think- all the folks who live in or go to areas where infrastructure in general, be it electrical or gasoline or whatever, is already lacking- will still need stable transportation. I’d suggest 20 years or more before PHEVs are obsolete.

I’m the same size and I fit in my girlfriend’s Prius just fine- they are surprisingly spacious, even the older ones

2nd Gear: Plug-Ins

Who are plug in hybrids for? Honestly, they’re for people like me. Every other week I have to drive between 400 and 500 miles to Ohio in pretty much whatever weather god decided to throw at the midwest. The rest of the time, I don’t have to drive that much- I work remote and when I’m at home, aside…

Years ago during Fleet Week in Seattle, the Navy brought an aircraft carrier over from the base in Bremerton. I had thought aircraft carriers were the biggest things on the sea. It was parked next to a container ship that absolutely DWARFED it. It’s crazy to see how big these things are.

The Surly Pugsley.

Right, but one of the ways they make that profit margin is by not retooling every 3-4 years. Which was fine when they were the only player in the electric car for grown ups game. But now they’ve got competition and that’s not gonna fly.

I get it- part of the reason Tesla is so profitable is that they paid off the tooling on their cars a LOOOOONG time ago. And new tooling for fresh bodywork is expensive and it’s gonna kill that profit margin. And that would be fine if the CEO didn’t leverage his shares against the purchase of the least popular major…

The thing about bike commuting is, it’s kinda awesome AND it’s kind of a big equalizer. I think the equalization is what people like Mitt Romney don’t like. You will get passed by a dude in his construction job clothes riding a $30 Walmart bike. You will get passed by women in spandex on road bikes who won’t even…

Actually, when you’re on a bike it’s the opposite- someone else’s poor planning constitutes an extreme risk to your life.

Yes, because there’s an epidemic of giant cyclists causing death and destruction to pedestrians. Oh, wait, no, that’s pick-up trucks.