There is a US energy list of fuel prices, gas was clearly over $1 by 1990 and later.

I remember filling up my ‘08 Honda Fit manual, when a guy with an Odyssey noticed the childseats in my car, and struck up conversation that started along the lines of “you’ve got kids, you need a minivan!” - then he asked me how much a tank of gas cost me. “About $40 for a full tank of 87 octane”

What about slow down. Drive less and seriously think about what you drive?

I told friends this and the shock on everyone’s faces was ridiculous. “How will you all FIT?” “That will be SO UNCOMFORTABLE!” “I can’t even imagine.” “There’s no way that’ll work.”

I did see some folks holding up an American Flag on an overpass, and was proud to be an American because at least I know I’m free!

GenX here. Had nuclear war nightmares, saw “The Day After” etc. My 9th grade civics teacher, who was weird, dressed funny, and everyone thought pervy, always used to say “You can always trust a Russian to be a Russian!” Guess he wasn’t wrong.

Is there a reason the references are in sub- rather than super-script?

I mean, BWRs were never the right answer compared to PWRs.

Will LC become the new DT? Tune in next week to find out!

And as the article said, look into upgrading ram or the hard drive. Push comes to shove and you get a new computer, the old one can be transformed into a home media server or the like.

(insert stock image of “affordable car” that isn’t a stock image of a dealership staff laughing at you)

The next Mazda6 has my attention. It is supposed to be RWD and offer an inline-6, possibly with a 48V hybrid option.

Any 6+ passenger EV with sliding doors that even when fully loaded can get to freeway speeds in under 8 seconds, go 500+ miles on a 10 minute, $0-12* charge using batteries that can be quick charged without ever losing significant capacity and with ALL the luxury for a cost under $20k as a 2-3 yo gently used…

I dunno. I know folks in the funeral business, and when the pandemic took traditional funerals away for a while, it really screwed people up when they didn’t properly grieve for their loved ones.

If you care about human life, some sacrifices need to be made . What’s more important, human lives or someone updating their TikTok. We already accept disabling the Nav controls when the car is in motion. Disabling cell phone use is simply the next logical step.

but it does seem a bit optimistic to think that the US has enough lithium to make all the batteries we will need in the next 10-20 years.

In college I knew someone who rented an engine hoist in order to do an engine swap on their truck in the dorm parking lot.

If you want to solve the new spate of car crash deaths, the simple solution is to disable all cell phone manual interaction when speeds exceed 15 mph. We won’t do that because 10,000 additional deaths a year on the roads are worth less than allowing people to play with their phones in cars.

Plus they own a LOT of Treasury bills. The US retaliates in any meaningful way....”that economy of yours, you like it?”

Chernobyl was trash when it was operated.