What great timing.

Triple COTD

‘State’s Rights’ is a cornerstone belief of Republicans...

“Environmental Protection Agency”

I cannot lie. I would lift sanctions for one of those delicious looking cookies he has.

no guns no want

They have next to no grooves even when new. 

MPSS and PS4S are meant for daily driver use. Sport Cups are meant for when you feel like setting some time record at the track and they’re definitely not good in the rain. The newer PS4S is the best wet tire amongst these.

Dude really did not want to get his second hand up onto the steering wheel, at all, didn’t he?

Yawn... I am sick to death of hearing this grossly outdated statement. For the billionth time the typical power plant is heavily regulated and have emission controls which in many cases means they run fairly cleanly. Coal is giving way to natural gas , which burns pretty cleanly. That versus the millions of cars in…

To be fair, water districts have a huge fixed overhead cost in pumping, treatment and delivery. The balancing act between billing on pure usage which incentivizes conservation and flat rate, which matches the operating cost better but disincentivizes conservation is tricky. The drought in CA is nothing new, the…

There’s a logic behind these moves, though.

Roads will cost a certain amount to maintain regardless of how efficient the vehicles are traveling over the surface. The wear and tear is correlated to mpg, but if all vehicles improve in efficiency, the damage they do to the roads doesn’t decrease at the same time (unless…

It’s too easy to fudge those numbers. Thus, any legislation would seek to limit such capabilities which goes right to privacy violations, like GPS data, etc.

Gasoline used in a lawn mower or weed whacker is still charged road tax at the gas station.

About 62% of total US electricity production comes from fossil fuels. 20% nuclear, 17% renewables. Depending on your local electricity mix, driving an EV can be far cleaner overall.

Yeah, usage based taxes are great politically except when tech moves on and the govt was actually relying on that tax revenue to be an annuity.

Conversely, the military could learn to get by on a budget of $700 billion, instead of the $886 billion they are projected to spend this year.