Ignoring the cost of producing the goods? And how much of the transportation cost is the cost of fuel allocated to that individual item?

Rivian can use this as a way to gain investment for a plant they may never build. Doesn’t matter what happens with the taxes - this is still a way to divert money to Rivian.

Yup. Transport is a small fraction of the cost of sold goods, and fuel is only a part of that, so a massive price hike will be blamed on fuel prices.

I think that’s in the subway, but I’m keeping 1200 miles away just to be sure.

Oh - I see - the ambiguous noun game instead of:

I’d say adding more tripping hazards on the sidewalks so phone users have to look up more might be the ticket. Perhaps lazy cats would work. Or more open ventilation grates with some padding around the edge of the opening and something like a playground slide into the storm sewer.

So if Fancy Kristen is looking for a new diversion, what would this set her back (kicks tire) ?

Wingspan 195 ft 8 in (59.64 m) for the 747SP vs. with winglets: 117 ft 5 in / 35.79 m 737NG

Gas is expensive, but filling stations are running on that 15 cents per gallon margin; they aren’t the cause of the high prices. In this case the owner probably saw $500 to $1000 in what he paid for the fuel lost, or about what he now has to sell 3,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel to pay for.

There is a mechanical shear coupling on the Boeing. If the force difference is large enough, and it’s not a huge value, the elevator and aileron controls separate and then the right seat controls the right half and the left seat controls the left half. This is so that if one stick assembly jams the other can still be…

Gas is expensive, but filling stations are running on that 15 cents per gallon margin; they aren’t the cause of the high prices. In this case the owner probably saw $500 to $1000 in what he paid for the fuel lost, or about what he now has to sell 3,000 to 6,000 gallons of fuel to pay for.

Probably - alligators are known for their ferocious dedication to nudism.

“the dangers that alligators pose on public roadways”? Seems to me they aren’t the ones building those roadways in someone else’s native home nor are the alligators driving at incautious speeds after doing so.

The crash was from pilot error because the pilots gave conflicting inputs and didn’t talk to each other.

The sidestick on Airbus use averaging to produce an output. If one pulls back and the other pushes forward they sum up to nada. The problem is that the sticks are rate inputs so by the time the one pilot got the nose up the up-rate amount was added to the down-rate amount to mean no rate change and the nose stayed up.

It’s a fiat spider.

They were on final approach so the primary focus for the pilot who is guiding the plane is out the front window to make damn sure no one left a luggage tow and the luggage train on the runway and that pilots who are supposed to be holding on a taxi-way don’t start moving onto the runway.

It looks to me that all the concrete was wet and that the just finished, but uncured section, was no different in overall appearance to the wet concrete that the concrete truck was parked on, similar amounts of wetness to all the rest of the roads appear to be.

Where that reasoning is flawed is that control forces and autopilot forces are also pushed back to the control wheels. They certainly can feel what the other pilot does - but what the other pilot does is not the only source of forces. If one is convinced the plane is doing it from some mechanical or software defect…

True - however ... There’s a book titled Engineers of Dreams about bridge collapses. The author notes that the causes of the collapses is remarkably similar even though one would think the lessons would have been learned. My favorite is that bridges get literally blown off their piers, even iron riveted structures weig…