“I pay X in taxes” is a backdoor way of saying “I pay your salary/I own you” about government officials.

I advocate you transitioning the “on my mind” part and tacking it on to the end of the “Good for you” response. If your position is sensitive to calling people idiots, maybe leave the “idiot” internalized, but absolutely include the “Good for you, I also pay my taxes!” response.

are you kidney-ing?

He doesn’t actually care, he just pulls that shit out of his bag of irrelevant whatabouts.

give it time, theyll make the fucking comments something you have to click through too. 

Easy.  An instrument cluster that is backlit even when headlights are not on.  Because of that, I often see people driving down the freeway with no headlights or taillights on because they have no clue they are off.

Well, the drivers of the first production EVs are all dead. There was a point in time in the early 1900s where EVs greatly outnumbered gasoline cars. Steam engines outnumbered gasoline too. But because battery tech wasn’t great and roads were getting faster and longer, that’s when gasoline was able to swipe in.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thermal_depolymerization been following it for years. There has been some oil produced, but every time someone tries to scale it up theres resistance. Its honestly kind of a shame, it would be a good way to get rid of waste while engineering less carbon heavy fuels. 

well you are technically correct, which is the best kind of correct!

This is one of those concepts that is “fine” if you play its rules, but will be indescribably maddening if you need it to do something counter to its logic.

I remember that awesome Ford concept. It was nice to see an EV that wasn’t trying to fake an unneeded grill.

everybody come listen to this person. 100% correct is not our style. 

And also the dealers. Their real bread and butter is repairs & maintenance. As EVs need much less maintenance this would cut into their revenues giving them an incentive to steer customers to ICE vehicles.

The media blitz and the tax credit.

The real test for sales at least is in year 2+ when the media blitz is over - will putting some cash on the hood like other domestic dealers do help sales?

Here you go. The BMW iX

You’re looking for a TDI beetle? I have one that I no longer daily. Unfortunately, since you passed on onefor $900, you may have a hard time finding one. Why? Because the parts are worth more than the sum.

“Hero” seems to mean something different to you.

savage