Yeah, I was thinking the same: 0.05mm is only 2 thou. I’m no expert machinist, but I can make a surface that good using common equipment. I guess having to machine any part is uncommon (and expensive) these days, but I’d still expect more.
Hank Scorpio
globex-corp
No los dos?
The thermodynamic efficiency of generating power at a plant and using it to power an electric car is double what it is to directly power an ICE vehicle on petrol. The US now produces a plurality of its power from gas, and that fraction is increasing as coal plants shut down. That gas comes from oil wells (or fracking)…
Why so narrow minded? Can’t it be a donkey? Or a cow? Or a dire wolf?
Ford sold about half as many FiSTs, FoSTs, and FoRSs last year as Subaru sold WRXs & STIs. As far as a car company is concerned, that’s the only competition that matters.
TIL Corgis are cow herding dogs. How on God’s green Earth does a Corgi herd cows?
The driver’s home country or the team’s? I’m ok with either, just want to be clear.
it is so fun to read about your fleet of broken shit.
My uncle was in the Signal Corps during Vietnam. He was stationed in Germany, but it was the Cold War and things were tense all over. He waited until he had scheduled a trip to Switzerland (he had PCA) to talk about the classified things he’d learned there. Long story short: the military knew the war was a loss by the…
The problem of “where are they” is a little more complicated. This is just one explanation. If you want to know more, look up the Fermi Paradox, or read this book. https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Teeming-Aliens-WHERE-EVERYBODY/dp/0387955011
Are you suggesting snakes?
Yes. They did a lot of testing before enacting this change. It’s very weird that this happened at all, let alone on the first day.
Outside of the Boston-Washington Northeast Corridor, most of the tracks used by Amtrak trains are owned by freight lines.
It’s a mid-engine GM sports car. The answer is clear:
This study doesn’t look at that, but the authors cite an older study which agrees with you.
Yeah, clearly you shouldn’t fly the most reliable major airline in the country.