They also reduce traffic, and amount of others in need of a parking space, and therefore when good enough that people actually use them actually make the car driver’s life better, not worse.

Induced demand works for other modes of transport besides cars. If you improve bike/public transport infrastructure, more people will use those modes of transport, which will mean fewer cars on the road, which will mean less parking is necessary and car congestion is reduced. most car trips are less than 7 kilometers…

This is really shitty. It looks like Zero is trying to follow in the footsteps of Tesla, and fleece its customers by turning them into ongoing subscription income streams, rather than just getting a one-time purchase price. This is going to be horrible - and expensive - for customers, and we should take a stand…

So the website says that some of these things require physical installation (i.e. options or trim on a car) but the site “implies” that they don’t.

Why drivers don’t like this as much as cyclists, I have no idea...

to pass, you have to treat them like a car (leave the lane entirely, be in a passing zone, etc).

That’s exactly right. I’m annoyed at Manchin, but there is no big mystery about why he’s voting the way he is - he wants to get re-elected next time, and unless he does what he’s doing, he won’t be. Do I wish he’d do the right thing instead of just thinking about his re-election? For sure. But I’m even more mad about…

I’m thinking we should help the people living in a tent move somewhere that’s much more affordable. They don’t necessarily need to live in one of the most expensive areas of the country and state.

Pushing for more affordable housing seems to me like the wrong approach. There are limits to how many people can be squeezed into a given area, i.e. how much more housing we should build. Can a city/town decide NOT to grow any bigger? Yes, coastal California is very expensive, but there ARE other places to live. At…

Hmm the window switches in other cars I’ve had recently, like a Volvo S40 and now E90 M3, do the same thing. They do auto down/up when you press/lift all the way, and do fine-grained adjustment when you press it partially. I get that it’s a good switch, but I’m thinking that Porsche isn’t the only manufacturer that…

That looks really cool. I’m really digging the Husqvarna aesthetic. Swartpilen looks great, 701SM looks great, and now this. I like KTMs too, but this is SO much better looking than the KTM 890 Adventure it’s based on.

That’s awesome. This is a situation where electrification actually makes sense - going from badly polluting engines to EVs has the potential to greatly improve air quality in those places. I just hope that there are a lot of battery replacement stations - if people have to go across town, in crazy traffic, to get a…

Not to mention “no more children”. I wonder if the author is planning to have kids? Having a child has MASSIVE impact on one’s carbon footprint, far bigger than anything else you might do, including flying a private jet.

I’m well aware of who ALL the players are, but how the fuck is 10s of millions of tons perceived as “almost nothing” in anyone’s fucking mind?

It’s still several MILLION tons.

This. Banning private jets would make no difference. I’m as pro-environment as it gets, but this is just stupid virtue signaling.

Try a 15 hour flight with the seat in front of you tilted back so it’s in your lap and you can’t use your tray. Again; airplane seats should not recline.

Not so much to save weight, but to make room for squeezing in more rows. If each seatback is, say, 2" less thick, over 30 rows that adds up to enough distance saved to add another row or two of seats.

Eh. I’m 6'3" and someone reclining has never been a problem. And reclining myself helps A LOT with legroom. How long are your thighs?

I don’t know if I’d call the Pikes Peak Multi an “SUV”. It’s just a sportbike. Unlike SUVs, it doesn’t give up anything in performance. A KTM Adventure, with its much longer suspension travel and off-road wheel sizes is like an SUV, but the Pikes Peak Multi is not that different from a sportbike.