I guess what I was trying to say is that doing things for profit is not necessarily morally neutral, and companies can make decisions that are inherently “evil” if you will. It seems that you understand that though. I would like to add, however, that this shouldn’t be an expected social norm. We should demand…

Uhh is it just me or are those SUBARU rims????

What a bore.

I REMEMBER THAT! Saw it on live TV too. Looked brutal, it seemed miraculous that he ended up being ok.

Sorry but, that “calculus” involves real people making real decisions, and that indeed affects the bottom line. Whether or not morality can be found in the corporation itself is another matter. Sometimes, the “Invisible Hand” is not so invisible.

“Just business” has been a justification for all sorts of evil. “Just business,” was the reason the meat industry in the U.S. was forcibly regulated because a large amount of the populace was being sold bad meat that was making them ill. You can’t make it that simple.

Interesting point you bring up about the refugee issue affecting more than just refugees. But I think that this is in addition to the crisis. Also, this is a prime example of where government regulation should be the mediator in a healthy capitalist system. An almost textbook example of a near monopoly power…

This, so much this. THANKS.

No. This is a very common misconception. MDMA does not “contain” meth. It is a completely different compound with much different effects. They are both of the *amphetamine* drug class, but they are different molecules. To say mdma contains meth is like saying vicoden contains herion bc they are both opiates. It…

I see what you did there lol.

And here I thought you were just blowing hot air. Thanks for this. It would seem that you have a point. Ive been lead to believe most electric motors are rather flat in their useful range. Perhaps in racing applications motors still need adjustable drive ratios.... But that still leaves the everyday. Most people don’t…

I think you fail to grasp the significance of the iPhone then... The other phones you refer to were not all that great to use. The iPhone forced other developers to produce a product that was not just utilitarian, but possibly even fun to use. I don’t like the iPhone myself, but I’m glad there was a market created…

I’m not sure I agree with you here. Battery tech has over doubled capacity in the last few years. Solar has over doubled in efficiency in the last 10. Microchips are made at a scale (circuit size) previously thought impossible just a couple years ago. The possibilities of supercomputer simulations are already…

No. Just because the car has different acceleration from 0-60 than from 60-120 does not mean the torque is changing. There are many other factors in play, for instance wind resistance and mechanical resistance from the wheels. Of course in the real world torque will vary, but electric motors have the flattest torque…

And torque doesn’t decrease with speed, it remains the same, nearly flat in a high quality motor.

They still throw down an impressive quarter mile time. But we were talking trucks. They don’t need that.

Clearly you haven’t tripped with my family.

Tbh, didn’t think there were even enough chargers for such a niche market. But 3 hours dude? WEAK. I’d hate to be on a trip with you guys. That’d take ages.

But is it REALLY doing that or is the money just getting funneled through a tumbler of bureaucratic convolutedness as it pays to subsidize these technologies? Not that its a bad thing, but I highly doubt they unplugged your line from the “bad” source and hooked it up to the “green” one. Infrastructure doesn’t work…

Yes! That’s what my exes dad called the when she was little. “But why don’t they ever grow any tomatoes??”(she loves them). “They are Special Tomatoes sweety.” Lol.