They’re not burning and looting like another group of protesters I can think of. And they're a lot more effective. This folks, this is how you run effective protests.

Haha. Just don’t tell them Subaru is a Toyota sub brand now.

I’d bet the whole purpose of the boat is to escape unrest and go live in the open ocean a few years of he has to. If I were super rich, id consider it. But I wouldn’t tell everyone about it. 

My guess is that it’ll have free standing masts with some type of automated sail plan that isn’t easily installed at a dock. (And will never get used). But why would you have a boat yard that’s not on the ocean? That’s the odd part to me. 

It’s probably going to motor almost everywhere it goes in it’s life. but it likely can’t safely maneuver through the channel on its own. Container ships have motors too. And they still need tug boats in many places. That's not uncommon. 

It eventually does trickle down. Just not voluntarily. Ask Mary Antoinette. :)

Scale is always relevant. This is nothing new. Few things are universally scalable. 

I read it. It glossed over the whole “Norway is a snowy Saudi Arabia” part.

Either it's okay to sell and use and everyone gets the responsibility for their part in the chain or it's not okay and it shouldn't be sold or used. The hypocrisy is the problem. 

Norway exports 5,600 gallons of crude oil per person per year. That’s about 44 tons of carbon emissions per person per year worth of oil. And about $10,000 per person in revenue. If the USA opened all public lands for oil export and dammed all the rivers for electricity we could probably do something similar. I'm not…

Norway produces almost the same oil per capita as Saudi Arabia. 10 times as much as the USA per capita. The only countries that produce more oil per capita are Kuwait, Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia. It’s laughably ridiculous to pretend a few EVs bought with oil money makes them a green country or a green economy. They…

I thought the new Sequoia with 437hp/580tq was a disappointment at 22mpg. A compact sedan at 22 with 100 less HP. That's really bad. 

I bet the Cd is less than 0.25.

All good choices. My add on is ECU connection whatever that may be. Even a simple code reader is a must have for diagnosing modern cars. Working on a Ford without IDS or forscan would be almost impossible. For Toyotas any obd scanner is pretty good but techsream really helps for some stuff. The same for other makes…

I think exhaust has been stainless steel on almost everything for 20+ years. I've never heard of a modern muffler going bad. They last longer than a Tesla drive unit. 

Ford 6.0 diesel. Worst of the worst. You might think this is a joke, but it’s not, someone actually engineered this: engine uses dirty engine oil and pumps is up in the back of the valley to 3500psi and into a series of IIRC 4 segment tubes that are all connected by press fit o-rings to each head. Inside the valve…

I guess that’s okay. But not really the same as a roll down. I roll down my 4runner all the time in the summer. Love it. Not a deal breaker, but disappointing. Personally - I’d prefer ambulance doors if I had the full set of options. I don’t like hatches very much. I guess a window that opens is better than nothing. 

The power is a big deal for those of us who tow a lot. It’s a lot more pleasant to pull up mountain passes at 2000rpms than 5500. And it’s nice to cruise on the highway empty at 60 db instead of 65-70. Those are the big payoffs from a turbo 6. It pulls like a diesel. Maybe better. Big upgrade over the 5.7 for towing…

Thanks. Not as good as the roll down. But better than nothing. Probably good enough for my use. I use my 4R roll down mostly for long stuff and access when I don’t want to open the door all the way.

I thinking about it expanding the money supply and keeping interest rates low as sort of two sides of the same coin. Quantitative easing is the method by which the fed “prints money” and it also is the mechanism to keep interest rates artificially low. Something like 40% of all of the US dollars in circulation were…