Architect, here. If you’re going for energy efficiency and comfort, you don’t build a bunch of little boxes, you build one (or two or three) bigger boxes, to minimize the area of the exterior skin of the building. The new four- and five-story buildings, across the street, may be boring/generic/ugly, but they’re more…

Trying to live in a desert is kinda stupid to start with. Plus, you can grow alfalfa in places other than the desert. Blaming the Saudis seems like political clickbait, instead of blaming, say, almond growers supplying the American almond milk industry.

The Sherp and similar vehicles. https://sherpglobal.com/en/ The Pinzgauer and Volvo military boxes (Volvo C303).

The mouse belts, broken or operating, are a deal breaker . . . ND!

Then, there’s Denver.  When the plane train dies, there is no parallel way to walk.  It’s either buses or waiting until the train gets fixed!

I assume that drones will soon enter the discussion . . .

It depends. The fire departments around here take their trucks to the supermarket, every day, to do their grocery shopping (just in case they get a call). In many cases, multiple vehicles will respond to a minor call, again, “just in case” and/or because the’re bored. It gets back to a “better to have it and not need…

Air fresheners and baggy seat covers.

Given the location, middle-of-nowhere Nebraska, the impact was virtually non-existent, especially with the trade-ins coming in already messed with.

I guess if you REALLY want a VW with a bed that this would be cheaper than a Type 2 Camper, but it just screams “Another Person’s Project” . . . and not in a good way . . . ND!

Every state has its pluses and minuses, including the local drivers, the local “customs”/unwritten “laws”, their local laws and how vigorously (and equitably/fairly) that they’re enforced, general road conditions, the presence (and cost) of toll roads, and congestion, both urban and rural.

Honda CR-Z, from a decade ago . . .

I voted ND because, like apparently every other previous owner, I can’t see myself actually driving it.

There are multiple forms of bankruptcy protection. Not all result in the liquidation of a company.

We have another election coming up, again, this November. The voters will, again, most likely, tend to vote for the candidates embracing the”No new taxes, drain the swamp” ethos.

Blaming the Boomers is going after the low hanging fruit. The real culprits were Henry Ford and his contemporaries who took automobiles from toys for the rich to affordable consumer products. This happened in the 1920s, well before any Boomers were born. Beginning more than a century ago, our built environment started…

Sweden’s taxes are twice what we pay, here.  All the good stuff that socialism offers comes at a price.

The press release doesn’t specify when. Any gradual transition would result in chaos (with both assigned and unassigned passengers boarding at the same time), so I’m guessing that it won’t happen until the next schedule bank is released, with only assigned seating available to purchase.

Too many to list. Honda S-2000, Fit, and Element. Air-cooled and water-cooled VW “Station Wagons”/Vans/Type 2s and Vanagons.  The OG BMW i3.  The OG Ford Ranger.  Pontiac Fiero.  Buick Riviera.  Olds Toronado.  COE Jeeps. Chevy Volt and Corvair . . .

Yes, I would.