This sounds like something his friend Putin came up with. Putin would love a return to the nuclear arms race since he knows that Russia could put up a good fight and scare the crap out of everyone. Unfortunately, there are all those annoying treaties the USSR and Russia have signed that limit this kind of thing.…

They made a movie about the Trabant back in 1991, Go Trabi Go. It’s about an East German high school teacher who always wanted to follow Goethe’s journey to Naples but couldn’t, for obvious reasons. When the wall came down, he and his family set off to Italy. It starts out like a lame Disney movie with the car itself…

It makes great Reuben sandwiches for whatever that is worth.

It makes great Reuben sandwiches for whatever that is worth.

“Hey buddy how do I get this car outa second gear?”

In the 1990s appliance manufacturing became more labor efficient by an order of magnitude. This reduced the number of appliance makers down to maybe four. According to our repairman, an old timer, there are lots of name plates, but only so many different makers. I’m guessing the consolidation of the business hasn’t…

Interesting specs: 0-60 mph in 30 seconds under load.

That is interesting. Maybe the technology has finally come together. Turbines have been used for generation for ages now. I gather all the larger emergency backup units are turbine. Electric automotive scale motors are coming down in price, so the time is ripe.

Yeah, I was surprised they went for a turbine rather than a diesel engine. The latter is a proven technology in the railroad business. Chrysler did demonstrate a prototype turbine car back in the 60s, and turbines have come a long way since then.

Actually NASA is experimenting with a prototype battery operated plane that uses electric motors to power a whole slew of propulsion fans. The idea is that electric motors are extremely efficient and can operate across a broad range of speeds with desired levels of torque.

Sounds like standard internet misogyny. The Mustang was a surprise hit with women. Natural internet bros hate it.

I grew up with “catch a tiger by the toe”. It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I heard the original.

It’s how they got around the DMCA. If the image is crappy enough, they can’t track you for royalty payments.

Actually, people do want $6 a gallon gasoline. That’s why they buy SUVs and pickups.

What goes around, comes around. Lucas cribbed lots of WWII dogfight scenes from old movies for his Star Wars movie. The final “trench” scene in the first movie was a direct borrowing from the “Dam Busters”. The imperial star cruisers were based on the stylized portrayals of battleships, possibly those associated with…

To hell with cranberry sauce. Make cranberry chutney:

You are definitely not the first woman to have noticed this. From back in 2009:

The solid fuel rocket technology is what is still used in air bags. I remember some of the early work on this in the 70s. The original idea was to stop the car in a few 10s of milliseconds. This helped the car, but not the passengers. A bit later, as solid rocket fuel technology advanced, they realized they could…

I saw a taxi with a water bumper hit a mailbox once. There was an impressive geyser of water.The cab was undamaged, but the bolts that held the mailbox in place on the sidewalk were sheared.

I made a model of the B58 and of the Osprey back in the 1960s. It wasn’t until years later that I learned that they weren’t operational aircraft back then.

I liked your article. I’m pro-organic and pro-GMO, so I get funny looks at the local farmer’s market, but all agriculture involves meddling with nature. We humans made that deal with the devil ten thousand years ago or so. Locally, there is a big organic producer who sells amazing carrots. They are so good, he sells…