I often see claims that hydrogen is more efficient than electric, but if you do the math on that I’ll think you’ll find that it isn’t.

** some seat scorching may result. keep your hands on the wheel at all times, even if asleep. All accidents are driver’s fault.

“Fart apps...” Love it, does the gas expelled during this app, give an increased range?

I really think Toyota is working to a hundred year plan here. I hear the EV crowd talk about “how behind Toyota is”, but that whole point of view pre-supposes that “heavy batteries in light vehicles” is the right answer.

The guy that “wrote the book” on this was/is named Geoffrey Moore. It basically focused on “how do consumer markets adopt new technology on a broad scale?”. It’s worth a read sometime... I get the feeling half the VCs on Sand Hill Road have forgotten about the series, but “Crossing The Chasm” seems to speak very…

Sure, you can get the “quickest” incremental miles charging from 10% to 55%, but that’s like telling me I can only fill the 36 gallon tank on my Suburban to 20 gallons, because the pump nozzle is so slow on the last 16 gallons.

You raise several interesting points— I think the idea of “if I’m spending this much money, it better be superior to what I had before” is The End Game here.

They are dandy, if somewhat expensive, commuter cars. I worry, with consumer debt back to 2008 levels, that a lot of guys are hocking their soul for a $60K Commuter Tesla when they should just be buying a clean, practical, reliable $25K Toyota Hybrid Corolla.

I worked for awhile in Silicon Valley and the PNW doing market analysis on tech sector companies— and there’s definitely different phases to adoption.

From a Market Emergence POV, the reason the big guys are holding back a bit is because they recognize that we’re at the Moment of Truth for The Early Adopters... there’s a good case to be made that EV’s sold to this point are primarily “Early Adoption” buys. Several things indicate this:

No, the punishment doesn’t fit the crime. The punishment fits because it’s fitting both this crime and all the other incredibly dangerous similar crimes he’s gone out of his way to commit on the field over the past decade. You get one DUI, you get a year in jail. If it’s your sixth one, the judge isn’t going to be…

Good.  Fucking.  Riddance.

It’s a Burfict ending.

As someone who is a big fan of weird symmetry, I heartily approve of this neuroticism.

The Native Americans are just paying us back is all. They get the last blood filled laugh

Should they be expected to? I mean... Yeah. It’s relevant and it’s relevant to the game being played on the field. Because- as I note in another response here- Brown catching passes from Brady means the Patriots and the league have allowed Brown to play in spite of the allegations. This is worth discussing and it’s…

Are you saying you don’t want to hear Boomer Esiasson and Phil Simms discuss the intricacies of a sexual assault allegation?

I struggle to balance “he’s a shit person”, with “he’s an employee who has not been convicted of anything.” The second is objectively true, and the first is subjectively true. Why shouldn’t he be allowed to work while the wheels of allegation and investigation and hopefully justice continue to turn? 

I agree with much of what you say. The problem is that if you let them set their own rate it will do the opposite and create a race to the bottom. Just look at the companies themself and you will see this. A driver can’t get away with charging what he needs to cover his expenses if there are 20 other drivers in the…