A defect in the main turbine blade disk of 1 of 3 engines the size of a sand grain brought down and entire DC-10, United 232, and killed 111 people. I keep telling my wife, size doesn’t matter.

This front end, and the rest of the truck is not much better, is just awful. I hope this is a concept and not production. And much like a few of my former girlfriend’s mutterings, I thought it would be bigger. Comparing it to the anorexic tall model in really tall heels, it does not seem that much larger than the…

There was or is a very nice example on sale at Stevinson Toyota in Lakewood, CO. I think it had 20k plus miles on it. But can’t swear to it. In the showroom. They also have some older restored LC’s.

BMW. German diesel. 4 turbos. EGR. DPF (maybe). High pressure fuel system with diesel injectors. BMW. BMW out of primary warrantee. What could possibly go wrong here. Nothing to see folks, keep moving. Forget Bring More Wallet. Bring ALL Wallet.

Fuckin’A Cotton, fuckin’ A.

It’s not peak oil in the sense of M King Hubbert’s theory from the 1950's. It is peak demand. While there is a finite supply of hydrocarbons on the planet, the oil industry has, through technology and efficiency, proven that within what we generally consider a “generation” that the true theory of Peak oil is…

Bingo. If there was a 1000 mile range Tesla, I’d be in line for it.

Who is going to pay for that infrastructure? What you are talking about is using power from off peak times to sequester carbon. Not a bad idea. It is not demand management. Demand management is reducing the need to consume power through implementation of efficiency programs. It was Federally mandated in the late…

Yes, we should seriously consider repurposing farm land and agricultural resources away from food to energy and raw materials more. Literally one of the dumbest ideas ever. The ethanol industry should die a very quick death.

No, refineries are being shut down because of local political climates and NIMBY attitudes. That is why refined hydrocarbons are more expense on the northeast and on the west coast. There hasn’t been a new refinery built in decades in the US. Because no refiner can get a permit.

“We were drag racing.”

Only when we have to figure out what to do with millions of useless batteries.

You do know that we give handouts to oil and fossil fuel companies, right? Those aren’t going anywhere.

They are IPO’ing just 5% of Saudi Aramco. Hardly getting out of the business or cashing out in full. Lower oil prices have severely impacted KSA’s ability to fund the massive social programs they have for foreign workers.

No, they won’t be fine. More than 1/2 million jobs in the oil business have been lost in the past 30 months in North America alone - huge parts of the country whose local economies that depend on the 1st and 2nd order effects of the business have been decimated. Crime up, poverty up, etc. 100's of oil companies and…

Not if they redeploy the revenues now and create a portfolio of other opportunities. The western Gulf states are smart. Iran, Iraq, Venezuela and the likes are screwed.

This is very true. Early adoption is either feel good, philosophical or egotistically driven.

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is already managing to this. They plan to IPO 5% of the Saudi Aramco in the next 18 months to fund social programs as well as to begin developing economic development outside of oil. Some countries are thinking about it.

Not with government interference. If that was the case, gasoline is the clear winner given all the infrastructure is in place and well ammortized.

Refining, delivering and burning oil in a small car is not as efficient as mass producing electricity in a plant and delivering by wire.