Malthus’ theory (as it still applies) is that a larger population is not necessarily better, and that there is a limit to what Earth can carry. That Malthus thought we had already reached the maximum is neither here nor there when you are the one who brought him up in regards to an article that made no such claims.

In Sweden you can, by law, accept gifts up to the value of a cake without having to worry about anything.

Urraco, not Uracco. Had to stop reading after seeing that misspelled for the 20th time.

I wonder what would have happened if he was? Would some sort of solution have been found? I mean, racing a car presupposes wealth in most cases anyhow.

Imagine what they would have come up with for toilet paper.

I have been offered assistance in getting a Mexican-plated Jimny to use on this side of the wall, and stated that many of the Jimnys spotted in California actually belong to Americans. The vendor/fixer/Jimny-lover didn’t even seem bothered by my living in NY.

Yep. The cashier at my grocery store was (smilingly) lamenting his GMC Yukon’s 11 MPG in the city (his figure, not mine). His bizarro reasoning for buying it was that he was a car guy and loved supercars. I am a car guy and I love my kei car, now more than ever.

I am sure they would not include fleet owners in the numbers at all, or they would fail Statistics 101.

Oil prices are global, though. If Europeans are willing to pay more for Saudi oil than Saudi oil becomes more expensive to us. It also makes American oil more expensive.

Yes, what matters is how much of the global production is done by Russia. But helping Ukraine isn’t gonna happen for free. Remember Victory Gardens?

That’s not how math works. These numbers are proportional. If 1 of 1 Koenigsegg Agera owners have a DUI, that would be 100% - it wouldn’t make for 100% of DUIs.

Proportion of ownership. 3 out of 100 Contour owners have DUIs, 5 out of 100 Ram 2500 owners. 8th grade math.

Per capita. Proportion of overall ownership.

Per capita. Please be smarter than Trump, at least.

I am with you. Haven’t seen a Contour in years.

Exactly. That’s the car of the dude who just got his third DUI.

That is pure mumbo-jumbo, further tempered by a liberal sprinkling of “some” and “may”. Anyone who is willing to pay $200K to gain this supposed effect should be able to realize its implications without having to spew out 75 tons of carbon first.

How do you know Malthus was wrong? I think our time span might be too short to say. Let’s circle around and see what the world looks like once there are 10 or 20 billion humans on it.

“Forgive me if I sound cyclical” - I am going to have to start saying that.

Well, the Ides of March are not far.