Point taken but lithium ion batteries can be recycled. So although there are finite amounts of the materials in nature; recycling could offer a lifespan for the technology that is longer than oil.

I’m always nice. what torques my nuts are people who spout opinion as fact and argue about things they have no clue about. these people get called dumbasses or idiots. barbecue they are dumbasses or idiots.

I think it was electrical tape, my worm.

Duck. In the Vietnam era, PT boats were regularly patched with water resistant, I.E., “duck” tape. Tape used on ducts is aluminized.  PT Boats were notorious flimsy as they were basically made out of plywood with an engine bolted on.

Duck tape:

Yeah, a human driver might not be fooled by that 3, but you could definitely make a fake speed limit sign that would fool them (assuming the road was at least somewhat manageable at that speed)

But here’s the bigger issue: Is it duct tape, or duck tape? Is “duck” just the brand or what the type of tape was called originally?

It’s good to know that there’s still a small chance the old “thought the route marking was the speed limit” joke will live on in our robot future.

I don’t pretend to speak for all of Alabama, but on the spectrum of things to come from our state, ranging from embarrassing to proud, this one is much closer to the George Wallace end than it is to the Space Program end.

That is such an attractive shape, looks really sporting and rugged. - The Pontiac Aztek.

It’s a social experiment: “How ugly a vehicle can we sell that will still print money for us?”

Brenda, the 51 year old recently divorced mother of two from Newport Beach has entered the chat.

*Sigh

I feel the same way about my VCR.  

Argentina is probably going to be the Saudi Arabia of lithium.

That’s why I’m in favor of Thorium reactors rather than an over reliance on renewables that require large scale battery storage. (Though I’m also totally in favor of tons of renewables, just want a more reliable base load.)

I think we’ll be okay with China.

This is me every time we have a new Ford Flex show up on a delivery transporter. Ford has a stash of them somewhere and they just keep trickling out to dealers one at a time to keep us on our toes.

The Chevrolet Impala is ceasing production next week