Yeah, I actually said, and I quote, “they’re all certainly sentient, but have shown absolutely no care for this issue”. I have, in fact, spend 18 years teaching a jaguar, a wild horse, and a bull to speak and read, and they haven’t shown any interest whatsoever in automobiles, except to say, “I wish they’d stop…

Ah, so you ARE just trolling, then. That’s good. I mean, you obviously know that “either we change the name of the Cherokee, or we solve pollution!” is the logical fallacy known as a false dilemma, since it’s not a zero-sum game. As long as we all understand you’re just driving around in the boat, hoping to hook a…

If you don’t mind a question: why do you care? I understand why this matters to Cherokee people - whether I agree or not - but why is this something that matters to you? Like, heritage or tradition or something?

If the horses, bulls, or jaguars care about the issue, I think changing the names of those brands would be perfectly reasonable. But given the extremely minimal level of sentience possessed by any of those creatures - they’re all certainly sentient, but have shown absolutely no care for this issue, and certainly…

As someone who has driven four Cherokees, and nothing but Jeeps for the past decade-plus: good. Why not? Seriously, what’s the harm in changing the names of these products? I’ll go debadge my XJ right now if it makes someone’s life easier, or makes them happier. The Cherokee name matters more to Cherokee people than…

Outback wouldn’t have been my first thought about a slightly lifted European performance wagon with protective body cladding.

I WOULD IF I COULD, ERIK. I WOULD IF I COULD.

That last point is, I think, especially critical, not least because a cleaner infrastructure is also likely to be a more distributed infrastructure. We may not do much in the way of solar power, here north of the wall, but we’ve got plenty of wind and waves. Distributing the load over more sources of energy means…

Oh, brother, I’m sorry: it’s possible you misunderstand me. I don’t think EVs aren’t going to be produced because some people need to drive a long way. They’re being produced now, for a lower percentage of the population than I belong to! We can, we should, and we MUST continue to pursue electric vehicles.

🤣 Okay, now I get it: you’re trolling. Obviously, you know 22 °F isn’t really “cold”, but if you say a bunch of absurd things, lots of people reply. I not only understand that, I applaud it enough to reply to this frankly hilarious post. Just as long as we all understand that truth has no bearing on the conversation…

This is another factor that’s rarely considered: it’s not just “where is the closest grocery store”, but “where is the closest grocery store that sells more than soda and canned goods”. Plus, you know, “where is the nearest opera or movie theater or Taco Bell”, since those of us outside of urban/suburban areas do…

Well, I don’t disagree, but let’s also be practical and recognize that the USA has some fairly unique conditions re: population density and size. 🙂 Also, our public transportation system is better than a lot of people are aware - which means one of the biggest flaws in our public transportation system is awareness,…

6.5 percent of the US population lives more than 20 miles from the nearest grocery store; I don’t have figures available for 30 miles, but we’re not an edge case.

OMG, it’s an early-90s Pontiac Sunbird dash! Finally, McLaren is speaking to me in a language I understand.

Let me pile on. I live in a very not-urban place, and travel to...absurdly not-urban places. I carry extra gasoline, I travel to such remote locations, as do thousands and thousands of other people.

That’s adorable, city feller. But no, he’s not an edge case. A lot of us don’t live in cities or suburban areas. Also, a lot of us drive way, way off the beaten path where no one will ever put a charger.

Does it float? (The answer is no.)

🤣🤣🤣 “Cold weather.” 8 °F to 10 °F (-13°C to -12 °C)? I am rolling on the floor, laughing.

What do you suppose the maximum weight of the recipient vehicle would need to be? I’ve been wanting for a while to put a bike engine in my Jeep Cherokee XJ (a little under 3,000 pounds, as she sits, and that’s before you take out the 4.0), but I’ve been repeatedly told “that’s too heavy” and “you’re insane” and “let…

Sadly, both because of the difficulties inherent in understanding the scales involved, and of the dearth of quality education on the subject in some nations, this significant difference is generally profoundly misunderstood - like so many very basic concepts in evolutionary biology.