A difficult issue, with no clear correct answer. Perhaps an assumption of risk might be in order, as well as penalties for the use of resources. In other words, before you go, you have to be educated about what the risks are (and how best to avoid them), then agree to both those risks, and to the cost of any rescue.…

The last big one is feeding cost. As dumb as it sounds to use the Wrangler as an example of “good fuel economy,” you’re lucky to get 15 MPG in real-world driving, it beats the hell out of its predecessors which get around half that.

University of Florida toxicology professor Bruce Goldberger was quoted as saying, ““I don’t think it’s possible to rule out the possibility of use while in jail,” a notion so unlikely that it seems odd to publicize it; no evidence has been found to back up that claim.

With the caveat that carabiners have weight ratings for a reason, and that your big dog will not long be restricted by a small, consumer carabiner (like the one pictured above). Serious dogs mean serious carabiners (like climbing units). Also, tying your dog to things is not appropriate for all dogs, or in all…

Maybe it’s something about Jeep owners, but nearly every Jeep I’ve purchased has come with some sort of drug paraphernalia: roaches, roach clips, hat pins (for roaches), lumps of dried weed under the carpets. Come to think of it, maybe these things are in all cars, but only Jeep owners have to dismantle the entire…

Exactly! I usually do it with soapy waste water, like that left behind in the wash sink itself (which I suspect is what you’re doing, too). Not sure what I’ll do once we finally hook up this used portable dishwasher we were, delightfully, given.

It’s nearly a physical thing, my desire to reach into the image above and start editing: “Not to mention its instant cross-device sync,” I’d correct.

Actually, come to think of it, I know why they can’t take pizza boxes or other greasy paper: because you can’t get the grease out of it, and when you pulp the box, the grease and water won’t mix, leaving a layer of grease on the top of the vat. Worse, it’s still all embedded in the pulp, so some of it never rises up…

Me, neither! And I really would like to. I suppose it gunks up the works - technical term - in some way, but I’d definitely like to know more.

Greasy paper would be even harder to recycle, I suspect, but it’s good that some places will take foil with grease, as well! Obviously, you’re 100 percent correct that reuse is the payoff strategy: I always (pedantically and condescendingly, because that’s how I do pretty much everything) remind people that the right…

I’m trying (and failing) to figure out if the environmental and economic cost of covering the stove in tin foil is worth the e/e cost of the water I use in cleanup. Particularly since my local recycle is fairly clear about not really wanting “grease-coated metal foil” in their bins.

Another option is to consider that it is not in your best long-term interest to behave as though you deserve a “rich modern life” simply because you graduated from college or got your first sweet job. You don’t “deserve” that sweet new car, and you can’t afford that sweet new car. Good news: a car that costs a tenth…

Please pull a 4.0 with 350,000 and show what that looks like, while refreshing its internals where necessary. I have just the engine for you. Please hurry. I am very lazy, and it is very old.

Well-said, and heartfelt. Would-be street racers, we’re all there with you: we want to do it, too. But the public roads (and the typical lack of safety equipment you find there) just aren’t the place. Too many “civilians,” people who didn’t ask to take the risk you’re putting them in. And yes, it IS a risk, no matter…

Oddly, different pallets are made of completely different types of wood, and one of the skills of pallet-recyclers is picking out what’s made of what. Now, obviously, pallets in general aren’t going to be high-grade hardwoods or whatever, because they’re inherently semi-disposable industrial goods, but it’s amazing…

And for you poor people out there - that’s me, too - much of the capability we’re talking about here can still be yours:

Standing up.

I’d disagree that traffic will never be 100 percent “cars capable of anticipating sudden stops” within our lifetime, but I’m planning on living a good long while, so that could be the difference. :) But I agree that the programming of these cars will need to work with the current technological framework, whatever that…

Once the technology is stable - and we’re not there yet - the human will be the liability. We’ll phase into automation, handing tasks the computer is better at off, while retaining manual control for the situations in which the human is still superior. For a while, we’ve let the car do things like manage throttle on…

Those decisions will definitely need to be part of the programming of these vehicles - along with lots of moral calculus like “pick between killing your passenger and killing two bystanders” - but this specific situation will be aided by the fact that car-to-car communications will mean that the car behind you will…