A star for your weirdness, you magnificent weirdo.

The paradox of tolerance:

I’ve seen that bike, it’s awesome.

Naked bikes are trendy, and with the retro flavour that everyone craves so much I think it will be a hit. I expect the hipsters will be all over it at #theMotoSocial near me.

I disagree that it’s shouting at clouds. I think what chb said is correct, but most people don’t understand the problem. You can’t change the system without knowing what’s wrong with it, and they have done a great job illustrating that with their comment.

I know, I mistyped, I should have said ‘benefit the poor’ because that’s the lie I was trying to point out. *sigh*

yeah, it was an epic typing error - I meant that they’re good for poor people, which is untrue. 

I know conservatives are neoliberals.

fuckity fuck, i meant good for the poor. goddammit. my comment makes so much less sense the way i wrote it... *insertfacepalmgif*

convince people to work against their own best interests - works for capitalists, communists and fascists everywhere!

See, my thought was kool-aid drinking capitalists -

You’re not wrong on people trying to get out, but I think they need somewhere to go, and that job falls to the government (since corporations have no interest in the well being of citizens). But the government has done nothing to help people re-train/re-educate, so it’s far easier said than done.

The question is why shouldn’t they? We want everyone to make more money, not less. What is a job that pays too much? Too much to afford a decent standard of living? Shouldn’t that be the goal of society, to make sure everyone has enough to thrive (not just to survive)?

Isn’t that called Dutch Disease or something? An economic situation where a country relies only on one thing rather than diversifying, and then gets screwed when the market shifts and people don’t want that thing any more?

THERE ARE FOUR LIGHTS!

didn’t realise the point about the regen not working when the battery is cold.

In addition, a coal plant is still more efficient at producing energy for EV’s than X number of petrol cars. 

I was discussing this with a friend who has a C-Max Hybrid and was shocked by how much his range dropped.

EVERYTHING is worse when it’s cold. How much extra gas do people spend warming up their cars at sub-zero temperatures?

UGH, this is so true. Fucking morons - gas taxes used to fund public transit get people off the road, which reduces the need to ... fix the fucking roads. AND it means less traffic for those of us who must or want to to drive.

Can you point to evidence that they are not being used properly? Genuinely curious.