This isn’t the 1970's. Modern cars are more reliable and long lasting than cars of the 1970's. We aren’t having a fuel crisis either. As long as gas remains cheap, the demand for large vehicles will persist. If fuel prices dramatically increase, we can expect to see people flock to more efficient vehicles again. The…

Teslas are too expensive. The Model 3 doesn’t exist yet. Further, all-electric cars don’t have the charging station infrastructure or quick charging ability to directly compete with ICE. Also, all-electric cars are not zero emissions - See the link below. A Tesla EV produces about the same CO2 output of a small SUV.…

The issue isn’t emissions. The issue is CAFE.

1. As an engineer I understand that every decision is a trade-off. We can’t get better fuel economy without giving up something else we really like.
2. I like interesting cars and I don’t want them to become extinct in favor of flavorless econobox appliances.

I think you are ignoring both the engineering challenges and the fact that automakers need to actually sell cars to people at prices they are willing to pay. We don’t live in a planned economy Comrade. If people can’t get the transportation they need at a price they can afford, they will just hang onto their older…

It isn’t the emissions requirements that the automakers are railing against. I think, with the exception of VW and maybe FCA, we can all agree that getting NOx and particulates out of automobile exhaust is a good thing. The problem is the extremely aggressive CAFE fuel economy standards. Safety is making cars heavier,…

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Taxes used to be somebody’s personal resources. I am personally giddy at the way this debate is playing out. Pro-lifers have been arguing for years to stop Federal dollars to stop going to PPA. Now States and private donors are stepping in to fill the funding gap, which essentially proves the Pro-Lifers right. We…

This level of tinfoil-hattery ranks right up with the worst doomsday preppers during the Obama administration. Whether or not Russia tried to influence the election, there is no evidence to suggest any vote tampering or any other matter that affected the votes of the American people which legitimately elected Donald…

Agreed, when you spend millions of dollars to do thousands of dollars worth of damage, you’re not actually winning.

Did...Do you have no recollection of the Benghazi hearings?

Have you noticed how the car seat regulations keep pushing for ‘kids’ to stay in car seats until they are taller and heavier every few years. here in CA, kids have to stay in a car seat until age 8 or 4'8" or 80lbs.

When I was a kid we would stick me, my brother and two cousins in the back seat of the Monte Carlo with…

Dems do this as well. Gun control, abortion, and LGBTQWTF!$? issues are dog whistles for both sides. Each party has their safe districts. The R’s just have more of the right now.

This is a great personal accomplishment, but I would sincerely like us to stop with the false-pioneering. “First gay Latina to cross the Atlantic ocean on a rowboat.”

There have been longer individual spacewalks and astro/cosmonauts with greater cumulative spacewalk times. Wouldn’t you know that a man and woman co-own…

I recall that one of the battle cries of our infant nation was “No taxation without representation.” I think we ought to take the converse approach to our democracy today: “No representation without taxation.” If you haven’t paid taxes, you don’t get to vote. I think this would be a fantastic motivator for everyone in…

Just keep moving to the liberal coasts. It seems to be working pretty well. Why mess with success?

Charles had no escape from the crushing expectations of royal life. Diana was young, naïve, and ambitious. Do we really need to pick a bad guy here? All parties to this disaster of a marriage seem to have suffered for it.

People like lots of liberal policies. They all sound great on paper: Free college!, free healthcare!, no pollution!, amnesty for undocumented aliens! These policies seem great and wonderful and compassionate, until.... you find out how much they cost. Oh, I’ll have to turn over 56% of my income to the government for…