Then just put a EV surcharge in registrations to cover the road maintenance.

Our governments have an accounting problem. All taxes go into a general fund and all expenditures come out of a general fund. This method washes money so you cannot separate out the relationships between revenue streams and services. Road and bridge construction and maintenance, traffic enforcement, and a portion of…

I know a family who moved to the US from Denmark. Back home they drove a small car and mostly rode bicycles. When they came to America, the first thing the husband did was buy a V8 Grand Cherokee. He said he’d been waiting to drive a big American V8 is whole life. God bless the USA.

For many parts there may not actually be different manufacturers. It could all be sources from the same factory floor, with the same tooling, and the same materials. It could just be that one lot goes in AC Delco boxes, the other lot goes in O’Reilly boxes, and another lot goes into Xiaoping’s Ebay store. The price…

Renewables are winning in the marketplace. Coal use is way down. Any emissions controls we want to enact, we still can enact (Trump won’t). So it really just boils down to symbolism. We will get the same effects, just without being part of the club.

Can anyone explain why the US not participating in the Paris accords is such a big deal? What do we, as Americans, lose? As far as I understand, the whole Accord is about voluntary compliance to goals set by individual nations with no force of law.

Both the “writer” and the Austin Mayor need to grow up a bit. I have serious problems with creating gendered spaces. Women fought for a long time to enter into men’s spaces. If we consent to female only spaces, in fairness, we must also consent to male only spaces. This is a rollback of progress, not its advancement.…

Tesla has a higher market valuation than Ford despite selling less than one tenth the number of cars and never turning a profit.

The problem is that Ford doesnt offer hype-men and speculators anything. The same misplaced confidence in the electric autonomous future that is driving Tesla stock to prices it has no right to claim are also driving Ford stock down.

I’m already half-way there. I just need the models...any second now.

Looks like Dodge Omni mated with a hornet.

That little boy has one very important boner. Lets all wish him and his wedding tackle good fortune. 

Patrilineal societies are the dominant human societies on earth. You don’t get to be the dominant form unless whatever you are doing works better than what everyone else is doing.
Patriarchy makes complete sense if you live in a very physically intense world. Economies and societies are moving away from martial…

You my friend, get all the stars. I have been stalking these bad boys for a month or so now. Just a handful for sale nationwide and the drivable ones for north of $100k.

Are you willing for your husband to stay at home while you become the sole provider for the family? Are you ready for that responsibility and the stress that comes with it?

You are out of your mind if you think men have it all. I work a high-hours, high-stress job to make a living for my wife and kids as the sole provider. If I’m lucky I get 2hrs a day with my kids and maybe the weekend if I don’t have work or kids’ sports game. When I am home, I distract the kids so my wife can make…

Everything I have read suggests fertility starts diving at 35 while risk of birth defects starts climbing at 35. By 40, there is real difficulty in conceiving (33% infertility), 1/3 pregnancies end in miscarriage, and rates of birth defects are significantly greater.

Life is all about trade-offs. You have to prioritize…

My wife was 34 with our most recent baby, definitely the hardest pregnancy we’ve had (5 weeks premature). We have friends who had (unplanned) babies at 38 and 42. I am personally horrified at the thought of being in my sixties with a kid in high school or looking at trying to retire when my kids will still need my…

The double-cab/longbed issue is because that combo would require a extended wheelbase chassis, which they have not developed. Everything else is a soup sandwich as you have said.
I get that shoppers like packages, but it is super frustrating when you can’t get what you want because the OEMs don’t let you pick features…

Be free Ben whatever-your-name-is. You deserve it.