Good grief - yes, they are allowed to pollute more. But the trucks are only used to transport fuel short distances from terminals to the station. This is *identical* whether the fuel being transported is diesel or gasoline. Not one lick of difference in the method of transport. The only argument you have is that the…

So you think that the trucking industry doesn’t have emissions standards? Seriously?

And how would it be different than for diesel? And most of the shipping on land is done via pipeline, btw.

Actually, there are pretty significant emissions standards for ships, and ships are MUCH more energy efficient than pretty much any other transportation mode out there...

Harbor report data shows there is no productivity difference in the plants. It’s a simple concept - most of the white collar jobs supporting Toyota products sold in the US are actually in Japan. Most of the white collar jobs supporting Ford products sold in the US are in the US. If you ignore these jobs, you’re…

This was NOTHING compared to the normal behavior of drivers I see on my daily commute. The Civic driver is nearly a saint compared to what I deal with.

^^^ NOT A JOKE!

Yes - someone else pointed out that possible solution. The problem with that is that they generally are not so effective with heavier traffic and have a large “footprint” - the pattern above is significantly more compact and can deal well with heavy imbalances in loads.

The ratio is pretty easy to determine. Ford, for example, reported 96,000 employees in North America at the end of last year. Take out Mexico employment of 7,378 and Canadian employment of 5,900, and that leaves 82,722 employees in the US. They have approximately 41,000 employees represented by the UAW, so that leaves…

Not nearly so much more as you think.

CO2 emissions will likely be higher, but sulphurous and nitrous compounds will be significantly lower. The latter are the problematic ones for health. The former is more important for climate change.

To be fair, Ethiopia still has food shortage problems. There is a big difference between now and then, though - back in the 80s it was a combination of war and a relatively minor drought. Today they’re having massive droughts brought on by El Nino patterns - and those droughts have depressed food production…

True, but “attributes” can be appealing, while “self-driving” may not be. If you ask people if they would like a car that could help brake to avoid accidents, they might overwhelmingly say yes. If you ask them if they would like a car that could steer to avoid an accident, they might overwhelmingly say yes. If you ask…

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Yet somehow we got it done in Ohio where the red tape is often much, much worse - and our politicians don’t realize it. The GOP dominated legislature puts all the blame on things that are non-factors instead of focusing on the red tape they’ve created. It’s always the tax rate on businesses, according to them (despite…

Those work great with moderate traffic flows, but light traffic intersecting heavy traffic can be a mess - the only cases I’ve seen that worked in those cases were when the circle was large, and then we get into eminent domain issues that get ugly fast...

Makes you wonder why they don’t simply block off traffic from crossing altogether - Essentially do a mini version of this pattern - the side street traffic wanting to turn left has to go right and then do a u-turn - also known as a Michigan left if you’ve lived there. The difference between this and a Michigan left is…

Oh, it is most certainly sped up.

Ethiopia laughs at your inability to drive... :P

GOOD GOD, MAN! Are you so dense that you can’t realize that there are tens of thousands of engineers and scientists at Ford supporting models sold in the US, a full order of magnitude MORE than at Toyota?

If we bend over and kiss Toyota’s rear every year like they do in this report (like when they labeled the Camry at…

Dashboards are generally not considered a safety issue.

They were also facing class action lawsuits for years over it. That was their way of settling the issue. They aren’t the only ones, btw - I got a similar extended warranty on our Mazda.

Safety issues, like with your Honda, are not optional - the recalls are…

All recalls are forced by the government - and the jeep one was considered voluntary, just like your Honda. Did you know that Honda recalled 2007 and 2008 Odysseys for air getting into the braking system and causing it to fail - only after the government pressured them, just like it did Jeep?

It is perception - and…