You're exaggerating, there are lots of public charging stations. Try [www.afdc.energy.gov]

According to Direct methanol fuel cell, all the carbon does go to CO2 in a methanol reaction, I think methane likewise. Turning the carbon into something else requires more energy

Give me my star back!

No, say hello to Buick e-Assist, Ford Powersplit, Voltec, etc. Adding electric to ICE delivers a big mpg boost, it is the future. The issue for enthusiasts is whether two motive sources can deliver an exciting driving experience rather than the anesthetized rolling appliance of some hybrids. The BMW i8/Vision…

Fine, what's your solution to the exhortation by every REPUBLICAN president since Nixon to "end America's addiction to foreign oil"?

So an Android Tungsten device will somehow control lights and appliances plugged into it or the appliance into which it is incorporated. I can see that, appliances are stupid and need additional hardware to become smart. But my TV and PlayStation and computer speakers are already smart networked devices, so I have…

Sorry Ms. Hannaford, your un-cute misspelling is not the hip antonym of "staid language" or "no humour", it's just stupid. And this isn't Twitter, so ask for a raise to cover typing the extra six letters

I think you're in a minority. My cable modem and wireless router "just work", except for having to remember the password I chose. Every few months the internet stops working and I make like the South Park episode and power them off and back on.

Every time I read @Home, I remember the actual @Home, "a high-speed cable Internet service provider from 1996 to 2002. It was founded by Milo Medin, cable companies TCI, Comcast, and Cox Communications, and William Randolph Hearst III, who was their first CEO, as a joint venture to produce high-speed cable Internet…

Go see a doctor, you've got a severe case of confirmation bias.

Sure, but electrolysis of water is hugely inefficient. I think all commercial H2 comes from reformation of natural gas or as a byproduct of refining other fossil fuel.

Everyone with an electric car loves that you refuel it at home, taking less than a minute to plug in. It doesn't matter how long it takes to recharge if you wake up to a "full" car that can take you everywhere you normally drive cheaply and efficiently.

You left out:

Honda sold the Phill home compressed natural gas refueling station aka "FuelMaker" for a while. I think it's now in the hands of some Italian company BRC, [www.impcotechnologies.com]

One of Raspberry Pi's picture shows the device's USB going to a big powered USB hub with keyboard and mouse and what might be a wired Ethernet adapter; USB wi-fi adapters are readily available.

You're confused, and way off. In 1996 the first credit card running Java Card was introduced. Embedded microprocessors running Java applets against a reduced Java library on a shrunken Java VM remain hugely popular in credit cards and SIM cards, especially in Europe.

Kids, let me introduce you to counterfactuals, aka talking out of your ass.

No, much faster than 10 years. According to the Taxi of Tomorrow RFP, the Taxi & Limousine Commission regulation is "A fleet-owned taxi double shift (24 hours) operated by multiple drivers must be retired after 36 months in service. An individually owned taxi must be retired after 60 months."

Chili Palmer: What is that?