Rome wasn’t built in a day. They’ve definitely validated the capture side and they’re scaling that up.

It’s not that it can’t work. It’s totally doable to take CO2 and hydrogen and reform them into a hydrocarbon fuel. The catch so far is that it’s going to take significant electricity. They’re working on that and I have high hopes that they’ll A) make the process less energy-intensive and B) find more clean sources of…

Sure, but... you know...

I knew there was something familiar with that overall profile, and I’m good with them cribbing this one.

The solar roof will be an option

That seems a tad cynical. They do sell cars, more every year, and emissions credits are a perfectly legit income steam, though at some point the rest of the industry will catch up to them and they’ll gradually lose that opportunity.

I think there’s a huge potential for biofuels/synfuels. For one thing, it doesn’t obsolete 200 years of ICE tech that is very mature.

I will forever hate BMW for inventing this horrid class of vehicle.

This is a pretty decent price for a head unit with wireless Apple CarPlay/Android Auto.

I have auto AC in my truck and find when family members drive it they frequently crank the temperature up. Which is dumb.

I think we’re reaching a point where automakers just have to bite the bullet and equip all cars with auto-on headlights.

Yeah, I’ve driven vehicles with it and I’m not nuts about it either. It definitely forces me to widen my window for making a left turn.

Key cylinders are mechanical components and will inevitably fail. Past that, many cars with push button start ALSO come with remote start.

When we drill for oil/dig for coal, we’re taking carbon that’s been successfully sequestered for tens of millions of years and reintroducing it to the atmosphere once it’s burned. Every time an ICE vehicle is operating, it’s converting sequestered carbon back into atmospheric carbon and incrementally working to raise…

While I think cars in general are a dying form-factor (I suspect we’ll almost universally be in crossovers in some form or other in a couple of decades), I lament that literally NOBODY is producing an EV coupe yet. I wish someone would show some courage and try it out.

Even fitting an appropriate exhaust to this won’t break the bank.

I remember this as being maybe the first affordable hot-rod crossover, and the Honda motor is pretty sweet. It looks nice. Even though I’m not nuts about the mods they’re superficial and easily reversable. I’d do this.

That’s what Carbon Tax is supposed to accomplish. Put an extra price on carbon that comes out of the ground to subsidize the transition to this kind of technology.

This is actually an idea that Audi has also been promoting (and working on) for years. It dovetails nicely with schemes like the kind of ambient carbon capture that Engineered Carbon is working on.

I’d call myself a rabid member of the “Green Mob” you refer to and I see it as eminently sensible.