I mean... friction factors are just a percentage of total force.

Lost control, eh?

Bearings care about radial load, too. Gears have a separation force proportional to the torque they transmit and their pressure angle. This separation force is seen as radial load in the bearings holding the gear in place.

Who expected traffic on the 101 to actually be moving?

I already pay a subscription fee to drive my car.  I buy gasoline.

I, for one, welcome the return of external combustion engines running a generator.  Just don’t burn the campground down or let your pets near the valve-gear.

How much does it pay?

The Dodge.

Yep my first thought was a 1967 SWB C10.

If it’s good enough for Tony Stark...

State Trooper: “What seems to be the problem?”

Cooper vanes were only on 727s and DC9s.  Not in widespread use anymore.

Once our oil savings are exhausted, I wonder if we can burn credit oil.

Wonderful read.

so we’re tapping reserves...

losing weight?

This is like the steam v. diesel-electric argument all over again.

So if I hop in the passenger seat with a (somehow) licensed toddler driving, then become skittish when it appears we are going to die, it’s somehow my fault?

Even if so, since they are different sizes