1. The catalyst is expensive i.e. platinum, cerium, and palladium.

From Solar?

Natural gas lines are dangerous. That’s why we’ve filled them with a neurotoxin, and trained people to call the authorities if they ever smell it. Propane tanks and fuel storage are done outside, which if you’re doing the same with hydrogen, or natural gas, is fine. Hydrogen and natural gas are only dangerous if…

I’m considering the airframe. If your airframe stalls at 70mph, you wouldn’t install an engine that operates with that little stall margin. Besides, the electric motor is more powerful than the turboprop it replaces.

I realize that.  Merely speculating on how Bradley got it wrong.  May have just been a typo, “1" where a “2" should have been.

Confusion with one of the old post-war four-seater Cessnas? This one has a 200mph cruise speed. It stalls at 70mph. No one would cruise it at only 100mph.

That Audi is... polarizing. I think it looks absolutely hideous at first glance but knowing that the design cues came from the old Auto Union streamliners, it’s kind of cool in that way.

Why would anyone in Indiana go to Poke Bowls when there’s a YATS?

I tried Whataburger, for two weeks straight.  Wasn’t much else to eat when getting off work every night at 4AM, and not much option for home cooked foods when in a hotel.  I honestly don’t even remember how their food tasted, but I’ve eaten enough of it.

As someone squarely in Mod territory and with a Mod a block away from my apartment, I suddenly have a craving for some Culvers curds.

people who like gorn should be put under psych evaluation

Just about. I can’t imagine this thing will even make 10kts, but if you’re just island hopping or shuttling around in a port and not in any particularly hurry, it could work.

Solar would be useless, at best a backup power source for running the ship’s systems. Wind is potentially doable, as it was used in the past, but it’s going to come at a huge cost to speed. Lower speed means fewer trips made during the ships lifetime. Lower speed means you need more ships in your inventory to haul the…

Your standard 20-ft lake cruiser will have a 200-300kW engine. Larger ones could have two. Rough eyeballing, this is maybe 150ft? The smaller ferries operating in New York are 207ft long, with 2.4MW of power.

Nuclear power has two sources of waste. The first is the fuel, and you are correct in that nuclear fusion doesn’t result in fuel waste. All the potential candidates for fusion fuel have byproducts that are either non-radioactive, will quickly decay to something non-radioactive, or are themselves used as more fuel. The…

Too bad Adidas doesn’t offer wide sizes for their normal shoes, and their selection of wide shoes is extremely limited.  The gyms are closed, treadmills are unavailable, and pavement is burning through the soles of my running shoes ridiculously fast.

Too bad Adidas doesn’t offer wide sizes for their normal shoes, and their selection of wide shoes is extremely…

It was once de-ionized water, and then all sorts of shit was added back in to prevent corrosion.  DI water is a corrosive, and will eat away at metals.

So does everyone else.  When National runs out of cars (and only has trucks and SUVs left), they send you over to the Alamo lot.

Are you climbing over the center console to get out of the car?

Screens are cheap and don’t take of that much space without the bulk of an infotainment cpu behind it.