So start again. A little inconvenience for a few years is worth a bright future!

Cities are way better than they were the last you set foot in one for more than a hot minute.

I live in such a town (Dunedin, FL) and I love it.

Potable water

Because when Jackoff crashes his helicopter because he was too busy paying attention to getting an awesome “frag” on the Lamborghini, a bunch of money has to be spent investigating, then a bunch of money has to be spent cleaning up the crash site, then someone has to pay for the hospitalization, the legal battles with…

As an old bmx & freestyle (i use the term VERY liberally), it always cracks me up when I see clips of road race bikers crashing and just destroying themselves. I feel like they could have used a few years trying to do tricks on a bike and learning how to fall without needing medical attention.

certain breakdance moves are not worms either - that must infuriate you

You are correct but the common name for the larvae of Cochliomyia hominivorax is screwworm.  As the scientific name does not exactly roll off the tongue, I think that we are stuck with the established misnomer.  By the way, as a large animal veterinarian, I often work with and depend on state and federal officials who…

This is one of those instances where the government is truly the best option and it is fun to advertise how successful it has been. It would be a nightmare for any company to take on an international ecological issue and not have it screw over the masses.

I hate them and will not promote that kind of travel, most people I know do not want to actually go someplace where they are not taken care of and want to just be in someplace warm but still little ‘merica.

“Wear your goddamn seatbelt”  Best thing I learned from dating a flight attendant.

They can start by wearing their fucking seatbelts. How many more of these incidents are we going to have before people start to understand the importance of being buckled up when seated? There were 71 injuries resulting from this incident; a whole lot of them serious spinal injuries. There weren't 71 people looking to…

As a vote of 1, intentionally building in inefficiency seems odd to me; I was all for the idea of a “Manual” EV at first but now even things like paddle shifters seem silly. Unless the motiv units require it, I would rather the focus be on lightweight tossability and feedback (which many of the EVs are lacking right…

Sail Fast Than Wait

“That said, if people are listening for engines and not tire noise”

It’s the driver’s responsibility to NOT HIT people, not the other way around.

If we had the safety standards, vehicle technology, and traffic and highway systems of even the 1950s and the number of cars on the road we have today, we’d have hundreds of thousands of vehicle deaths per year. If we had the emissions controls of the 1960s today, we’d have totally unbreathable air.

Every technological advancement brings challenges. When the first ICE vehicles arrived there wasn’t an efficient fuel distribution system, people hated the noise and pollution, the cars scared the ubiquitous horses, people got hit more often than they did by those horses, people in cars were injured and killed far…

These things are way better than any RAV4 or CRV when you go off road.

I’m 100% with you. I absolutely hate group rides of any sort (cars, bicycles, motorcycles, and apparently powered unicycles) as they are incredibly disruptive and there are often at least a few misbehaving assholes in the group. It is much easier to pass a single cyclist or small group (5 or less) but a large group…