Given that I don't actually need to be at work to work, I wouldn't really mind a little bit of incentivising to get people to stop using vehicles as much.
Truthfully, one of the most fuel-saving things the government could do would be to encourage work-from-home and telecommuting. That doesn't sound as impressive though.
Automatic transmissions also tend to add about $1000 to the price of a mid-range car, are more likely to have problems and are considerably more expensive to fix when things do go wrong. They also tend to be in the wrong gear when you need them (CVTs may reduce that issue somewhat. I don't know.).
+1. My previous car was a VW Jetta TDI, one of the most fuel efficient cars on the road and happy to stand toe to toe vs the prius. It gets 47mpg. Obama is a loon.
Tow bar. Or on the rare occasion, there are rental places around that will charge me for a days rental the difference in a couple of days worth of gas compared to a bigger vehicle.
The airbag operates much quicker than that. Originally, airbags were introduced because Americans would not belt up which is why they were not included in British (and I assume the rest of Europe) vehicles for a long time. Of course, auxiliary airbags like side-impact are a whole other matter.
You realize the guard rail is there to keep you from an even more dangerous situation, right? Good luck to you when you plunge over the side of a steep drop, hit a tree or cross over into oncoming traffic.
I hit a guard rail from an 80mph incident in my wife's VW Beetle and walked away with a slightly scuffed knee (didn't even draw blood).
The value in yoghurt is its one-time consumptive value
Nonsense. In the example I gave, the value to me would be from its ability to act as a seed to produce more yoghurt. The value to the purveyor was as a way to turn some amount of money into a larger amount of money and the value to the producer to increase the monetary value of milk they had purchased or collected.
Feeding the hungry is no problem. Open mouth, insert food. There's plenty of food too. It's the asshole governments that are plundering and looting and fighting for their own self aggrandizement that need to be moved out of the way.
+1. Early 40s here and there's no time to do all the stuff I would like to do. Or when there's the time, there's no money. But even when there's no money, there's stuff to fill up the time.
Perhaps it's not a hobby he needs. Hormone imbalance or depression maybe? (Not being insulting there, it's a genuine thought).
Due to the nature of genetic reproduction, given that the purported Jesus had siblings and other relatives*, probably about as much genetic material that could be linked to him exists as would be the case if he had had offspring (and taken as given that he actually didn't, of course).
*Takes as read that Jesus' genetic material was supplied by human parents.
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Given that I don't actually need to be at work to work, I wouldn't really mind a little bit of incentivising to get people to stop using vehicles as much.
Truthfully, one of the most fuel-saving things the government could do would be to encourage work-from-home and telecommuting. That doesn't sound as impressive though.
Why not just have a moped then?
Even then, I haven't heard of one that much exceeds 100mpg. Wind resistance is the issue.
If you're going to drive a car, drive a car.
Automatic transmissions also tend to add about $1000 to the price of a mid-range car, are more likely to have problems and are considerably more expensive to fix when things do go wrong. They also tend to be in the wrong gear when you need them (CVTs may reduce that issue somewhat. I don't know.).
No. 8 pints to a gallon. An imperial pint is 20oz and a US pint is 16 oz however.
Just be aware that the UK gallon is bigger than the US gallon
+1. My previous car was a VW Jetta TDI, one of the most fuel efficient cars on the road and happy to stand toe to toe vs the prius. It gets 47mpg. Obama is a loon.
Tow bar. Or on the rare occasion, there are rental places around that will charge me for a days rental the difference in a couple of days worth of gas compared to a bigger vehicle.
The airbag operates much quicker than that. Originally, airbags were introduced because Americans would not belt up which is why they were not included in British (and I assume the rest of Europe) vehicles for a long time. Of course, auxiliary airbags like side-impact are a whole other matter.
You want the cabin itself to be as strong as possible. I think that's what he's referring to.
Also, larger vehicle = larger cab = tends to crumple easier in a collision or rollover.
You realize the guard rail is there to keep you from an even more dangerous situation, right? Good luck to you when you plunge over the side of a steep drop, hit a tree or cross over into oncoming traffic.
I hit a guard rail from an 80mph incident in my wife's VW Beetle and walked away with a slightly scuffed knee (didn't even draw blood).
A lot of that bumper lowering is to cause less damage to pedestrians when they're involved in the accident. So that's double on you.
A horse.
The value in yoghurt is its one-time consumptive value
Nonsense. In the example I gave, the value to me would be from its ability to act as a seed to produce more yoghurt. The value to the purveyor was as a way to turn some amount of money into a larger amount of money and the value to the producer to increase the monetary value of milk they had purchased or collected.
Until Monsanto gets their fingers in the mix, of course.
Do like I do. Plan not to retire but keep working at things I love and people will pay me for on my own terms.
I'd bet it wouldn't make much difference. For most people, religiosity is just a thin veneer over standard human nature.
Because no one ever changed their mind, ever.
Bagsy I get to be Jude Law.
Feeding the hungry is no problem. Open mouth, insert food. There's plenty of food too. It's the asshole governments that are plundering and looting and fighting for their own self aggrandizement that need to be moved out of the way.
+1. Early 40s here and there's no time to do all the stuff I would like to do. Or when there's the time, there's no money. But even when there's no money, there's stuff to fill up the time.
Perhaps it's not a hobby he needs. Hormone imbalance or depression maybe? (Not being insulting there, it's a genuine thought).
Due to the nature of genetic reproduction, given that the purported Jesus had siblings and other relatives*, probably about as much genetic material that could be linked to him exists as would be the case if he had had offspring (and taken as given that he actually didn't, of course).
*Takes as read that Jesus' genetic material was supplied by human parents.
Pfft. With Obama in charge, retirement is not a permanent act *today*
My Palm TX could not actually be turned off at all. Nothing like coming in for landing and the alarm going off. I felt 6 inches tall...
<conspiracy-theory>Assuming that was made from in the air of course</conspiracy-theory>