Self-inflicted? Yes. Problem? There is where you'll get lots of disagreement. The American Dream of a single-family house on its own lot is still very, very compelling for the majority of Americans. Many - I'd say a clear majority of - Americans want no part of a European-style rabbit warren, no matter how much our betters in the Northeast tell us it would be good for us.
We build out because we can, and because that's what we want. Yes, we know that's not conducive to mass transit, and we don't care. Europeans telling us we're doing it wrong get very, very tiresome.
The going price for the T430 on eBay seems to be just over $150. I got one for a friend; while I didn't remove the Windows 7 Pro install that it came with (for his use case, Windows is the only supported choice), but it seemed to eb a good, solid machine. I wouldn't mind having one for myself to run Linux on if Second Life ran on Intel graphics on Linux systems.
The maximum price is reflection of my reality, post-Obama recovery. I can't afford a new Lexus RX any more. I have to settle for used.
I bought the ML320 a couple of years ago, with 133K miles on it. It looked like it just rolled off the line, and I paid about that amount of money for it. You can get that kind of deal if you look around. I doubt the Tesla Model X will ever fit that price point, even if it did meet my other parameters. (No folding back seat in an SUV? Dumb, dumb, dumb.)
Not heavy, bulky. It's not 300, but 750 or 1000. And I do it enough that buying an environmentally-correct car would severely cramp my activities. Oh, and rent? The closest car rental place is 50 miles away. Gas-guzzling? I get 30 MPG highway, and 600 miles between fuel stops. (I don't push the low-fuel light. It'll actually break 700.) The ML320 is *not* supersized unless you think a proper size is a European econobox.
That sword cuts both ways. Living in the middle of an urban rabbit warren is your choice, but we don't have to subsidize that either...and yet we're on the hook for billion-dollar mass transit boondoggles in places where they don't make sense.
I'll drive an EV when it can carry the load my ML320 does (or, if you like, an Explorer or Trailblazer or Grand Cherokee) for at least 300 miles on and off Interstate highways at freeway speed (70+ MPH) with adequate power reserves for passing, then be ready to do it again in 15 minutes, repeated indefinitely. Oh, and I have to be able to buy it used for $15K or so.
I drive a midsize SUV because I carry enough stuff on enough occasions that a Prius won't hold it. An RX400h would, if I could afford one. I'm not sure it'd beat the 30 MPG not he highway I get out of the ML320.
You are exactly correct here. Once you get outside the rabbit warrens of the upper Atlantic coast, the cities are large enough physically that conventional mass transit as Europeans think of it does not work as well. Sure, lots of folks depend on it, but they accept mobility restrictions that only a car can alleviate.
There are some awesome EVs you might replace it with. I live in rural Minnesota. EVs won't cut it for me, especially since I take long trips away from Interstates.
For a DFLer to show this much sense (withdrawing, not the original tweet) is...unusual, to say the least - and I say that as someone who lives in Minnesota.
Lessig is a fanatic by Churchill's definition: he can't change his mind and won't change the subject. That alone makes him unfit to be President. That he's a raving left-wing kook is just icing on the cake.
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Camel's nose effect. The kinds of enviro-wackos who get off on banning things won't stop at just those four cities.
Self-inflicted? Yes. Problem? There is where you'll get lots of disagreement. The American Dream of a single-family house on its own lot is still very, very compelling for the majority of Americans. Many - I'd say a clear majority of - Americans want no part of a European-style rabbit warren, no matter how much our betters in the Northeast tell us it would be good for us.
We build out because we can, and because that's what we want. Yes, we know that's not conducive to mass transit, and we don't care. Europeans telling us we're doing it wrong get very, very tiresome.
The going price for the T430 on eBay seems to be just over $150. I got one for a friend; while I didn't remove the Windows 7 Pro install that it came with (for his use case, Windows is the only supported choice), but it seemed to eb a good, solid machine. I wouldn't mind having one for myself to run Linux on if Second Life ran on Intel graphics on Linux systems.
I drive quite often to the Twin Cities. Next?
The maximum price is reflection of my reality, post-Obama recovery. I can't afford a new Lexus RX any more. I have to settle for used.
I bought the ML320 a couple of years ago, with 133K miles on it. It looked like it just rolled off the line, and I paid about that amount of money for it. You can get that kind of deal if you look around. I doubt the Tesla Model X will ever fit that price point, even if it did meet my other parameters. (No folding back seat in an SUV? Dumb, dumb, dumb.)
Sadly, government-funded climatista cults do.
Not heavy, bulky. It's not 300, but 750 or 1000. And I do it enough that buying an environmentally-correct car would severely cramp my activities. Oh, and rent? The closest car rental place is 50 miles away. Gas-guzzling? I get 30 MPG highway, and 600 miles between fuel stops. (I don't push the low-fuel light. It'll actually break 700.) The ML320 is *not* supersized unless you think a proper size is a European econobox.
This one needs upvoting. You've summed it up very nicely.
That sword cuts both ways. Living in the middle of an urban rabbit warren is your choice, but we don't have to subsidize that either...and yet we're on the hook for billion-dollar mass transit boondoggles in places where they don't make sense.
Electric vehicles won't handle my mission requirements. I lay them out elsewhere in the comments here.
I keep saying this:
I'll drive an EV when it can carry the load my ML320 does (or, if you like, an Explorer or Trailblazer or Grand Cherokee) for at least 300 miles on and off Interstate highways at freeway speed (70+ MPH) with adequate power reserves for passing, then be ready to do it again in 15 minutes, repeated indefinitely. Oh, and I have to be able to buy it used for $15K or so.
The technology is nowhere close to that yet.
I drive a midsize SUV because I carry enough stuff on enough occasions that a Prius won't hold it. An RX400h would, if I could afford one. I'm not sure it'd beat the 30 MPG not he highway I get out of the ML320.
You have an odd definition of "suburb". My town isn't even an exurb. It's just plain rural.=, well out in to the middle of farm country.
My work is way out here.
And that city 50 miles away is 60,000 people. The closest major city is 125 miles away.
This is why lots of folks are rising up against the urban elites: you don't understand and can't conceive of any other lifestyle but your own.
probably not applicable to many USA cities...
You are exactly correct here. Once you get outside the rabbit warrens of the upper Atlantic coast, the cities are large enough physically that conventional mass transit as Europeans think of it does not work as well. Sure, lots of folks depend on it, but they accept mobility restrictions that only a car can alleviate.
And then there's the USA outside the cities...
There are some awesome EVs you might replace it with. I live in rural Minnesota. EVs won't cut it for me, especially since I take long trips away from Interstates.
You must live in a urban rabbit warren. Try saying that when you live in the largest town for 50 miles in any direction and it's 11,000 people.
You'll get my 2008 Mercedes ML320 CDI diesel when you pry the key from my cold, dead fingers.
You can have my 2008 ML320 CDI turbodiesel when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.
...John Wayne in Blazing Saddles, as Mel Brooks wanted.
For a DFLer to show this much sense (withdrawing, not the original tweet) is...unusual, to say the least - and I say that as someone who lives in Minnesota.
According to this story at AvWeb, the US registry will require registration of all drones over 250 grams.
At least it will be free and simple, according to the story.
Don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Professor. The last thing we need in a president is an anti-First Amendment fanatic.
Well, that was shameless.
Lessig is a fanatic by Churchill's definition: he can't change his mind and won't change the subject. That alone makes him unfit to be President. That he's a raving left-wing kook is just icing on the cake.