1. That is not the same 4.2% each year. Most folks are on it for a short time.
2. Most of those folks are employed. Wage stagnation does that.
3. the Fair tax is just a method to shift the tax burdon onto the middle class even more. It is a give away to the rich.
I don't want to punish anyone. I want to see people pay their taxes though. Investment income should not be taxed at a lower rate than the money I make.
Because there are so few of those. Most people on assistance collect it only for a very short time. The rich using tax loopholes cost us far more each year.
Honestly CVTs really help without the added costs of serial hybrids. They do quite well at keeping engines in a narrow power band while offering very smooth "shifting".
I think these kinds of improvements are going to move into all cars before we go full electric in a big way.
Actually smart meters and chargers are already fixing this. You tell the device I want to only charge when power costs $X. Then it will charge day or not when power costs $X. The electric company sends the cost of power to your meter every Y minutes. This can be used to charge a bank of batteries, cheap floodies to then charge the car when you get home, if you want a faster charge. This stuff all exists, you really should look into it.
In the USA you tie two 110s together to make a 220. No different than an electric dryer. Adding supply to both homes and on the poles is something done everyday. It will take time and it will happen.
Actually it is, it just is not cheap enough yet. Thankfully we are not talking about doing this today. Doubt all you want, but this is what will happen.
At night there is lots of idle power, not everyone will switch to electrics at once.
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So was the salary I am paid. Income should be taxed as income no matter the source.
Fair share is Fair. Pay X% of income, above some minimal limit.
Just because you are a temporarily embarrassed millionaire does not mean the rest of us are as dumb.
What about to the people who bought the fucking things?
No legal framework can remove the evil from this, it is just theft. They should have offered refunds to the impacted buyers at the very least.
If they want to be able to do these sorts of things and not be evil, I suggest they rent the consoles out not sell them.
1. That is not the same 4.2% each year. Most folks are on it for a short time.
2. Most of those folks are employed. Wage stagnation does that.
3. the Fair tax is just a method to shift the tax burdon onto the middle class even more. It is a give away to the rich.
I don't want to punish anyone. I want to see people pay their taxes though. Investment income should not be taxed at a lower rate than the money I make.
So then people in wisconsin will not longer purchase goods that come in via the port of new orleans?
You short sighted myopic "fuck you, I got mine" philosophy is not helping anyone.
Because there are so few of those. Most people on assistance collect it only for a very short time. The rich using tax loopholes cost us far more each year.
If you have to alter your life style to stop that often you should not have a drivers license. You simply are not a safe driver.
I am not stopping for my bladder, but for my safety and that of all other road users.
That is what most of us would call evil.
It served someone other than the owner of those consoles.
No matter what you want to do, this is what they do now and it is considerably cheaper for now.
Metal hydrides release hydrogen when heated, that means fire is a real concern.
Yes metal hydrides do solve a great many problems, but they have their own as well.
I have a CVT, I like it fine. If you want to go fast put your foot down and the ratios change fine.
Wanting something new and better to sound like something old is pointless. No one bitches that cars don't whinny like horses.
Hydrogen is a PITA to deal with and comes from steam reformation of natural gas. Exactly what problem does that solve?
Can you say obvious?
It was obvious in 1995 that a user might want to see a url they were sent.
Honestly CVTs really help without the added costs of serial hybrids. They do quite well at keeping engines in a narrow power band while offering very smooth "shifting".
I think these kinds of improvements are going to move into all cars before we go full electric in a big way.
This is because the only difference is if they pay the extra 2 cents a gallon to the refiner or not.
Since I have no other way of knowing this is the best we have.
Yes, and my guess is none.
Highway funds have been low the last few years.
I have no interest in renting a car.
I don't even spend $50 week in gas. I spend that a month. I already own a 50mpg hybrid.
That and GM is not a brand I really have much interest in. Not sure I could ever trust them again.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Tier_Detergent_Gasoline
Educate thyself. Top Tier is about detergent not octane. Regular is 87 octane.
Nope.
Go read their damn website.
There is such a thing as Top Tier Regular, it is 89 octane.
That is not true.
Please do look into the program and educate yourself. It just sets standards, there are no kickbacks involved.
It came about when the EPA set the detergent levels so low as a favor to the oil companies.
Top Tier gas has nothing to do with octane.
So you are the uneducated one.
More additives are good, that is why so many car makers are pushing it.
It is also off topic since top tier gas has nothing to do with octane.
Actually smart meters and chargers are already fixing this. You tell the device I want to only charge when power costs $X. Then it will charge day or not when power costs $X. The electric company sends the cost of power to your meter every Y minutes.
This can be used to charge a bank of batteries, cheap floodies to then charge the car when you get home, if you want a faster charge. This stuff all exists, you really should look into it.
In the USA you tie two 110s together to make a 220. No different than an electric dryer. Adding supply to both homes and on the poles is something done everyday. It will take time and it will happen.
Annually I drive from NY state to TX.
I stop every 2 hours and so should you.
Actually it is, it just is not cheap enough yet. Thankfully we are not talking about doing this today. Doubt all you want, but this is what will happen.
At night there is lots of idle power, not everyone will switch to electrics at once.
Not around here. You will end up in jail for going that far over the speed limit.
Nor would you find any roads suitable for that speed. Pot holes at 60 are a real danger, at 120 you die.