Actually, I keep telling my wife that our next house will be in the ground, on hillside. Easy/cheap to HVAC, no issues like fire, by being on hillside avoid the water issues. Hail is minimal problem. Seems like way to go.
Actually, Manning was originally charged with treason as well aiding/abetting. They either dropped the charges or came to agreement to not pursue.
However, you are far more correct about treason/Manning than I am ( thanx for info ). In particular, purposeful intention to harm America is required. They were not able to apply treason charges on the Goldbergs. So yeah, interesting.
Seriously, we continue to put the wrong ppl into academia. We used to put ppl that worked at it, was innovative, etc. Now, it is increasingly, who you know. Sad.
Sunlight in the right places does good. Neither Manning nor most of snowdens statements were legal or smart.
As to America's war, we are right now chasing AQ and isis around the globe. Other than Ws invasion of Iraq, we have done what UN and/or NATO pushed us to do. Hell, Os invasion of Libya was because Europe, specifically France, Italy, and Germany invoking NATO.
But what is interesting, is that today us the calmest that the world has been for several centuries, and only a fraction of ppl die due to war.
Manning out and out, committed treason and belongs in a life at levenworth. Snowden is interesting in that he originally spoke about nsa employees that went to far, and nsa systems that did not block such heinous actions. For that, he deserves a medal. The problem is, that he went on speaking about items that nsa was not just legal on, but set up to do. NSA job is to spy on foreign soils against would be enemies. To be fair, nsa went too far on that ( spying on British and German leaders? WTF were the thinking ). BUT, that did not give Snowden any rights to speak out about legal items. As such, he deserves 2 between the eyes.
Look, I am not a fan of Assange. I believe in trying Snowden for treason and that manning should still be in jail.
BUT, Assange is not an American citizen. He is Australian. The fact that he received stolen data is no excuse for us to prosecute him.
Actually, nothing reasonable about your posting. The fact is, if you add lots of heat, i.e. energy, to a system, esp a weather system, you will change it. Our weather IS going to become more extreme, but another part of the issue is that weather systems will move. Hurricanes are mostly from South Carolina to Venezuela. Now, we are very likely to see it commonly run from New York(sometimes Maine ) to Spain (sometimes France ) down to Brazil . In addition, we should see a lot more hurricanes hitting CA, possibly all the way to San Francisco. These areas are not built for hurricanes. And most home in tornado alley are built to handle 200 mph, but will likely soon see close 300 mph. The home we built can withstand that( 2x6 studs), maybe, and I am willing to bet that less than 1% of other homes in tornado alley can do that.
Of course the hurricanes are more destructive. we are adding more heat, i.e. energy to our weather system. That means more and more powerful hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, etc.
It also means with added heat, that clouds will carry more water. If an area does not cool down enough, then no rain, i.e longer droughts. Otoh, where places get rain will see a great deal more rain/snow.
Places will undergo massive changes. China will likely lose all of their arable lands, though, they are building massive diversionary dams in the Himalayan mountains to steal the water from Pakistan, India, and southeast Asia. At the same time, America's west, including CA valley, will likely be lost due to drought as well.
By 2023, legacy car makers should be in deep trouble. I doubt that ppl will buy many new gas/diesel vehicles. With that said, we really should make exceptions for military, EMS, and true off-road vehicles. But, we should require they be series hybrid.
Normally, I do not answer AC, but you are my personal Chinese troll.
When it comes to R&D, VW does not even come CLOSE to what Tesla has been investing.
More importantly, most of legacy R&D's budget continues to go into ICE, and NOT EVs. Tesla is 100% into EVs, which is why Tesla is ahead in EVERYTHING, except for the actual manufacturing. However, M3 is the most automated , and I suspect that MY will put that to shame.
As to VW or any of these car makers, the EVs continue to be pure junk. The reason why is that if they were any good, they would outsell, not only Tesla (which none do), BUT, would actually outsell the ICE POS (slow, expensive to own, etc) that legacy car makers push. And as Tesla says, we should ALL hope that the legacy car makers will go to the EVs, instead of continuing to push ICE.
It was not the price that attracts those ppl. It is a fact that it was designed to take on and destroy the luxury ICE sedans, and the M3 does it all the way around. Superior in safety, speed, luxury, track handling, etc.
This is why all of the luxury ICE sedan sales are falling where MS/M3 are sold, and why the resale values of used luxury ICE sedans that once were tops, are plummeting just as fast, while MS (and early indications that M3 are included) resale value are tops.
ESTIMATED BASE PRICE: $37,000
Wheelbase: 102.4 in
Length: 164.6 in
Width: 70.9 in
Height: 61.2 in
Passenger volume: 93 cu ft
Cargo volume: 19 cu ft
Curb weight (C/D est): 3715 lb
PERFORMANCE (C/D EST)
Zero to 60 mph: 7.6 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 16.0 sec
Top speed: 104 mph
EPA FUEL ECONOMY
Combined/city/highway: 120/132/108 MPGe
EV range: 258 miles
Luckily, local media is reporting that in Norway, the 64kWh is going to be 325.900 kr. At today’s exchange rate, that translates to $39,852. But it isn’t that simple.
It looks like it can be pushed to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and travel a quarter-mile in 11.8 seconds without any mods....
Last month, Musk said that Tesla Model 3 Performance’s 0-60 mph time could improve to under 3.3 seconds with even better tires.
As to the other that you list, you have to be kidding. Nissan/Renault started much later than Tesla and has pure junk. Same with BYD.
And as to reliability, MS is great. MX has issues early on with manufacturing, as did M3. All of those have been fixed (though I question it when Musk pushes the lines).
Yes, VW, Daimler, BMW, GM, Ford, fiat-chrysler, Nissan, etc have spent the last 5-7 years telling us how they would beat Tesla. Now, like cold fusion, it will happen real soon.
EVERYBODY bats an eye at this. Only idiots like you think it is ok for China to keep increasing their CO2. The rest of us think that both America and China are polluting too much and need to drop .
Just like China's deal with Japan, China's deal with Clinton/WTO, China's deal with O concerning stopping their emissions growth, etc. etc. etc.
China is in a cold war with the west, and is winning. It is to the determent of humanity since China continues to emit far far more CO2 than what they claim.
However, the real issue with that, is that China's real goal is to stop importing oil so they are not dependent on other nations. That way, they can attack Taiwan and deal with a 5+ year war. The problem is, that the west has helped them.
What you just described is Saturn BEFORE they rolled into GM. I heard good things about Saturn prior (relatives worked in car companies; in flint, outside of Detroit, and did in ohio). Once they became part of it, they went downhill and became just like the rest of the companies.
That is why I continue to say that when GM/Ford bankrupt again (and they will), to break them up into multiple companies. Then let them collapse if they are poorly managed.
Slashdot Mirror
No, hill sides are fine. Being at the bottom is a bad place. Being on weak ground is VERY bad. What I suggest here in Colorado, is not.
Actually, I keep telling my wife that our next house will be in the ground, on hillside. Easy/cheap to HVAC, no issues like fire, by being on hillside avoid the water issues. Hail is minimal problem. Seems like way to go.
Actually, Manning was originally charged with treason as well aiding/abetting. They either dropped the charges or came to agreement to not pursue. However, you are far more correct about treason/Manning than I am ( thanx for info ). In particular, purposeful intention to harm America is required. They were not able to apply treason charges on the Goldbergs. So yeah, interesting.
Seriously, we continue to put the wrong ppl into academia. We used to put ppl that worked at it, was innovative, etc. Now, it is increasingly, who you know. Sad.
Come on, I would think that regulations should be used to stop all of that bad air. Issue solved.
Where do you get that Manning was insane?
Sunlight in the right places does good. Neither Manning nor most of snowdens statements were legal or smart. As to America's war, we are right now chasing AQ and isis around the globe. Other than Ws invasion of Iraq, we have done what UN and/or NATO pushed us to do. Hell, Os invasion of Libya was because Europe, specifically France, Italy, and Germany invoking NATO. But what is interesting, is that today us the calmest that the world has been for several centuries, and only a fraction of ppl die due to war.
Manning out and out, committed treason and belongs in a life at levenworth. Snowden is interesting in that he originally spoke about nsa employees that went to far, and nsa systems that did not block such heinous actions. For that, he deserves a medal. The problem is, that he went on speaking about items that nsa was not just legal on, but set up to do. NSA job is to spy on foreign soils against would be enemies. To be fair, nsa went too far on that ( spying on British and German leaders? WTF were the thinking ). BUT, that did not give Snowden any rights to speak out about legal items. As such, he deserves 2 between the eyes.
First decent design in quite some time.
Look, I am not a fan of Assange. I believe in trying Snowden for treason and that manning should still be in jail.
BUT, Assange is not an American citizen. He is Australian. The fact that he received stolen data is no excuse for us to prosecute him.
No, only the denialist being an ass points to climate change is cause of all problems. The rooted person will point to real issues and causes of AGW
Actually, nothing reasonable about your posting. The fact is, if you add lots of heat, i.e. energy, to a system, esp a weather system, you will change it. Our weather IS going to become more extreme, but another part of the issue is that weather systems will move. Hurricanes are mostly from South Carolina to Venezuela. Now, we are very likely to see it commonly run from New York(sometimes Maine ) to Spain (sometimes France ) down to Brazil . In addition, we should see a lot more hurricanes hitting CA, possibly all the way to San Francisco. These areas are not built for hurricanes. And most home in tornado alley are built to handle 200 mph, but will likely soon see close 300 mph. The home we built can withstand that( 2x6 studs), maybe, and I am willing to bet that less than 1% of other homes in tornado alley can do that.
Of course the hurricanes are more destructive. we are adding more heat, i.e. energy to our weather system. That means more and more powerful hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms, etc. It also means with added heat, that clouds will carry more water. If an area does not cool down enough, then no rain, i.e longer droughts. Otoh, where places get rain will see a great deal more rain/snow. Places will undergo massive changes. China will likely lose all of their arable lands, though, they are building massive diversionary dams in the Himalayan mountains to steal the water from Pakistan, India, and southeast Asia. At the same time, America's west, including CA valley, will likely be lost due to drought as well.
By 2023, legacy car makers should be in deep trouble. I doubt that ppl will buy many new gas/diesel vehicles. With that said, we really should make exceptions for military, EMS, and true off-road vehicles. But, we should require they be series hybrid.
and again, Tesla is outspending VW on EVs. Nearly all of VW's R&D budget goes to ICE.
The airlines are doing it because W and O regulations did NOTHING. Simple as that. They need to be sued for being unsafe.
Quit importing from China for these parts and instead use North American, or import from another western nation.
Normally, I do not answer AC, but you are my personal Chinese troll.
When it comes to R&D, VW does not even come CLOSE to what Tesla has been investing.
More importantly, most of legacy R&D's budget continues to go into ICE, and NOT EVs. Tesla is 100% into EVs, which is why Tesla is ahead in EVERYTHING, except for the actual manufacturing. However, M3 is the most automated , and I suspect that MY will put that to shame.
As to VW or any of these car makers, the EVs continue to be pure junk. The reason why is that if they were any good, they would outsell, not only Tesla (which none do), BUT, would actually outsell the ICE POS (slow, expensive to own, etc) that legacy car makers push. And as Tesla says, we should ALL hope that the legacy car makers will go to the EVs, instead of continuing to push ICE.
It was not the price that attracts those ppl. It is a fact that it was designed to take on and destroy the luxury ICE sedans, and the M3 does it all the way around.
Superior in safety, speed, luxury, track handling, etc.
This is why all of the luxury ICE sedan sales are falling where MS/M3 are sold, and why the resale values of used luxury ICE sedans that once were tops, are plummeting just as fast, while MS (and early indications that M3 are included) resale value are tops.
Kona
ESTIMATED BASE PRICE: $37,000 Wheelbase: 102.4 in Length: 164.6 in Width: 70.9 in Height: 61.2 in Passenger volume: 93 cu ft Cargo volume: 19 cu ft Curb weight (C/D est): 3715 lb PERFORMANCE (C/D EST) Zero to 60 mph: 7.6 sec Standing ¼-mile: 16.0 sec Top speed: 104 mph EPA FUEL ECONOMY Combined/city/highway: 120/132/108 MPGe EV range: 258 miles
THis speaks more about the MSRP on the Kona based on what they are charging in norway.
Luckily, local media is reporting that in Norway, the 64kWh is going to be 325.900 kr. At today’s exchange rate, that translates to $39,852. But it isn’t that simple.
How does this compare to Model 3? Wheelbase 113.2 in (2,880 mm) Length 184.8 in (4,690 mm) Width 76.1 in (1,930 mm) Height 56.8 in (1,440 mm) Curb weight Standard RWD: 3,552 lb (1,611 kg)[5] Standard Dual-Motor AWD: 3,757 lb (1,704 kg)[5] Mid-Range RWD: 3,686 lb (1,672 kg)[5] Long-Range RWD: 3,814 lb (1,730 kg)[5][6] Long-Range Dual-Motor AWD (including Performance): 4,072 lb (1,847 kg)[5] Electric range 220 mi (350 km) Standard[3] 260 mi (420 km) Mid Range (est. EPA-rated)[4] 310 mi (500 km) Long Range (EPA-rated)[3] Here is info on Model 3's performance
It looks like it can be pushed to accelerate from 0 to 60 mph in 3.3 seconds and travel a quarter-mile in 11.8 seconds without any mods. ...
Last month, Musk said that Tesla Model 3 Performance’s 0-60 mph time could improve to under 3.3 seconds with even better tires.
Of course, at the track, the model 3 is being improved to take on and beat Ferrari, Porsche, Lamborghini, etc.
Of course, the $35,000 Model 3 has yet to show up, but then again the $37-40K Kona is not out either.
As to the other that you list, you have to be kidding. Nissan/Renault started much later than Tesla and has pure junk. Same with BYD.
And as to reliability, MS is great. MX has issues early on with manufacturing, as did M3. All of those have been fixed (though I question it when Musk pushes the lines).
Yes, VW, Daimler, BMW, GM, Ford, fiat-chrysler, Nissan, etc have spent the last 5-7 years telling us how they would beat Tesla. Now, like cold fusion, it will happen real soon.
Yeah. Another person that comments without understanding it. Move to China or north Korea for what you want. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...
EVERYBODY bats an eye at this. Only idiots like you think it is ok for China to keep increasing their CO2. The rest of us think that both America and China are polluting too much and need to drop .
Just like China's deal with Japan, China's deal with Clinton/WTO, China's deal with O concerning stopping their emissions growth, etc. etc. etc.
China is in a cold war with the west, and is winning. It is to the determent of humanity since China continues to emit far far more CO2 than what they claim.
However, the real issue with that, is that China's real goal is to stop importing oil so they are not dependent on other nations. That way, they can attack Taiwan and deal with a 5+ year war. The problem is, that the west has helped them.
What you just described is Saturn BEFORE they rolled into GM. I heard good things about Saturn prior (relatives worked in car companies; in flint, outside of Detroit, and did in ohio). Once they became part of it, they went downhill and became just like the rest of the companies.
That is why I continue to say that when GM/Ford bankrupt again (and they will), to break them up into multiple companies. Then let them collapse if they are poorly managed.