We are but animals with fancy toys, and also not so fancy toys like cyber trucks, but you get my point.
skuzz
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FWIW, I know 70some and 80some year olds that can still think critically and know what doom is on the horizon if Orange Satan's Rectum wins. Intelligence, as well as stupidity, transcend how many years one has rode around the yellow fusion ball.
I miss the Nexus concept. There were some whiffs, but then wins like the Nexus 6. Having a vendor juggle was always fascinating, and they mostly used good modems.
Cross-country road trips now have the sandwich fixings stored in a cooler in the car. Pre-make the next day's sandwich the night before and toss it in the cooler.
Honestly it's much nicer sitting at a picnic table at a rest area, which generally has nice views, than going into a restaurant or eating drive-thru in the car.
At least the pandemic had some silver linings, would not have necessarily thought to do this otherwise.
Electric cars are some of the heaviest on the road, right now, in fact. Sedan-sized weighing in at ~5000lbs.
SUV is a very broad and vague term these days, and all cars more and more look the same due to aerodynamic requirements.
Some Fun Facts:
- Hyundai Venue is an SUV weighing in at 2606 lbs
- On the other end of the SUV spectrum, the Jeep Grand Wagoneer weighs in at 6196 lbs
- Tesla Model S Plaid sedan is 4766 lbs
- Heaviest I've seen, Rivian R1T electric pickup truck is 7148 lbs
While automakers are indeed pushing SUVs of all shapes and sizes, and somehow people can afford to buy cars at today's prices, the source article is a bit disingenuous to suggest that a very huge broad category of vehicle is singly-responsible when there are many variables to consider, which they appear to have not.
Like, I'd never consider the Subaru Crosstrek an SUV, it's a small station wagon/hatchback with a tiny engine, but it's considered an SUV!
That being said, I prefer sedan/saloon-type cars myself.
Rand, in Jackson County is an entire mountain range away from the front range urban corridor. 120+ miles.
Between Jackson County and the front range, you have about 2,500-9,000 vertical feet difference on top of Denver already being 5280 feet above sea level, depending on where you are. (Rand, the town, is 8,629 ft above sea level.) The weather in these different parts of the state varies wildly. It can be blizzarding on the mountains while it's sunny and 75 in Denver. Internet connections and even radio or TV reception are random and dysfunctional in the rural mountain parts of the state.
So it's not really a matter of "haha I'm a bumbling idiot" as much as "weather is weird, and when you introduce mountains, it gets even weirder, and they may have not even been informed until their hair started standing up on end and then it was too late."
Hey, this is America. Why stop at 3? With Verizon purposely not spending the capex to build out their 4G/5G networks to match what their old 3G network could do, they and T-Mobile can merge to "compete against AT&T (now the largest network by square miles in the US thanks to the FirstNet spend) on some made up reason" before you know it.
Why not one carrier? For national security or some other flim flam excuse.
Would love to see nuclear base load just used for inefficient process when in surplus. Inefficient hydrolysis to make hydrogen for fuel cells, pumping water around for water stored energy generation, and such.
That was so tight! I heard it went up! Even though the number seems smaller. I probably forgot.
God we suck as a nation.
Oh, not in Colorado! It's just Bob the random doing it to be weird and creepy. Few years back, animal crematoriums were caught combining animals and other shenanigans. Death is apparently bizarre here.
Edit: also, coroners are messed up too here.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-supreme-court-ruling-abortion-ban/