Re: FDA Settles Lawsuit over Ivermectin Social Media Posts

DIRECTFLT wrote:

brought by doctors Mary Talley Bowden, Paul Marik and Robert Apter, each of whom claimed the FDA was interfering with their ability to practice medicine.[/i]

Re: Kate, Princess of Wales, reveals she is having treatment for cancer

Whats really inappropriate is that the jokes on X that various companies were jumping on the bandwagon while everyone knew she was recovering from surgery. It's not anyone on X's fault that the royals' PR firm is a clown car doing amateur hour standup. They could have cleared this up quickly and su...

Re: Parade shooting in Kansas City, Missouri

I don't see it haunting anyone except the family of the deceased. To the contrary, the fact that freedom was exercised in resolving a dispute should be celebrated. It makes me feel sad for all the enslaved beyond our borders. Imagine if a Real fan could shoot a Barca fan after losing a Clasico matc...

Re: JetBlue/Spirit Merger Discussion thread - 2024

Spirit's stock price was down 47.09% or −$7.05 to $7.92/share today. The last three reported earnings show net losses. Honestly, at this rate, Spirit Airlines is going to likely declare bankruptcy, and Jetblue will just simply buy them out of bankruptcy for pennies on the dollar. The $470 million d...

Re: High-speed train company Hyperloop One shuts down.

Guys, Elon proposed the Hyperloop, but Hyperloop One was not his. And he wasn't going to build it anyway. He pretty much pushed it to kill or delay HSR in California. To be clear, I'm not a fan of his, but, I am really failing to see how a company unconnected to him, with the financial backing of D...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

Now I drive 2-3 times over 1000km a year (holidays to Spain, Italy, GB, wherever) and I could have done all them trips with an EV, as you need to have a pee stop all the time with 4 Woman in the car and at least 1 if not 2 1h stops for food. Have you checked at your rest stops to make sure that the...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

I ever said an EV couldn’t cover 99.999% of most people’s needs. I’m saying let the 99.99% make their own decisions and not treat them like heretics deserving to go the stake. You literally stated it cannot do xyz. The second statement is all in your imagination. [ I agree but that isn't good enoug...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

I've done 1,200-mile trips in 18 hours before, and that was with all the stops. In 18 hours I'm going to want to make a couple of pit stops for a wee, at least 1 poop along with breakfast, lunch and dinner. That's at least 90 minutes, which is enough time for many EV's to charge from 10-80% three t...

Re: Questions on San Francisco

I haven’t been to SF in 15 years (or more) so assuming things haven’t changed too much you’ll want to checkout the tenderloin area next to your hotel. No you don't. Holy cow no you don't! It was sketchy at the best of times but now it's...bad. Make sure to make a day trip to LA's beautiful skid row!

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

But, you’re not including charging times plus wait times, finding broken chargers, etc. In 600 miles the fossil fueled vehicle might spend 10 minutes “recharging”. Look this is a senseless argument as the EV fans are on a proselytizing campaign. The whole argument from both sides is non-sense. Argu...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

You didn't say it directly, but if that wasn't the point you were trying to get across, I'm not sure why you then proceeded to point out that driving 650 miles would take 10:08 when GalaxyFlyer said to try to do 600 miles in 9 hours in an EV. Please clarify your point. It was a simple example to co...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

You were challenged to do 600 miles in 9 hours, and you said it couldn't be done, I did no such thing. So you weren't the one who made the following post? I defy you to do 600 miles in 9 hours time on the road in an EV. I’ve done lots of round trips of like that. I don’t like these without spares b...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

Except you haven't taken into consideration speed. According to Google Maps, the same distance could be done in 9 hours 19 minutes in this scenario: https://maps.app.goo.gl/2ca47CzxtqErdYvA7 9 hours 25 minutes in this scenario: https://maps.app.goo.gl/VoLVNhWPZwhAdT2V6 That's a 45-50 minute differe...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

I defy you to do 600 miles in 9 hours time on the road in an EV. I’ve done lots of round trips of like that. I don’t like these without spares because I can change it in 15 minutes and keep moving. Like I said, you can't support your point without increasingly laughable scenarios absolutely no one ...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

Nope. I drive an Impreza (36mpg highway) but like doing 5-600 miles per day trips. Sorry.. You're just proving my point. What do you think is stopping you from doing the same trips in an EV? I've done many. I defy you to do 600 miles in 9 hours time on the road in an EV. I’ve done lots of round tri...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

Toyota chairman seems to think recent development proved their view on BEV right https://www.carscoops.com/2023/10/toyota-chairman-says-people-are-finally-seeing-reality-of-evs/ "Although EV sales growth has slowed, the market is still growing. The Wall Street Journal reports that global sales...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

The increasingly insane Rube-Goldberg scenarios people dream up to justify their range anxiety are pretty hysterical. Then again these same people have largely convinced themselves they need pickup trucks and SUVs for tasks they'll never perform. With the proliferation and growing supply of high sp...

Re: A bad couple of weeks for EV's

Australia is in an interesting position of having most people living in large cities, high rooftop solar uptake, but low availability of commuter spec EV models. There seems to be a prime market, but we seem to be caught between manufacturers saying "give us your tax money via subsidies to mak...

Re: Death Toll in Acapulco From Hurricane Otis Rises

From wiki : Otis was the first Pacific hurricane to make landfall at Category 5 intensity and surpassed Hurricane Patricia as the strongest landfalling Pacific hurricane on record. It seems people weren't expecting this even though meteorologists were on point. A storm is brewing here in France and...

Re: MU planning 40+ new ports (incl MAN, JNB, ATL, BOS, and more)

Lots of new places to lose money; who is this even for?

Re: How have you reduced your carbon footprint?

BobRoss wrote:

Reminder: you are the "carbon" they want "reduced". Vote accordingly.

Re: Boeing execs refuse to relocate

I wonder why can't anyone use the same energy against private jet usage for those on the government, who use those jets on tax payer dime, most of the time without any real pushback from the media. I am sure 0 tax payer money is spent on these private jet flights. Can we let private companies decid...

Re: Boeing execs refuse to relocate

I wonder why can't anyone use the same energy against private jet usage for those on the government, who use those jets on tax payer dime, most of the time without any real pushback from the media. I am sure 0 tax payer money is spent on these private jet flights. Can we let private companies decid...

Re: Back to work mandates

It seems to me that the US 'back to work' push mostly stems from large corporations, wealthy organizations and individuals sitting on billions worth of office real-estate, the value of which is now plummeting thanks to remote work. In a low-unemployment environment, it appears to be backfiring some...

Re: Tesla suppressing customer complaints

Also ICE cars will also advertise a range that has nothing to do with the conditions, don't know how you plan to drive, at what speed etc. The key difference is that the range computation on ICE vehicles is based on measurement of actual fuel flow rate, not solely on the fuel remaining in the tank....

Re: Heat Wave Across the Southern United States Continues

Not that climate change isn't a thing, but I remember 20-30 years ago when we were being warned about the "next Ice Age". Science in this area is still sorta inexact. That isn't an impossible outcome. If the oceans have less salt in them then the currents can get disrupted and if the stre...

Re: Earth Records Hottest Day on Record

Francoflier wrote:

Oh well, at least it'll get rid of most of Florida in the process.

Re: About to be overwhelmed with peppers, what should I do with them?