A racing team led by 66-year-old Ed Shadle is gunning for the world land speed record of 763 miles per hour—their goal is to break the 800 mark. Shadle has spent a decade and $150,000 getting ready, and transforming an old jet into his potentially record-smashing ride, the North American Eagle. The car boasts 42,000 horsepower, and will supposedly do 0 to 800 in just 20 seconds. And it's entirely green, running on solar . . . no, just kidding. The big news, though, is that Shadle is looking for drivers.
Good eye, young man. That is an F-104. - I can understand the owner's concerns regarding his age. After a recent drive through Florida I can safely say that most "seasoned citizens" have a very difficult time driving at a rate that equals their age, let alone 800 MPH. Besides, I'm not sure this rocket car has the prerequisite perpetually blinking left turn signal... ...We've had troops in Japan and Germany for over 60 years. Does that mean we LOST WWII ?!?!?...
Today the Tesla Motor Company announced that they had begun regular production of the Roadster, the all-electric supercar that does zero-to-60 in less than four seconds.
It is interesting that average automobile efficiency has actually gone down relative to the maturity of the tech. I'm not sure I can think of too many other technologies that follow this trend (unless "politics" is a technology?) On the bright side, instead of buying billions of barrels of oil from the middle east, we can now make ourselves beholden to Chinese battery manufacturers. Yay! Just kidding, I love the concept and as soon as I find a taker for my right kidney, I'll get on the Tesla waiting list. .........We've had troops in Japan and Germany for over 60 years. Does that mean we LOST WWII ?!?!?...
If the number of plug-in hybrid electric cars and trucks grows significantly, the power grid might need to be re-vamped, depending on when people decide to re-charge their rides.
Another solution would be to charge a significantly higher rate for those peak hours, while discounting non-peak hours. The difference would have to be pretty substantial to make an impact though. ...We've had troops in Japan and Germany for over 60 years. Does that mean we LOST WWII ?!?!?...
Everybody's favorite dead-pan teacher and game show host, Ben Stein, is the face of a new documentary to be released this April called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed". It's ostensibly a movie about attacks on freedom of speech in today's hostile climate among scientists in academia, but on closer inspection it really seems to be a thinly veiled screed for Intelligent Design.
I personally believe that the process of natural selection makes the most sense, but neither Darwin, nor anyone else knows what got the ball rolling - let alone what set the rules. That's where the idea of intelligent design seems to make pretty good sense - whether you call it God, flying spaghetti monster, or we are the result of an intergalactic reality tv show... The end result is that you cannot prove the long term viability of any of these theories, so we end up accepting that which makes the most sense. ...We've had troops in Japan and Germany for over 60 years. Does that mean we LOST WWII ?!?!?...
Everybody's favorite dead-pan teacher and game show host, Ben Stein, is the face of a new documentary to be released this April called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed". It's ostensibly a movie about attacks on freedom of speech in today's hostile climate among scientists in academia, but on closer inspection it really seems to be a thinly veiled screed for Intelligent Design.
FYI: the production company behind "An Inconvenient Truth" also produced a film about supposed American atrocities in Iraq and a film following Jimmy Carter on his "Peace, Not Apartheid" book tour. Does stink of a conspiracy also? Or is that solely the domain of the vast right wing? ...We've had troops in Japan and Germany for over 60 years. Does that mean we LOST WWII ?!?!?...
Everybody's favorite dead-pan teacher and game show host, Ben Stein, is the face of a new documentary to be released this April called "Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed". It's ostensibly a movie about attacks on freedom of speech in today's hostile climate among scientists in academia, but on closer inspection it really seems to be a thinly veiled screed for Intelligent Design.
What's wrong with presenting opposing theories? Maybe I missed the memo that said the concept of evolution has been proven beyond any doubt and that the subject was closed. Can someone please make sure I get copied on these things from now on? Seriously, on a fundamental (no pun intended) level, these theories can complement each others' flaws and holes. Too often our highly educated peers in academia grasp on to whatever Occam's Razor pares off and accepts those THEORIES as fact, while rejecting alternate explanations, or even minor alterations of theory. "...We've had troops in Japan and Germany for over 60 years. Mr. Reid, does that mean we LOST WWII ?!?!?..."
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