This would be terribly abused. Imagine who Republicans would shoehorn in there based off their Supreme Court picks...
This would be terribly abused. Imagine who Republicans would shoehorn in there based off their Supreme Court picks...
I remember seeing $5/gal under Bush. His last year had an average of $3.30 and peaked over $4... https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/gasoline-prices-fared-under-last-190000869.html
Synthetic fuels would be great for all the existing stuff, but not sure where you're getting EV sales are down in Europe.
New plug-in car registrations:
BEVs: *212,000 (up 57% year-over-year) and 17% share
PHEVs: *100,000 (up 17% year-over-year) and 8% share
Total: 311,897 (up 42% year-over-year) and 25% share
From https://insideevs.com/news/680428/europe-plugin-car-sales-june2023/
Yep, that's it: https://wiesmann.com/pages/wiesmann-mf4
I lusted after these when I was a kid, and eventually blew all my saved up Christmas/Birthday money on one.
The battery thing really sucked, but still had a lot of fun with it. Must of played that first level of Sonic 2 a thousand times.
My white whale was the TV tuner, I thought the idea was so cool as a kid.
Similarly, a nice fog free shower mirror for me. My wife would get so mad about stray hairs (it's easy to miss some when it goes everywhere) Got a waterproof trimmer and started doing it in the shower - cleanup is super easy now!
Seriously, I worked on a construction project in Charleston close to the Boeing plant that used some of the same contractors. More than one told me they won't fly after what they saw (and this was pre-scandal).
I work in automation. We had one site in Florida that despite AC pumping all the time, had humidity issues. Electonics seemed to handle it ok, but paper was another story. This site would have to print information packs to get packaged up with the product, and it was a nightmare with the collating and folding automation, it just never wanted to work properly. The printers themselves would jam and have more issues than they should as well.
Dr. Bob Hartley awakens, upset, and he wakes Emily to tell her about the very strange dream he has just had. To his horror, he realizes she is the white queen.
I'm with you, I find artificial sweeteners to have a "chemical" taste. Just generally unpleasant.
It seems to vary from person to person, some don't seem to notice much, seems there might be a genetic component: https://www.phillymag.com/be-well-philly/2013/08/22/study-fake-sweeteners-taste-disgusting-people/
Reality has become indistinguishable from satire.