I’ve never spent more than several 1000 on a vehicle. When I was younger my fav second hand car to pick up was a Buick with about 90,000 miles on it and for sale by its original owner who is an elderly person. Buicks are dressed up with a lot of options and the older crowd re...
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology calculates that 53,000 Americans die prematurely every year from vehicle pollution, losing 10 years of life on average compared to their lifespans in the absence of tailpipe emissions. There are also the indirect environmental, health, and economic costs of ...
My specific point earlier was basically ignored — that reward through monetary means, which simply translated is having the modern equivalent of pooka shells (sp) to buy resources to live (a home, energy to air-condition it, a fridge stocked with nutritious foods, a vehicle for transport, …...
It’s not unusual at all , if you are a known local person, to hear growers matter of factly state while having lunch at a local restaurant that they collect YEAR AFTER YEAR, and that they wouldn’t even BE in the business if it weren’t for the insurance. YOU pay for it if you...
As an old bastard living on a pension and SS I guess I should be grateful because this has the knock on effect of keeping pension funds Insurance Companies and the like solvent. But the benefit goes to people like me and the billionaires who own these companies and the mostly wealthy ...
The more high tech that is crammed into these vehicle, then the more likely that reliability goes down. As these vehicles come on the to the second hand market there are going to be few buyers willing to take the risk on a used battery. 5 years ago I nearly bought and EV. I am ...