@FrankenforIowa@CynicalPublius Flag officers, in a public forum, should engage in good faith on the merits of an argument. This is, or should be, beneath you.
"No matter how much progress BEVs make, I think they will account for 30% of the market share. Then the remaining 70% will be HEVs, FCEVs, hydrogen engines, and so on. And I believe engine cars will surely remain."
Akio Toyoda, then-chairman of Toyota (and former CEO), in a January 2024 lecture
@RobProvince I think it is the modern, secular equivalent of sackcloth and ashes. I.e., A super-charged virtue signal with a real cost indicating a true sincerity of the heart. If it wasn't uncomfortably expensive, it could be easily dismissed.
@HomericFuturist “If all else fails, I will retreat up the valley of Virginia, plant my flag on the Blue Ridge, rally around the Scotch-Irish of that region and make my last stand for liberty," George Washington knew….
@RobProvince It's a little fiddly to apply and shape into the ground-out opening. Has the texture and weight of a light packing foam. Once it sets up, it sands easily and takes paint like wood.