A Horse With No Name

I like this new mountain bike. Already have bikes I like, but may upgrade at some point.

I am looking for witnesses, cross-checks, and people whose lived contact with reality exposes the theater. Its why I love the discussions here when they are rational.

Not just us, Asia and Europe are suffering much harder than we are with the Hormuz blockade. There will be a worldwide shift. One interesting thing, there are a lot of German vehicle manufacturers who will be left out I think as China has cracked the EV thing. With the decline of America in NATO, it makes sense to me that Germany will use its auto plants to re arm. I wonder how energy contracts will evolve with the changes in society and industry.

Pittsburgh area rail fanning for Drew... This is exactly what will happen to much of the oil infrastructure in the middle east if the war there gets hot again. Iran will hit the exporting and production capacity of every nation with US bases.

I regret Obama bailing them out at this point, and regret Chrylser getting bailed out in the 80's. The internal corporate culture will never change or adapt at Domestic Car companies/Stallantis. Walked out of a Jazz concert last night and imports outnumbered domestics by 7-8 to 1 or more in the parking lot. And the folks driving domestics were largely over 70. Other than trucks, no one I work with, am in clubs with, at my wife's church, or know socially really drives domestics. They are really so 2002...or 1982...or 1962. NOT 2032! This fits the broader pattern of the Belt and Road initiative. Everything we spend on war and a military China spends on actual domestic production and foreign development that actually helps people. The world is bypassing the USA, and that rate of bypass will only speed up as time moves forward. This video shows the changing face of warfare. Our one trillion dollar military is largely obsolete.

From a strictly rational non political standpoint, I would like to find someone in the know to know about demand destruction and how the current political climate will enable China to sell more EV and green energy products. The straight is not going to re open soon, for Iran the war is existential, for Israel the war is existential, Mirium Addleson donated a ton to trump, Netanyahu also has him by the ball sack. Its $4.99 in Columbus or $4.89 places. As far as I am concerned, it can hit ten bucks a gallon and stay there. I am ready to move on from fossil fuels. We should have done it in '73 and '79 after the oil shocks then. We should have done it robustly in 2008 when Obama was elected. If we are forced painfully into it I am fine with that also. A death blow that can't come fast enough at this point. Tesla will spend everything in executive compensation that they should be spending on the next generation of cars. THAT will be a death blow to them.

The rate of change will only speed up.

Clean old beast The nail is in the coffin, economically.

These kids nail it. the world is for "Shyte" as our Canadian Greek would rant, but the kids are okay.

Until we can provide genuine economic opportunity for folks, this will become increasingly common. I like modern cars that are as invisible as possible...invisible to vandals, thieves, cops, aggressive drivers, people with attitudes...my current idea of Luxury is a grey Lexus that blends in, soft leather and a decent stereo, and drive the damn thing. I DO like the style of modern Cadillacs, but they would be a lease and return thing for me, as I don't want to deal with GM electronics or drivetrains as a vehicles ages. It makes sense that they crush them, liability and they don't want other teams getting their engineering thought process.

A good take on the manosphere.

I agree a hundred percent. EV tech applied to bikes, this is amazing...but seven grand. Remarkably close to what every rigid 80s and 90's MTB steel bike was. We get the formula right and then lose it in the name of god knows what. Cool video, cool channel, and too bad you can't buy this here.

Maybe, but if it sells units, they will build it.

The Americans have given up on cars, and I have given up on the Americans. Also, water is wet, the sun rises in the east and sets in the west. Hume talked about the problem of induction, but this continuing seems like a pretty safe bet. A low functioning theocracy is a bad thing, and what we are slipping into in the USA.