Joel Johnson's discussions

The Model T was pretty great, actually! But it was a second- or third-generation vehicle, so... Read more

Yeah. My argument presumes a built-in rhetorical obsolescence! Read more

Fair point. But out of the gate costs... Read more

I meant "fairy"! As in magical, mystical, and strange. Although hilariously, I didn't actually think about the homonym. Read more

Nothing a little fire can't fix. Read more

You're right! That must be why millions of Americans rushed out to buy those cars last year. Read more

(Which is to say, the cars are crap now so people shouldn't buy them. I support subsidies of research through taxes.) Read more

Political bias! Hardly. I welcome a future of entirely green vehicles. But I just don't think it makes sense to ask individuals to subsidize that future when it's still too far away to be clearly seen. Read more

We're from Missouri. That should clear up any confusion. Read more

It's around, but you're talking like a 1:6 pump ratio even at large filling stations. Fine for the number of private diesel vehicles now, but wouldn't scale up nicely. (More easily fixed than battery swapping infrastructure or charge stations, of course!) Read more

Love the notion of battery swapping, but we'd need a unified, cross-brand standardized form for the battery packs if we wanted gas stations to start picking up the business. Plus it'd be more difficult to put the battery weight down low in the frame but still have it easily and quickly replaceable (though certainly… Read more

Isle of Batman. Read more

Fixed. Thanks! Read more

And if your comment were on Gawker, it'd still be just as terrible. Read more

Honestly, I don't love any of her other released stuff as much as 212, but there's not a lot out there in the first place. Read more

Fair enough! Carry on! Read more

If you read about a months-old game, there's a chance you're gonna get some spoilers. Read more

Black's only $30 (or less), so not *crazy* amounts of money. (I think most weddings are overwrought, though, so...) Read more

Nope! They are the glasses kind. Read more

DEPENDS ON THE COLOR. Just kidding! Beggars can't be choosers. Read more