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Comment I call fake (Score -1) 387

Just read the article. The wing span only decreased one centimeter. That is less than one millimeter a year. A one centimeter difference in wingspan won't help a bird at all, let alone one millimeter. You are not going to be "selected" because of one centimeter. Most of the birds I have hit with my car are usually in the middle of the windshield. To avoid the impact, the bird would have had to suddenly move more than two+ feet out of the way. One centimeter ain't going to help you there either...

I remember the 1980's. Lots of rain, lush green fields. Now here in the south in 2012, Everything is dead and brown, with fires everywhere from drought. Yet these two dimwitted "scientist" blame "evolution" for these smaller birds.

Probably just used the word evolution to get more grant money. Crooks...

Comment Re:Largely Demand Driven (Score -1) 490

I agree, batteries suck. I usually drive my cars for 10+ years and over 200k miles before getting another one. My current car (which is 12 years old) has had very little money spent on it maintenance wise. I am not going to buy any kind of electric vehicle if every 5 years I have to shell out thousands to get new batteries put in it. Just using batteries goes up against the theory of diminished returns as it is. A car that has to lug around 500+ pounds of batteries will never be as efficient as a car with a small gas motor. The whole idea is stupid and seems to be pushed by politics and not science.

Comment Re:Johnny Come Lately (Score -1) 388

I don't know why people lable Ford as out dated and uninnovative. As a mechanic, why would I want a bunch of stuff on a car that will do nothing but break? Keep it simple, a lot of technology doesn't belong on cars. I am reminded of a car&driver review of one of the later model Fords. They knocked off a bunch of points because they couldn't get the sync system to probably work with their iPod. Never mind the fact that it is a perfectly reliable car.....

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