Good, you're opening their mail-someday there could be money inside.
Keep in mind that gas or electric, if you drive on the publicly funded roads, you should in someway support their upkeep.
Easy, just keep raising the per-gallon taxes as the fleet average increases. Revenue is the same, and maybe fewer people will buy 12 mpg vehicles they don't need.
Or as a twist, raise the speed limit significantly; the people with the 12 mpg cars will go faster (that's what people like that do), "achieve" 8 mpg, buy more gas & raise revenue for the state, courtesy of existing gas taxes. Remember, this is about a shortfall, not a way to punish hybrid/electric vehicles. Yes I'm sure there will be extra wear & tear on the roads, but also new purchases for things like tires, oil; anything associated with more convenient long trips (camping equipment, bed & breakfast/hotel reservations, concert/Blazer tickets, etc.) and of course gas, all of which raise revenue for the state, directly or indirectly. IIRC, last spring the OR legislature was debating raising the speed limit. I say let the well-to-do give the money that the rest of us need, and both can enjoy life. Win-win
Thank you for your enlightning answer.
Shocking. On a brighter note: All hail Cthulu, lord of the netherdark.
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"But I don't know how to use the seashells!"
Akira Kurosawa and Stanley Kubrick are still relevant. Both of them WAY greater artists than George Lucas.
Nope. You are thinking of the word "greater" in terms of quality, which is a pointless metric when talking about art because quality is entirely subjective.
In terms of impact on humanity, there's no question that Lucas has had far greater impact than Kubrick and Kurosawa combined. The reason is simple, it's because Lucas is getting to viewers at a much younger age, with a more widely distributed product. Lucas has altered the lives of more people than Kubrick ever will.
Gene Roddenberry. That is all.
Having read the first two paragraphs in your post, when you mentioned your sis with the geology degree - for a couple moments I thought you meant she was making craft cheeses.
Mmmm...cheddar mine
then sue the crap out of everyone who produces something with wheels?
Only rounded wheels-be fair.
No, you fool, Kodos is inhuman. Vote Kang!
John Jackson, meet Jack Johnson - in a world where chimeras become clones. I vote to abstain from this poll.
What about assuming there is a reason in the first place? (I'm not talking about the usual, causal reasons here...)
You don't have to assume a reason, or lack thereof to be curious. I'm agnostic, but I find this to be an interesting series (intermittently found on PBS, at 4:30 am - way to hide the truth, PBS
But which time zone?
Mayan Standard. But it's a leap year, so it can't happen anyway.
Gort - The Day The Earth Stood Still - 1951 Robby the Robot - Forbidden Planet - 1956 R2D2 - Star Wars - 1977 Marvin the Paranoid Android - The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy - 1978 The T-800 - Terminator - 1984 Bishop - Aliens - 1986 Lt. Commander Data - Star Trek: The Next Generation - 1987 Bender - Futurama - 1999
Having just read 359 posts, I suspect that if the option, "Other (specify)" had been offered, it would have been far and away the number one choice in this poll.
"What was the robot on lost in space called? The one always yelling "Warning! Warning!"." He was a modified Robbie; in fact, Robbie made an appearance in one episode.
Oops, correction time: B-9, Class M-3 General Utility Non-Theorizing Environmental Control Robot. Also, "Robby", nor "Robbie".
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