No, its because of all the trucks, SUVs and otherwise inefficient cars on the road. I just bought a used 1996 Toyota Carolla with 230k miles on it. I checked my gas mileage (mixed city/freeway) at 26 MPG on my last fill up.

My friend who drives a 2008? BMW M3 told me gets 23 MPG.

And a " Romy sans-barrel AK kit: $200"
And a "Barrel blank: $30"
And at least couple hundred in welding tools, grinders, etc.

On Venus, there is actually very little difference in day/night temperature, at least near the surface - it always around 450 C (~860F, hot enough to melt lead). There is also little variation at the poles and equator. Very little incoming solar radiation reaches the surface. This is combination of very high albedo (0.9 bond) and greenhouse effect. Of course, this is not the case with the upper atmosphere where temps and pressures would be more Earth like. That would be among one obstacle for a 'city in the clouds' idea.

There is a trust fund in as meaningful sense as you can make it.

Got money sitting a bank? What happens if that bank goes under?

Hiding money/silver/gold in a vault/under a matress? What happens if someone steals it?

Health insurance doesn't cover the cost of hearing aids.

Health insurance doesn't cover a dime for hearing aids. Everyone pays out of pocket.

Happens all the time. Usually because "we neglected to do the same thing on Sample Set B that we did on Sample Set A, C, and D"

Yes, I work in a lab...

I'm with you. It would be a travesty if the studios give away the plot to The Hobbit

Problem solved.

Assuming they're not total screwups (like they can hold down a decent job)

Then deploy automatic jammer destroying drones to destroy the other guys jamming drones :-).

But if you need to fairly complex things like convert strings, aren't you just better off sticking a CPU on whatever you're designing?

Then it was done very poorly and is barely noticable. Why not have Google+ updates right next to my inbox? Why do I have to go to a separate page for that? I don't have to go a separate page for chat.

That was my biggest disappointment with Google+. They had a golden opportunity to integrate social networking, chat, and email, and all they did was throw up a knockoff of Facebook. I have gmail up nearly constantly, not so much with Facebook

No, I think it has its place. Look at the Holocaust. What would you call the people who claimed it never happened (or that the death toll was only in the thousands), in spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary?

It has to do with the approach to the debate One of the most common approaches is link bombing. Basically whenever someone posts a story about AGW on an online forum, they throw out a bunch of links to contrary to opinions, even if they has very little to do with the particular aspect of AGW they are talking about

I think there is a distinction between "healthy skepticism" and "denialism"

Motorcycles are simply not practical for most folks. You have to brave the elements, at most you have a one passenger capacity, and you can't haul much. And they just much more dangerous than cars. Everyone I know that owns a motorcycle also owns a car.