OMG, thank you, fantastic. This cracked me up. It reminded me of Patrick LoPresti's 1991 The True Path post (!ed man, man ed!). Like you post is an analogous classic for our time. I'm still laughing ... well one ...

Not even close. I handled it this morning. The grain is intact. It is chemically treated and then compressed to like 1/4 the thickness. So heavy. But looks just like a piece of wood! Piece I handled was made from common board poplar.

Every few months? Wow. Who drives that much? We do ours once / year and only because the manual says to. With the hard starts being covered by electricity the oil comes out practically as clean as it went in. I do appreciate your points on serial hybrids ...

I own a 2020 Prime (~28 mile battery). What you wrote is not true. We plug in daily, sometimes 2x / day. This covers all our local driving. The battery is fine. Maybe 5% degradation. I expect it will be good through the 10 year battery warranty. For longer trips we use the ICE. We've used about 140 gal of gas to cover 18000 miles. The only rub is that it is so darn efficient it is often cheaper to burn gas than electrons! And, lest you write back that "you're just one person", I note that your claim that "many drivers rarely plug them in" is not supported. You are probably referencing the ICCT report, which was based on self-reported MPG. To the extent that that methodology is valid, the BLUF is: "real-world electric miles driven in PHEVs could be 25 to 65 percent lower than the vehicle allows."

You're right! Indeed the study below was done in cooperation with the Electric Power Research Institute, which is funded by large generators. https://www.eenews.net/article...

While it is true that blue light (and intense light) are part of setting your circadian clock, the earlier research on blue light from devices harming sleep / suppressing melatonin generation has been getting walked back. It appears now that the mental stimulation from devices is far more important and keeping you awake than blue light. https://peterattiamd.com/stron... https://www.youtube.com/watch?...