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EV proponents often gloss over the effect on the grid if there were wholesale adoption of EVs. They'll often tout charging at cheap, evening electrical prices. Yeah... for now. Not when there's millions of people trying to charge at night. Supply and demand still matters. Base load isn't going...

That's why for certain tools you buy the kit with batteries. I bought the Makita 16" x2 saw, which came with four 5aH batteries and charger. It takes 2 batteries at a time, but the charger will charge 2 in 45 minutes, generally enabling a constant rotation. The kit was $400. The bare tool is...

That sounds like an allusion to the I6 in development. That engine is supposed to produce HP from 300-500+, and would presumably replace the pentastar and the HEMIs throughout Stellantis. Trackhawk or TRX applications, as a recent article hinted, would utilize the I6 in a hybrid format. I...

https://www.carscoops.com/2021/07/jeep-could-axe-diesel-engines-by-2030-will-try-to-preserve-v8s/amp/

You talked around certain terms to avoid the obvious implication. I didn't take anything out of context. As I said before, you are just okay with certain arbitrary reductions in tax demanded, but not others.... because reasons. You've yet to explain how the tax credit fundamentally differs...

No, I understood your point just fine. You claimed that the tax credit creates the deficit. But it's spending that creates the deficit. It is not incumbent upon the taxpayer to make up for the failures of govt. Keeping more of your own money cannot CREATE a burden upon others. For that to be...

Actually, my point had nothing to do with that. You said: But it's not just rates. It's also arbitrary deductions and credits which reduce taxable income and the tax that would otherwise be owed. Per your argument, this would also require someone else (future taxpayers) to make up the...

Fixed your post.

How is the "excess paid in" determined?

No. Social contract theory is different than what is implied by his argument. This argument against tax credits presumes that you don't actually own your property (income, in this case). They have claim to 100% of "your" income and allow you to have some. In this framework, a tax credit is...

Right. Spending is the problem. Not less taxation. This argument also assumes that govt has a prior claim on all income. The tax credit is absolutely a distortion in the market, which brings with it other problems. But one person paying less in taxes is in no way a burden on others. Govt...

There's obviously little solid info out there. But it is said that it won't simply be the 2.0 with 2 more cylinders. There are supposed to be a number of changes to make it more compact, including tighter cylinder spacing and forgoing steel cylinder liners (perhaps using the plasma lining...

2017 Safari concept: Vs shots from the video:

Over on the JL side, someone noticed that it seemed to be JK based, due to a shot of the dash in the video. They surmised it was a repurposed concept. Someone found that it seems like it might be the Safari concept from 2017.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/41438/new-jeep-grand-cherokee-trackhawk-wont-have-hellcat-v8-report Reading between the lines, that could be the new I-6, or perhaps something already in the Stellantis inventory. However if you click through to the cited article, it very much implies the I-6...

Iirc, the guy who did that one, also previously did the "XJKU."

Especially because Jeep clearly felt the need to keep telling us that the JT is not just a Wrangler with a bed... Because they know that's what it looks like. A different look would have helped break the connection.

I like that conversion because it somewhat recalls some of the older J series trucks, and helps differentiate it from the JL. One reason I wanted the M715 front end, aside from it looking badness.

It was definitely a slow burn up here, but I'm seeing them all the time between Concord and Portsmouth now. There was one early adopter at work when it was released. It was a loner until the last year, where I'm seeing 6-7 regularly.