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Most hybrids have a plug in option.  So in theory you could get a hybrid and never use a drop of gasoline.  Although now you have an electric car with crappy range, extra maintance and you are lugging around a gasoline engine for no reason.

That's why self charging is the way to go.   Easier to maintain and supplements your city driving so your gas mileage goes a lot further.   Plus a self charging hybrid battery is a lot cheaper to replace than a plug in hybrid battery.   

Generally speaking, gas hybrids like the original Prius are not considered "electric vehicles," as they require gasoline just like any other car with an internal combustion engine.  They use batteries to get a bit better gas mileage, but they are still gas cars.

The defining feature of an "electric vehicle" is the ability to plug it in and use that energy to drive.  If you can't plug the car in, you are still tied to the price of gas.

Most hybrids have a plug in option.  So in theory you could get a hybrid and never use a drop of gasoline.  Although now you have an electric car with crappy range, extra maintance and you are lugging around a gasoline engine for no reason.

So, second update -- I love this thing.

It's imperfect.  It gets stuck sometimes, doesn't have a ton of battery.  I run him daily for 30 minutes and then I will sometimes just spot drop him at other times in the day.  Sometimes he finds his way back home, other times not.

But for $20, it's like the best money I've ever spent and it's fun.  Also, the amount of hair that it picks up is kind of astounding.  I don't really know where it's coming from.  I assume that it's getting underneath stuff and grabbing all the hair from there, but I just can't say enough good things about it.

I've held off on buying electric based vehicles for as long as I could, but my old Chevy Equinox was on its last legs as the tranny was about to go out.   I found a really good deal on a 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid (self charging).   I'm amazed at the gas mileage it gets in the city.   I'm not ready to go full electric and probably never will, but with gas being what it is, self charging hybrid is a much better way to go.

Generally speaking, gas hybrids like the original Prius are not considered "electric vehicles," as they require gasoline just like any other car with an internal combustion engine.  They use batteries to get a bit better gas mileage, but they are still gas cars.

The defining feature of an "electric vehicle" is the ability to plug it in and use that energy to drive.  If you can't plug the car in, you are still tied to the price of gas.

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me you keep drafting one until you find your QB and they haven't found him yet.

And even if you have one.  Brady was drafted when Bledsoe was the unambiguous starter.  Rodgers was drafted when Farve was the starter. 

Watson is in his final year of his contract. 

If they had used a second round pick it would be a different story, but he was the nineth guy they drafted.  They may have drafted everyone they thought was worth drafting and grabbed the top guy on the UDFA call sheet.

If you cut a 6th round pick at the end of training camp he isn't a bust.  He is just a guy who didn't work out.

Correct me if I'm wrong but it seems to me you keep drafting one until you find your QB and they haven't found him yet.

In the 6th round, the nineth player they drafted.  That is a guy they wanted to take a closer look at in training camp and didn't think would still be available/signable as a UDFA. 

I think the issue with China is that it sees Russia flailing in Ukraine. It sees the US massacring the leadership of Iran. It notices that it's own oil supply, which is heavily reliant on Iran, being cut off by this war. It recalls that none of its generals have seen war, and the last war they were in (with Vietnam) didn't pan out well for them. I think it's an effective deterrent, but I take your point.

A few points:

China was on the winning side in Vietnam, USA was on the losing side.

USA can NOT do to China what it did to Iran.  China has nuclear ICBMs.  USA can defend Twain, much like could defend Ukraine, but the USA can not risk the escalation that would occur if the USA was to drop bombs on Moscow or Beijing.

I suspect Moscow and Beijing are currently working on plans to improve the infrastructure to increase the flow of oil from Russia to China and by the time China launches the invasion they will be getting adequate supply from Russia, with the side effect of almost completely negating any boycott of Russia.  As it is the two largest beneficiaries of Trump's war against Iran is Russia and Venezuela.      

I will agree that DeSantis lost some shine after the 2024 election, but I also think there aren't really any other good candidates out there on the right, unless there's a serious upswing in the economy and general feeling of the country's populace. Who else do you pick? Thune? No. Rubio? I like him, but no. Vance? No. Polarizing, weird. So whom? DeSantis.

I don't like DeSantis but I do think a governor (rather than a sec, sen or rep) gives the repub there best shot at distancing themselves from Trump.  But the challenge will be anytime a candidate answers the question "what is something you disagree with Trump on?"  Trump is going to call that person a traitor on truth social.  So most candidates are going to spend the primary praising Trump.

If the repubs really want to break from MAGA the ideal choice would be Brad Raffensperger. 

If the Repubs really want to break from

they do have 2 pro-bowl quarterbacks, why draft another QB is a question

Honestly, I like the touchscreen and I preferred the Tesla brand bc the electric vehicle *is* it's product (rather than just an option within the bigger line of vehicles) and because the FSD is just hard to beat. A lot of my weeks involved 1000 miles or more of driving, and the Tesla I bought handles it without any issue, every time, week after week. It's lead to me having a great deal more energy and patience when I get home, because my head and eyes are not as tired from holding attention for long periods of time.

I was T-boned in the Tesla once, and while the repair did take a while, I probably would've rolled over had it not had the low center of gravity. So, idk, seems to be a great car to me, politics aside.

I've held off on buying electric based vehicles for as long as I could, but my old Chevy Equinox was on its last legs as the tranny was about to go out.   I found a really good deal on a 2024 Kia Sportage Hybrid (self charging).   I'm amazed at the gas mileage it gets in the city.   I'm not ready to go full electric and probably never will, but with gas being what it is, self charging hybrid is a much better way to go.