Most middle school kids know enough about science to understand that this idea can’t work in the real world, as for every Joule of energy you gain in the generator, you lost more than one Joule in the gas tank or battery.

If you can rig it so that it only kicks in when the driver needs to slow the car down and would ordinarily use the brake, that’s a reasonable idea, if you’re a hobbyist.

This is how the “brake mode” works in a Toyota Prius; it converts some of the kinetic energy in the car to electrical energy to charge the battery, rather than turning it into waste heat via the brakes.

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I didn’t know presidents could legally overturn the results of our elections.

I suppose what Jon Voight is calling for here is the illegal overturning of the NYC mayoral election.  Trump is no stranger to things like having his people storm the U.S. Capitol to overturn the results of far more important stuff.

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It’s good to see that the world hasn’t given up on overturning the “Citizens United” Supreme Court decision that provides corporations the same free speech rights as people, enabling them to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence our elections.

That decision came down 15 years ago, and corruption has steadily gotten worse ever since.

Btw, I would be interested to know what the other two out of ten think on the subject.

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Here are the highlights of a presentation Chevron’s CEO gave recently.

There was a day not too long ago when such a speech would have contained numerous promises regarding biofuels, environmental sustainability, and so on.  None of that now.

In a way, the honesty is refreshing.  With the backing of their investors, they’re baking the planet, and they make no pretenses otherwise.

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American presidents used to befriend our allies.  That was before the guy we elected someone with questionable allegiance to our nation.

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Truck drivers are scrutinized far more closely by the 1.2 million fulltime state and local law enforcement personnel and DMV weigh stations than drivers of passenger cars.  Given that, what’s the average lifespan of an unlicensed truck driver, before he’s arrested? A few days?

We all understand that we live in a country full of racist idiots, but this takes the cake.

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The last two popes have brought a wonderful array of humanitarian values to Catholicism, but as shown at left, some church officials are not completely on board.

Here’s a question, even if you accept the dubious claim that the LGBTQ community tends to be atheistic.  How does having atheists in your church inflict damage? Isn’t the point to convert folks?

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The only problem that Miller may face here is that the U.S. Constitution expressly says that the census must count every living human being, regardless of their status as citizens.

Are you saying that the Founding Fathers intended that one lone racist could undermine the Constitution?  Seems hard to believe.

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Trump seems to want to drive every decent human being away from him.

Maybe he actually is losing his mind.

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Here’s a short video on a concept I found interesting.

Is there a future for autonomous farming vehicles? Obviously.

In the earliest days of human civilization, the power that we put into farming came from our own bodies and the chemical energy we ingested from the food we ate.  Later, and all the way up to the late 19th Century, the energy we put into farming came from horses and other beasts of burden. The early 20th Century brought us tractors, and the more recent past has given us enormous combines that would have astonished our grandparents.

Given our advances in technology, farming is most certainly entering a new era. The question is this: Do you believe that Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary and this company are going to succeed?  If you’re considering investing and you believe everything he says, jump on in.

If you’re skeptical, maybe it’s worth a few minutes of your time researching this.

Some people love the guy; I wouldn’t trust him farther than I could throw him.  And considering my advancing age, that isn’t far.

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