Recent content by RolandW

Anything mandated by the government will be inferior to solutions that develop naturally on the market based on consumer preferences. People want clean air, and absent decrees by know-it-all politicians and bureaucrats, manufacturers would have responded to that preference. The difference is...

In all of my diesels, the exhaust comes out of the turbocharger, through the muffler, and into the air – the way God intended it.

But when they prohibit or put unaffordably high tariffs on foreign goods (like the 100 percent that Trump has threatened), they have taken that choice away. You still have your preferred option, but consumers who want those foreign goods no longer have theirs. It amounts to a mandate, because...

When you enclose a word in quotation marks, you denote that it's what somebody else said. Agreed about the EV mandates, as you can see from my other comments. You seem to have a much higher opinion of American politicians than I have. They are mostly lying, self-interested losers who think that...

I don't believe sunandsand called anybody an ignoramus. While he does make assumptions that I find hard to swallow ("...in a few years, [tenacious EV fires] will be a non-issue"), I like the tone of his comment. Consumers and producers should be free to trade as they see fit. When blowhard...

I am suspicious of the picture as well, but the reason so many of us sneer at EVs is that governments are maniacally fixated on forcing them on us. The climate liars are so full of themselves that they actually believe they can give us better weather by passing legislation. If EVs are so...

Haha, good one. Of course the difference is that when you ask me that, I can say "No." Try saying "No" to the IRS on April 15.

Years ago I had three or four 55-gallon drums of aluminum chips that I brought to a recycler. He climbed up on the truck and stuck a magnet into one of them. It came out with a few steel chips stuck to it, so he refused to take any of it. Hard to keep the chips 100 percent separated when you run...

Same here. I'm retired from the CNC machining business, and I'm planning this week to haul a load or two of steel and aluminum drops from my shop to the recycler. I'll get a few bucks for it, plus I won't have to worry that a chunk of metal might damage our (private) trash hauler's equipment...

Yes, when you subsidize something, you get more of it. It's also important to remember that there will always be charitable organizations to assist the needy. Do-gooders talk out of both sides of their mouths on this. On the one hand, they claim that Americans are generous and compassionate...

My rule for recycling is simple: If they won't pay me for it, it goes to the landfill. Economics tells us that most recycling is laughably wasteful. It amounts to cult behavior. One of my favorite headlines of all time appeared in our small local newspaper. The story was about the city's...

Agreed, except that we should want some businesses to "go down the tube." When a business can't make a profit, it is a sign that they are not using resources as well as they should to satisfy consumer preferences. Their production is out of sync with what buyers want. They should, and must, be...

We bought a Corolla Hybrid about a year ago, and while it can't touch the mileage I used to get with my '83 VW Jetta turbodiesel, we like it. It has way too many electronic bells and whistles, but that seems to be the case with all new cars now. It is all-wheel-drive, and that worked great when...

There are problems with your comment, among them: - When it comes to drills, we are talking about replacing a corded drill with a battery-powered drill. If most cars today were electric and powered through extension cords, drivers would flock to battery cars as soon as they hit the market...

Correction: they used to be our dollars. Once a thief takes your money, it is no longer yours.