the heat of the desert is way outside of their operating range.

I live in the Phoenix area, there are tons of solar installations here. In fact my house has solar, had it when we bought it 10 years ago, and it cuts the power bill in half.

Having once been on the board of one, I agree.

You’re still ignoring the argument that a hybrid doesn’t have a typical vehicle alternator, it has a charging system that’s whole job is to generate electricity from the engine, and do that efficiently and reliably, and it has an electric a/c compressor.

5 minutes? Luxury. I drive a 20 year old minivan. My commute is 15 minutes. It’s just starting to get noticeably cooler once I arrive.

I’m sure it depends on the implementation… I turned it off on my Kia Sorento after it tried to follow the seams in the concrete instead of the lane markings, I had to fight it quite hard.

Learning this from my (soon-to-be-ex-) wife right now…

Where does a young man get this free health care? I’m not young anymore, but for free health care I can pretend to be…

If you always expect the worst, you’ll never be disappointed.

You misunderstood. I meant if it were not a white person, there wouldn’t be a story.

What story?

I tried an airzound, it was not as effective as the boat horn. Though to be fair, it was a long time ago - so long, in fact, that I could go to RadioShack and buy dust remover spray to replace the canister, and it was significantly cheaper than the official refills at marine supply stores…

I used to have one wedged between the brake and gearshift levers of my bicycle, so I could hit the button with my thumb, it was very handy.

I prefer elephantoplasty…