Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 7/19/22
Here's the audio of this week's Underground Radio Transmission with my friend Bryan Hyde, broadcasting from an undisclosed location in Utah!
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Got a question about cars, Libertarian politics - or...
The Truly Mobile Home
Mobile homes are the punchlines of many jokes about rednecks, but the real joke is that they're not really mobile homes.
They can be moved, certainly - but that is not the...
The “Withholding” Tax You Pay by the Mile
One of the biggest economic incentives to drive a hybrid (or a full-boogie electric car) is to not have to buy gas and - by dint of that - not have...
Diaper Report: 7/17/22
This report is more an interrogatory: Will you wear a Face Diaper the next time they are "mandated"?
In air-fingers-quotes to emphasize the totalitarian flavor of "mandates" - as opposed to laws,...
Unlocking the Ka-ching
How’d you like to pay extra to go farther?
Electric car owners may soon have that “opportunity,” as paying extra for something that used to be given is often styled.
Like a car’s...
When Saaaaafety Isn’t First
Here's an interesting juxtaposition . . .
You may remember how furiously "concerned" the government was a few years back about the asserted danger presented by Volkswagen's lineup of turbo diesel-powered cars,...
Burying the Leaf
Nissan is reportedly cancelling the Leaf, its "mass market" electric car. Which says a lot about the "mass market" for electric cars.
Especially in view of the fact that the Leaf is...
Regulation First! Proof of Necessity, Later (if Ever)
The legal system has many flaws - the chief one being many of the laws, themselves, which are more accurately described as arbitrary rules one is required to obey, just because....
When the Big Town Comes to the Small Town
What happens when the big town comes to the small town?
It becomes the big town.
This, of course, defeats the point of living in - of moving to - a small town....
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show 7/14/22
Here's the audio of this week's convo with my friend Bill Meyer over at KMED Radio in occupied Oregon! We talked about the looming banning of the replacement for the refrigerant...