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[Proteus_MST]

I don't think your average fridge has 200hp, or does 0-60mph in anything less than an eternity.

True ... 60 mph would be a little too much to expect

https://www.businessinsider.com/panasonic-voice-activated-fridge-2017-9

[BeBMan]

There was a GOP candidate ad where he appeared with his kids. They had all StarWars toys. Kids had X-Wings, the GOP man had a TIE fighter.

Dark Side?

I don't remember the guy's name, or if he really was a GOP man. But I saw this short bits of the vid with SW stuff

[N35t0r]

California wants electric cars by 2035

California is asking people to stop charging their electric vehicles due to the load on the system

Thomas Massie R-Ky said charging a car requires 25x the energy to run a frig

Getting all cars to be electric, and then setting up a gas power plant that burns all the fuel that would have gone to the cars would produce excess electricity, and reduce particulate pollution in cities to boot.

If instead they can avoid to have to burn fossil fuels and deploy enough renewables, then it's even better.

But I guess that destructive levels of climate change in the future are okay, because otherwise people might be slightly inconvenienced.

[Dauphin]

I don't think your average fridge has 200hp, or does 0-60mph in anything less than an eternity.

[Berzerker]

California wants electric cars by 2035

California is asking people to stop charging their electric vehicles due to the load on the system

Thomas Massie R-Ky said charging a car requires 25x the energy to run a frig

[Uncle Sparky]

First round Peltola was leading with 39.66% of votes cast. The next 2 candidates were GOP. In a regular first-past-the-post vote, the Dems would have won.

[PLATO]

Interesting result due to it being a ranked choice election. Any idea if the result would have been different in a traditional election?

[PLATO]

Does it come with a flux capacitor option? What about a Mr. Fusion?

[PLATO]

Thou lobest the Holy Han grenade....

[ricketyclik]

I think European humans have been more devastating.

[Uncle Sparky]

Sarah Palin lost. Democrat Mary Peltola wins.
Are there still any safe GOP seats, or has Trumpydump killed the party?

[N35t0r]

Yes, only you've got to go much faster than 88mph to notice it

[Broken_Erika]

Truck spills 150,000 tomatoes causing California crash


A truck has spilled more than 150,000 tomatoes across a busy motorway in the US state of California, bringing traffic to a standstill.

The splattered tomatoes caused seven cars to crash and closed much of the Interstate 80 highway on Monday.

Three people had minor injuries and a fourth is in hospital with a broken leg, California Highway Patrol said.

During tomato season, lorry drivers use the major motorway to transport the fruit across the state.

An initial collision caused the tomato truck to swerve into the central divide of the motorway, spilling fist-sized tomatoes across a 200ft section of the motorway, according to reports.

This left a sea of red sauce about "two feet deep", said Highway Patrol Officer Jason Tyhurst.

Cars drove over the squelching tomatoes, creating a dangerous slurry of tomato juice, oil and dirt.

"These tomato skins, man, once they hit the asphalt it's like walking on ice," said Mr Tyhurst, speaking to the New York Times.

Clean-up crews allowed the road to reopen several hours later.

The Golden State produces more than 90% of the country's processed tomatoes and almost half of global processed tomatoes, according to the California Tomato Growers Association.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62721021

[Uncle Sparky]

But will there be a new electric Michael J Fox?

[-Jrabbit]

They claim to have supply chain issues with the flux capacitor...