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We all seem to agree that autocars and trucks are coming and will shake things up, it's less clear as to "when" of course.  I've been a passenger in a Cadillac CT6 with "Supercruise" and it was impressive on the freeways.  We likely will have "safety drivers" for some years after this gets rolling for real.

Manual transmissions are disappearing.  The higher end performance cars all fare better with automatics today.  Most of the Ferrari types only offer automatics (twin clutch usually because their gear changes are superfast).  It's interesting to hear one accelerate with a TCT, even a BMW or whatever, it's just a click, no pause.

Our GTI has a clutch and manual gear box because it's "fun", though not always so fun in creeping city traffic.  It's pretty easy to operate though.

Our condo is discussing adding charging stations.  We've had folks interested in purchasing but they own Teslas and that is critical for them.  The HOA owns four spaces, so my recco was to add charging stations for them and "charge" the customers who use them a fee.  There is a fairly nice but older condo building near us built in the 1950s that does not have parking, it's amazing how critical parking is around here, and obvious, duh.  We have two spots fortunately.  Some buildings charge $160 a month for each spot.  It's akin to Delta and baggage fees.

Speaking of which, we're boarding the Shiny Bird for France on Wednesday, so my presence to track ELA's meanderings will be spotty.  Perhaps someone else can assume the "responsibility", I do like seeing who is gone and who is left among the P5s.

Two Utes?

What did you say?  Two what?

Humid air is less dense than dry air.

H2O weighs less than O2 and N2, you had it right at first.  A mole of gas takes up the same volume no matter what (ideally).

It's less of a factor than is temperature.  As a pilot, one has to watch temperature carefully if nearing close to the maximum takeoff weight.

H2O weighs less than O2 and N2, you had it right at first.  A mole of gas takes up the same volume no matter what (ideally).

It's less of a factor than is temperature.  As a pilot, one has to watch temperature carefully if nearing close to the maximum takeoff weight.

Yep. Cold air is more dense than hot air. 

Which is odd, because most humans spewing lots of hot air are incredibly dense.

Yeah, I'm not really clear on why anyone would prefer hydrogen cars. I've read that our extraction technologies seem beholden to natural gas (in terms of "mining" H2 fuel). That's less of a problem today, in comparisons with EVs, because much of our electricity comes from burning carbon sources anyway (though there is already a numeric difference). But it does mean that whereas EVs *can* become even cleaner as the electrical grid becomes cleaner, such progress for H2 is likely to lag behind. Also: H2 vehicles have similar cost, energy density, and driving range as current EVs. And since H2 energy density can't really change, whereas battery technology is advancing, here too EVs look to leave H2Vs behind.

Then there're social comparisons. If everyone is charging their cars at home, refilling at an H2 station will seem primitive. And ... even if it becomes maximally safe, riding on a mini-Zeppelin tank is always going to feel scarier than riding on an electric battery.