This is the problem with creating a meaningful trading zone right now … trying to get the U.S. to meaningful participate and move forward.

We really should drop almost all trade/travel boarders between Canada/United States/Europe/Australia and New Zealand. Have one large economic zone. The US and England are the stumbling blocks to this.

Consumption is still growing, but the ‘oil’ in Venezuela is just tar, the ‘oil’ in the United States come from fracking. The days of sweet crude are behind us.

Proper taxation on fuel might help.

One massive problem is all the advertising of pickup trucks and muscle cars … advertising works. So many people can only see themselves needing and driving a large pickup/suv or a Dodge Charger.

I’d like to see an advertising campaign for medium sized sedans pulling utility trailers … as being macho. It shocking how few people use utility trailers, they are not a thing in N. America.

The only real breakthrough has been hybrid, for mpg and efficiency. I suspect internal combustion engines will be around for some time, but almost all cars will move to hybrid (hopefully plug in hybrid).

Cars heat up quickly now because, aside from the heat from the car engine, many have small electric heaters to overcome the first few minutes of cool air in the cabin and on the windshield. But all this tech comes at an expense to cost, simplicity, and repair-ability.

N. America really needs more public transit. Better trains between cities. Legislating pick-up trucks so they are safer to pedestrians. Allowing smaller companies to manufacturer cars, to break up the monopolies.

In urban environments an old 1980s car is fine, you can’t really get into a high speed collision in a city.

Highway driving is statistically safer, so you can get away with a 1980s car on a highway.

Rural driving is o.k.-ish, if you are away of your surroundings on a rural road.

It’s the sub-urban, specifically, the ex-urban environment in N.America that posses the most problems for driving an older 1980s car with limited safety features. People really speed on the wide, 6 to 8 lane, suburban streets.

The Honda Civic has had the same fuel economy now since the late 80s https://www.fuelly.com/car/honda/civic at 30mpg The VTEC engine has been computer powered for the same time, and has used a Catalytic converter that whole time. Only now, with an electric motor for first gear, do we see any mpg improvement.

The main safety feature, is that they gotten heavier.

15-minute duration, covering approximately 9.3 miles at an average speed of 18.6 mph" https://en.phongnhaexplorer.com/qna/travel/what-is-the-average-distance-of-a-car-trip.html#gsc.tab=0 Most cars don’t even heat up in that time, an ATV or golf cart would be fine.

Cars from the late 80s and early 90s are still fine today if produced; relatively safe, good fuel economy, air-conditioning. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_Civic_(fourth_generation)

Heck, 4/5 people would be happy with a side by side ATV as a form of transportation in urban/suburban areas. https://www.utvdriver.com/utv-news/cheapest-utility-side-by-sides/

A golf cart is suitable for at least 50% of people currently driving in cities, as the majority of small cars are just grocery getters. https://www.utvdriver.com/utv-news/cheapest-utility-side-by-sides/

Something is fundamentally wrong with the transportation; size, power, cost of cars.

This is such a crazy situation, who knows how it’ll end up. It might spiral out of control, I can picture all copyright/patent/trademark international agreement being shredded in the next 3 years during the remaining term.

and the Austro-Hungarians fighting the Ottomans.

What about the Austro-Hungarian Empire Empire, everybody always forgets about the Habsburg monarchy (1282 to 1918). I’d compare the USA of today to the final days of the Habsburg monarch. It exists, seems strong, nobody will notice if its gone. If the USA folded back into EU, as it probably will in the next 50 years, people would just see the USA history as an odd bit of history that was there to perpetuate slavery in the 18th and 19th Century.

No he won’t. If he was, he would have already done it.

I don’t consider it an 'Empire", it’s basically England continued under a different name. Time for the U.S. of A. to rejoin Europe, as well as England admitting it made a mistake leaving the EU. Include also New Zealand, Australia, Brazil, Argentine, Chile. When the smoke clears, include Ukraine and Russia. Drop all the artificial boarders, they’ve become nonsensical in an era of the Internet/Smartphones and cheap airline travel.

Maybe buy a small log cabin in the middle of nowhere. https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/867-Lippert-Hollow-Rd_Allegany_NY_14706_M37796-74538 https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/489-Martha-Ave_Olean_NY_14760_M46500-11332 and fill it up with everything.

“The former Royal Bank of Scotland submitter who was offered sushi rolls in exchange for helping try to rig the Libor rate-setting process has been banned by the UK’s financial regulator.” https://www.ft.com/content/23868e36-0095-11e6-ac98-3c15a1aa2e62

Wow, I can’t believe that you are getting some flack for this. Numerous times I’ve read a Wikipedia article, followed the citation, only to discover that the Wikipedia contributor had cherry-picked from a paper, giving a misleading summary.

And hiding the date the video is from, Youtube is getting worse.

Ban all lead bullets. Ban all semi-auto. Ban all pistols, revolvers, handguns. Nothing but black powder, or bolt action rifle.

If this was based on scientific research, you bet that the creators would be pushing the academics that formed the policy to endorse this. This is just junk pseudo-science. Serious researchers would do small sample testing before rolling out a wide program, especially for something like this

Any large scale plan, involving teachers, and students needs to be boiled down to extremely simple concepts that can be taught in a few words. Most kids have a hard time with subtraction and division. This will become simplified and resented.