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A sufficiently compact electric motor enables mounting it in the nose-wheel of commercial aircraft, allowing it to be driven around like a golf cart. This means the plane can taxi without the use of its engines, just the power from the APU. [1]

Also planes would not have to wait for a tug to pull back from the gate, which improves turnaround times for the airline.

[1] https://www.wheeltug.com/


You could also spin up the landing gear wheels prior to landing to massively reduce the amount of rubber transferred from tire to runway on touchdown. Rarely done today because of the weight and complexity of adding motors, but letting the ground spin up the wheel is pretty expensive both for tire wear and runway maintenance


>> The storm that caused such a problem is a once every ten years storm.

This is incorrect. That storm set multiple records, most notably the longest freezing streak the state has ever experienced [1]

Houston, San Antonio, Austin and Waco hit 30 year lows while Dallas set 80 year lows.

It also hit the entire state at the same time.

Maybe there's validity to some of the rest of your post, but that storm was absolutely not a regular occurance.

1. https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/access/monitoring/streaks/mapping/...


Strange or not, it's correct.

Culturelle contains inulin. That's the brand that takes up most of the space at my local CVS and Walgreens. Also the CVS-brand knockoff contains inulin.


...in miniscule amounts. Culturelle has 200mg inulin.

From the case study in the GP

>The only noted lifestyle change between colonoscopies was the initiation of 4 grams of agave inulin powder daily in his morning beverage for the last 2 years of that seven-year period.


>> What happens then?

Same thing that's happening in CA. Insurers pull out of the state and non-renew policies.

I'm sure it was satisfying to see the regulator stick it to the insurance companies, but you can't force them to write policies if they don't think it's worth it.


This is literally the opposite of what is happening. They are reforming laws to decrease costs, and have had new insurers enter the market.

https://www.wptv.com/money/real-estate-news/9-new-insurers-f...


Aren't jokes supposed to be funny?


Same here. My CPAP changed my life literally on the first night. I woke up feeling 20 years younger.


This subject brings up so much rancor that I think you might have missed the possibility that there was no sarcasm intended in the post you responded to.


That’s why I asked


My Model S75 would cost me about $8 to fully charge from empty at home. Maybe $15 at a Tesla supercharger. That's for 250 miles of range.


That would only work if 51% of the shares had a sell order waiting.


Has this ever happened? Could it theoretically happen?


Yeah if you called up every OTC trade desk and market maker at every investment firm and told them you'd pay 50% above market for 51% of shares of some company.

They'll charge a handsome fee, but they could probably get it done.


Hungary's red terror and the Hungarian soviet Republic were in 1919


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