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...next technological advance in automotive power--are at least 10 years off. Hybrids still have a major hurdle to overcome: sticker shock (more on that later). But for car buyers who want to do their part for the environment and are willing pay a few grand extra to do it, hybrids are the only game in Motown...
...brakes, for example, kinetic energy that would normally be lost in the braking system is recaptured by the electric motor, which in turn recharges the battery--a process known as regenerative braking. Some hybrids use their electric motors to control the power steering or to give the car extra oomph at higher speeds...
Ford, for its part, claims that when its hybrid Escape SUV goes on sale next year, it will have all the zip of the regular Escape, even though it will run off a smaller four-cylinder engine. The extra horsepower is supposed to come from a state-of-the-art electric motor. The company is promising an impressive 40 m.p.g. in city driving, vs. the 23 m.p.g. the gas-only version gets today...
Despite the many enjoyable performances, though, The Happy Few still feels somewhat unpolished and underrehearsed. Longer scenes seem as if they could benefit from an extra week of preparation: The final scene of act one particularly drags...
...that increasing the price of ammunition infringes on Americans’ Second Amendment right to carry and bear arms. But the only consumers whom this tax will really affect economically will be those who are buying bullets in the thousands (and they will only have to pay $50 dollars extra on every 1,000 bullets purchased). Although the constitution does protect the right of an individual to bear arms—and therefore to buy ammunition in limited quantities—there are no constitutional barriers to putting a tax on ammunition purchases...