DouchePalooza

I'm familiar with CAFE standards but US politicians don't seem to have much intent on changing them.

And it is not economically unviable, it is just not as profitable because every other country produces and sells properly sized cars with a profit (except maybe Australia).

I find the additional weight argument pretty lame considering SUVs and just general size increases have been adding huge amount of weight to cars and noone batted an eye.

Just 30 years ago, the most common cars in Europe, hatchbacks, weighted about 1 ton. Now, the vast majority is SUVs that weigh 1.5-2.5tons, none have lithium batteries.

Oh, and don't get me started on the SUV/pickup craze in the US - look at the weight increase on that vs a European sedan, hatchback or a station wagon - eletric cars are not the problem, this are.

I have seen several - if you press hard enough to Activate ABS on dry road, you most likely will see the hazard lights on

Weren't there some Charlie Hebdo happenings regarding some drawings? Can't seem to understand why would they have something against some particular group

Hey, don't bad mouth salt seasoning! Portugal uses plenty of it (due to using salt preservation in the old days) and i think their food is pretty damn good!

I don't think you can... In majorly Christian and atheist nations in Europe, there isn't much prejudice against women and people from the LGBT group, unlike in the middle East.

I'm no fan of any religion but some have clearly stopped in the middle ages.

If the religion itself is discriminatory towards the tolerant, why should we be tolerant of them?

Unlike England, Portugal did not keep any overseas territory.

Gibraltar anyone?

Benefitting how? They were a drain on the Portuguese economy.

Portugal invested more in the colonies infrastructures than in the country itself. The carnation revolution had a few reasons and one of them being that despite the government stubborness, the Portuguese people did not want to keep the colonies.

It was also the first country in the entire world to abolish slavery (European Portugal, that is)