Toyota moving from Cali to Plano, Texas

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07-17-16, 08:02 AM

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4TehNguyen

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is there some magic rule of nature that says ICE shouldve died by now? Says who?

07-17-16, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gqwolf

As a Permit reviewer in the DFW area and being familiar with land development on the private side in Houston, I can tell you it is waaaay to easy to get things approved in Houston - and that's not a good thing. Developers are always trying to short cut things and will get away with anything you let them. Length of permit approval may not be the best metric for business success in any City.

What do they do, approve houses in the floodplain??? Or approve really crappy runoff and storm sewer designs that flood the streets every time there is a heavy rain?

07-19-16, 11:40 PM

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What do they do, approve houses in the floodplain??? Or approve really crappy runoff and storm sewer designs that flood the streets every time there is a heavy rain?

Not sure if you were being sarcastic, but yes actually. There was an article about a month ago regarding how the roads and houses in Houston floods costing the citizens and city millions.

07-20-16, 12:14 PM

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easily could have,huh? replaced by what? electric cars with lousy range? our electric grid likely couldn't have handled all that simultaneous charging either if ice cars disappeared.

it's easy to be a critic without solutions.

Grid will be just fine, enormous progress have been done in that field. Point is in autonomy, soon small household or condominiums will be able to generate electricity with a lot higher efficiency and with cheaper batteries they could store it. Absolutely no need for middle man to sell you any kind of fuel.