A fuel-cell powered "motorcycle"

It's called ENV, pronounced "Envy".

I use, and they should use, the term "motorcycle" advisedly.  With a 50mph top speed which it reaches in 12 seconds, this isn't going to displace the Yamaha YZF-R1 any time soon.  "Scooter" might be a better word to use, and a better market to shoot for.  But with no exhaust except water vapor, and a cost of $3 to $4 for a five-ounce hydrogen fillup that will take it a hundred miles, it'd make a hell of an inner-city runabout.

The manufacturer, Intelligent Energy, projects a possible retail cost of about $1,500 for a home-sized reformer unit that would produce hydrogen from natural gas, ethanol, or biomass.  Turn kitchen scraps into usable fuel?  Hey, I could get all over that.

Let's hear it for the California DMV ... again!

I just got a delinuent registration notice from California DMV for the Benz, which has been registered in New Hampshire since May  There's no option on the form for "This vehicle is no longer registered in California."

California DMV, however, has an online services page on which you can contact them and ask them any question whatsoever.

...Any question that you can fit into 200 characters, that is.

Idiots.

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Footnote:  cymrullewes suggests, "Screw you, it's registered in New Hampshire now.  P.S. You owe me six months of registration fees."

(Oh yeah, word to the wise ... don't ever buy a car in California that has expired registration, unless you want to pay for the previous owner's overdue registration.)

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Update:

The automated mail response I get shotgunned answers to a number of different questions, mostly inapplicable, but the last of which stated "If you no longer live in California, write this on the form and mail it back."  Well, would it be so hard to add a checkbox for that on the form, then?

Oh, and -- hey, California?  You mailed the frelling form to New Hampshire.  What do YOU think?

"Hello? .... Pirate!"