You replace front and back springs and shocks. Different spring rates and shock characteristics seem like it would be trouble if you do a frankenstein half sport half rubicon suspension. Might work, but I don't know. Just put that .5" or 3/4" spacer on the front and no spacer on the back and you...
It's necessary if you want to keep caster similar to your stock Sport. Otherwise you're going to have the low caster that stock Rubicons have. For some people it seems to work out fine but most seem to like the more solid steering feel you get with more caster. As a bonus the longer LCAs are...
About 2k miles on the new box and my impression: it drives great. I've driven the freeway in fierce windstorms that would have been a nightmare with the old steering but no trouble at all - beyond the expected trouble of driving a square box down the road at 75mph. This has been THE fix.
That's a totally reasonable request. Luckily that has been extensively studied and that percentabe has been estimated at 100%.
https://www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-why-scientists-think-100-of-global-warming-is-due-to-humans
Your worries make sense. And also, by doing nothing, or continuing to build out carbon-based infrastructure, we are just kicking the can down the road to our kids. There are a whole lot of smart people that seem to be quite sure that the downsides of a lithium battery infrastructure, while...
It is indeed. I was referencing projected future growth given current policies:
"Pew Research Center projections also show that the nation is projected to grow to 441 million in 2065 and that 88% of the increase is linked to future immigrants and their descendants. "