u/Lextac76

I’m looking for a book I read about 12 years ago, and I think that’s about when it came out.

Plot (from memory): a teen boy protagonist is accepted into a group of bandits/rebels that use specialized equipment that gives them sort of powers? Maybe like shocking or lasers. I think there was an older mentor of the group that was gruff with him at first, I think they operated out of some sort of van. The protagonist gets a piece of the equipment in a sort of right of passage into the group. Might have been a similar aged female love interest that was the hacker of the group? It was set in a somewhat distant future I believe. I seem to remember a scene where the protagonist and girl get trapped in a library or museum for the night? That’s all I can remember.

I’m looking for a book I read about 12 years ago, and I think that’s about when it came out.

Plot (from memory): a teen boy protagonist is accepted into a group of bandits/rebels that use specialized equipment that gives them sort of powers? Maybe like shocking or lasers. I think there was an older mentor of the group that was gruff with him at first, I think they operated out of some sort of van. The protagonist gets a piece of the equipment in a sort of right of passage into the group. Might have been a similar aged female love interest that was the hacker of the group? It was set in a somewhat distant future I believe. I seem to remember a scene where the protagonist and girl get trapped in a library or museum for the night? That’s all I can remember.

I’m thinking the answer is as simple as there just being a finite amount of water on earth?

I guess my question is, why can’t the earth grow in size? In terms of more water I mean. What’s stopping the oceans from getting deeper, and covering up land masses. What sets ocean levels to a set point that allows for land masses to be above it? I know with melting glaciers, water levels will rise, but is there a set level to that? If all frozen ice on earth melted, wouldn’t earth technically be larger in diameter? I know that’s multiple questions, but it’s just something I’ve been wondering.

California: I am selling my car to a family member in the next couple days. The registration is due in a month and a half, and it requires a Star Smog check before registering. Does the car need a smog check before selling? And if so, does that “count” as the smog check for registration? Or will I need to do it twice?