The app is so much more convenient, but it’s something I’m wiling to sacrifice to avoid Google.

The app is so much more convenient, but it’s something I’m wiling to sacrifice to avoid Google.

Kids only matter when they’re not born yet

Adding an extra lane to a congested road will always cause that road to be more congested, and will also increase traffic on nearby roads.

When China removed a highway, it reduced car traffic thought the entire city while not reducing the number of people travelling to and around the city.

The only solution to car traffic is viable alternatives to driving.

It works so well

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China is making rapid improvements in high speed rail. It would be nice if we could get that kind of motivation in other countries.

AI is absolutely not needed for this, and is only a liability.

They could say “press 1 if you are calling about X” or even “if you are calling about X, we are already aware of it. If not, you will be transferred to an operator in a moment”.

An automated system like this is easy to implement, easy to audit, and will fail in expected and managable ways.
AI is nondeterministic, and will fail randomly in very unexpected ways.

The factories may use fossil fuels, but I do not.

The fossil fuel companies are responsible for their own actions, as are the companies and people who still choose to use fossil fuels.

The people who have made an active choice to avoid fossil fuels (or the people without a choice) are not at fault. Blaming them instead of the people who can make a difference helps no-one.

“we all use”

Speak for yourself. I refuse to pay them a cent, and have taken every step I can to distance myself from them.

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Try induction. It’s so much better than standard electric, and in my opinion, also better than gas.

98% of hydrogen is currently made from fossil fuels.

While it’s possible to make hydrogen from renewable electricity, you immediately lose at least 60% of your energy in the electricity to chemical to electricity conversion steps. For comparison, batteries only lose 5-10% in the round trip charging.

Hydrogen really only makes sense in applications where batteries can’t be used, or efficiency is not relevant. So many companies have publicly announced their new hydrogen vehicles, then quietly stopped using them and started using battery electric vehicles instead.

Hydrogen just costs too much, and the hard limit of chemical efficiency means it will never be cheaper than batteries.

Peter Capaldi as Caecilius in Doctor Who (The fires of Pompeii) before joining Doctor Who as The Doctor

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I’ve heard of Australian bushfires traveling close to 100km/h (60mph) with a strong wind.

What’s even worse is if the flame front is diagonal to your path of travel. The flames might be going 50km/h, but if they’re coming at you at 60%, then you have to be going at least 100km/h to outrun them.

Fires don’t need to follow roads. If a fire is traveling perpendicular to the only road you have, you can’t drive away from it.

How many do you have?

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