DrunkEngineer

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[California] Diridon Delusions (caltrain-hsr.blogspot.com)
submitted 23 hours ago by DrunkEngineer to c/highspeedrail
[–] DrunkEngineer 4 points 1 day ago

Note quite...the PM2.5 ultrafine particulate pollution is the worst for health impacts. It is expected to remain at unhealthy levels, and they have no plan to address that. Simply converting to EV's will not eliminate PM2.5.

[–] DrunkEngineer 17 points 1 day ago

"I don't like sand. It's coarse and rough and it melts your skin off."

 

Vehicle owners who are upside down on their auto loans owe more than ever before. The average amount owed on upside-down loans climbed to a record high of $6,255 in Q2 2024, compared to $4,487 in Q2 2022.

EV owners with negative equity owe more money on their car loans than owners of ICE vehicles. The average amount owed on all EVs traded in for a new vehicle purchase with negative equity climbed to $10,326 in Q2 2024

[–] DrunkEngineer 3 points 6 days ago

Michigan requires only $50k minimum liability insurance. This is nothing compared to death/injury that might result from a crash. So despite the racial disparities, drivers are still paying way to little.

 

Since August of 2023, a landslide on the French side blocked the line for TGV Inoui and Frecciarossa linking Paris and Milan... A true shame for sure but at least TGV Inoui, the high speed brand of SNCF has decided to relaunch one round trip a day using a bus service to bypass the landslide.

Let's see if this is worth the extra 1h19 of travel time!

[–] DrunkEngineer 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Most ped/bike improvements are ridiculously cheap. Daylighting intersections just requires some red paint. Lower speed limits can be done with a sticker. Lack of money isn't the problem here.

[–] DrunkEngineer 5 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Don't know why you say it is not replicable. If a city is 'n' sq-miles, then take what Hoboken did over its 1 sq-mi and repeat 'n' times.

[–] DrunkEngineer -2 points 2 weeks ago

The Lancet "study" was not peer-reviewed paper, but just a letter-to-the-editor.

[–] DrunkEngineer 16 points 1 month ago (4 children)

That $50 billion is over a 10 year period.

[–] DrunkEngineer 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Gore voting for Iraq I was hardly a surprise, as he championed it regularly on TV. He then chastised Bush I for ending the war too early.

In the Clinton Administration, he was among the staunchest hawks. He would give speeches calling for removing of Saddam ("finish the job"). You can probably find some of those speeches with Google...cover the name over and you'd think you were seeing something from Rumsfeld or Cheney.

Contrary to myth, Iraq II was not invented by a small group of neocons. It had full bipartisan backing in Congress, and there are some who were close to Gore who believe he would have also been in support.

[–] DrunkEngineer 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Perhaps should have put quotes around "notorious". I figure most here knew it was another just another media-generated controversy.

[–] DrunkEngineer 4 points 1 month ago (5 children)

“Too centrist”

You young ones won't know this, but Gore had a very different persona as Congressman and VP. Note that the only reason Clinton, a notorious draft-dodger, picked Gore as his running-mate was because of Gore's reputation as the top Pentagon-hawk. As well, Gore led centrist wing of the party that wanted to eliminate welfare and implement austerity measures.

People who say Gore would have kept us out of Iraq, or not done all the other dumb shit Bush did, don't seem to recall that politician Gore was complete polar opposite of post-political Gore we know today.

[–] DrunkEngineer -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Local city government cuts funding for sewer/storm drain repairs, then demands DeSantis pay for it.

[–] DrunkEngineer 8 points 1 month ago

"My God. The Dukes are going to corner the entire frozen orange juice market!"

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