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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Please keep giving me zero ideas while judging me for my decisions
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
There's a 20 mile differential between my SO's work and mine. And this is one of the closer options work-wise for me. So...either we both commute by car or I do. My bus option is a single transfer. But it still takes 2 hours. Bi
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
There are also a whole lot of places places in the US that no one would call a city or even a town. And a whole awful lot of people live in those places! Rural in the US often means living an hour or more drive from the nearest place with
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
So...I should try more by doing what, exactly? Assuming I'm an average driver, and across a 30-year career, that commute is increasing my changes of dying something like 0.3%, given the number of miles I'm driving (that's a w
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
I could find a new partner? Or get a new job/career?
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
There's a huge infrastructure and zoning problem that incentivizes some jobs to be in transit-friendly places (professional services - so they have easy access to their customers) and others to specifically not be in transit-friendly p
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Good point - Didn't realize IRA addressed that! Though technically it hasn't been signed into law yet and I assume it doesn't go into effect immediately?
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Green hydrogen right now is green washing. Clean hydrogen production is easy to do, but is more expensive than dirty hydrogen production. When that equation changes (which it will do eventually), clean hydrogen production will win out and a
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
I'd claim it's all about economics. There are small trucks commercially available for the first time now that can move the volume of packages required. And they're cheaper to operate than ICE trucks, so companies are obviousl
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
But at least in my experience (and I suspect in others' as well), those shorts trips make up a miniscule percentage of overall miles (and therefore emissions). It's commuting and road trips that account for 90% of my mileage
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
The US is absolutely massive - and in some places, this is absolutely not true and you can use public transport for everything AND it's better than driving. And in other places, the nearest public transport is hours away (by car!!).
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
As you allude to, this is a massive zoning issue (especially in the US). The infrastructure required to move people from their houses to places of work and shopping is insane, given where all those houses and places of work and businesses a
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
The Hong Kong protests were way over 3.5% with no change? 3.5% seems like an arbitrary threshold that's meant to be broken...
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
That low cost part is the challenge. There are a pile of precision parts that are expensive because of this exact issue. It's just a different problem than EVs.
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
My $0.02: ICE vehicles require extremely tight tolerances in their engine bits, while EVs generally don't (and have a lot fewer parts to boot). The complication (as you alluded to) in EVs is chemical, rather than mechanical. And the su
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Nuclear is pretty terrible for peak consumption though! It's perfect for base load.
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
And that number includes all nuclear accidents as well iirc
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
The 60MW seems a bit more antithetical to home design than the height! That's a not-small amount of power.
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
This suggests it can be shipped by truck (though probably not a standard trailer, as it's not light): https://www.nuscalepower.com/technology/technology-overview
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Or backup generators for the Texas summer. Don't forget that Texas isn't prepared for warm temperatures either! There's a whole country of options that aren't on the extremes of Texas and New York - and I'd propose
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
You can definitely still find dealerships without market adjustments, but you're likely to have to travel inland to do so if you're on a coast.
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Generally speaking, the cars built for the Indian market are very different than the ones built for the European market. Everything from safety to features to build quality is different.
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
I just bought a mid-size SUV new (definitely not a frugal decision) - and if I had gotten the top-tier package with every single accessory possible to buy on that model (which I definitely did not do), I still wouldn't have reached tha
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
There are people whose brain chemistry is so screwed up that no amount of treatment is going to fix their depression. Treatment-resistant severe depression is a big issue. Is it society's role to prevent that person from doing what the
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Recessions are largely unequal in impact. Those who are prepared and/or who don't lose their jobs generally come out OK. Those who get laid off with no backup options are the ones who get screwed. Predicting the future is always
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Good point re: immigrants! I was making an inflation/wages argument, not a value-based one here. The prevailing minimum wage (for 95% of "low skill" jobs) is significantly different than federal minimum wages.
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
This is a very local take. Some places, cab drivers were being taken advantage of even more than Uber does (by the medallion holder). In other places, the driver had a lot better gig pre-uber.
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Minimum wage arguments are a red herring in this economy. No one except the young, disabled, and felons are getting paid minimum wage now. Looking at prevailing "low skill" wages, they more than doubled for starting positions in m
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
Adding some more: -Web policies that actively prevent you from doing research in key company technologies (edit: fake example, but effectively it was on the level of a gun maker blocking searches on firearms) -No budget for replacing/u
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by aperson_hello 4y ago
I've had this happen to me. Ended up with three work computers after waiting a week after my start date to get one. It was a temporary gig and they were paying me regardless, so no skin off of my back...but it was endlessly frustrating

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