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by njarboe 3y ago
Once the toll system is in place the price can be increased until the traffic is reduced to the desired amount. Standard practice.
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by njarboe 3y ago
I think there is a pretty large market for a trip to space and an hour flight from LA to New Zealand, New York-Sydney, London-Shanghai, etc. for $10-20k. What an amazing combination that would be.
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by njarboe 3y ago
The amount of profit a utility makes is usually regulated.
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by njarboe 3y ago
> Engineer: "We cannot accurately predict the timing of a solar storm; however, as time goes on, the probability of a solar storm causing damage to our equipment gets closer to 1." Engineer: "We cannot accurately predict t
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by njarboe 3y ago
Musk main residence is a $50k house he rents in Boca Chica. Grimes wanted a bigger, nicer residence for her and their kids and that was one of the reasons she left him.
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by njarboe 3y ago
> All believable, but if we’re talking overall, NASA says satellite imagery shows the irrigated area for turf outweighing the next eight crops combined. If you have ever driven across the Midwest you know this is incorrect. I could not f
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by njarboe 3y ago
I remember when how I got maps for cross-country hikes was to go down to the Oakland library and they had a collection of all the USGS quadrangle maps. The lithography of the paper maps was excellent. I'd find the ones for the areas I
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by njarboe 3y ago
I would imagine that inside the land they control building lines could be quick but if they are exporting power (which I think is the main idea) they are not going to be able to have the autonomy to build the external lines they need.
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by njarboe 3y ago
A mess of private insurances, partial payment by the government of private insurance based on income, and then full (or almost full) government payment based on veteran status, income, and age. It's more complicated than this of course
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by njarboe 3y ago
Brightline is a privately company building a bullet train from LA to Las Vegas opening in 2027. The same company recently completed a new bullet train from Miami to Orlando.
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by njarboe 3y ago
Japan's famously on-time and efficient rail system is made up of many privately owned systems.
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by njarboe 3y ago
Was hoping for actual sound readings in places like Central Park.
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by njarboe 3y ago
There is a split in how people view the justice system should work. One thinks the laws should apply to everyone equally and the justice system is there to enforce the law. The other is that life is unfair and the justice system can be used
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by njarboe 3y ago
All, or almost all EV brands in the US are selling less this year than last. Except Tesla, which has about 65% market share.
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by njarboe 3y ago
The oak savanna was a highly constructed world managed by humans for acorn production and other reasons. What is "natural" and why do we desire it?
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by njarboe 3y ago
By the time of the first orbital rocket, we had already discovered nuclear power. If chemical rockets were not capable of reaching orbit, a nuclear rocket was not far behind. Humans would probably already be on other planets if chemical roc
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by njarboe 3y ago
Maybe if you can't launch rockets into orbit with chemical rockets then your path to becoming multiplanetary would probably be quicker rather than slower. You would have to develop nuclear rockets (quite doable) and then have a much be
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by njarboe 3y ago
Is that more or less money than is spent on Halloween?
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by njarboe 3y ago
I once heard that a good attorney figures out how to do what you want to do, a poor one tells you what you can't do.
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by njarboe 3y ago
That is quite a complicated way to calculate the CAFE standard. I wonder what the definition of "light truck" is? CAFE doesn't help day to day either. When you buy the car is when you are thinking most about gas prices and fu
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by njarboe 3y ago
Why do people like big trucks? Marketing works. Since there has been a 25% import tax on trucks (and SUVs) since the 1960's and not on cars, domestic manufacturers have been trying to get more and more people to buy them instead of car
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by njarboe 3y ago
That is another reason. But the smallest trucks were put in the car efficiency standards. There used to be a Ford F100. Full size truck but lighter load capacity. RIP. Tax gas if you want people to burn less of it.
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by njarboe 3y ago
Trucks have a 25% import tax in the US and cars don't since the 1960. US domestic vehicle manufacturers have spent many decades to convince people to buy trucks and SUVs because of this fact. Google "chicken tax". Large stati
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by njarboe 3y ago
Mostly nuclear fission and hopefully fusion in the future, but one does have to worry about heating up the earth directly with these methods in the very long term. Using solar and wind only does prevent that problem.
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by njarboe 3y ago
The gas that is flared comes with oil production. Good idea to capture it for productive use, but if you want the oil you have to deal with the gas. Unlike oil where you can move small amounts of it via truck, you need a pipeline to the wel
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by njarboe 3y ago
The US has very little desert in the Sahara or Saudi Arabia style of nothing but sand and rocks. Most desert areas in the US are covered in cactus, brush, and grasses.
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by njarboe 3y ago
I have one credit card I only use for recurring charges. That helps me easily see how much I spend each month and notice when yearly charges happen, etc. Some services will even rebate if you cancel soon after the yearly charge happens.
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by njarboe 3y ago
Yes. Many things lie to us because we can't handle the truth. Maybe they are right? I would hope for a different world.
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by njarboe 3y ago
Even more so in the era of re-usable rockets. Cheap fuel and reliability are now the focus.
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by njarboe 3y ago
Windmill farms have roads also. Traveling in Illinois recently and seeing some huge 300+ft windmills in the corn and soybean fields, I think that is a perfect place for them. The whole scene is quite artificial and totally human controlled.

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