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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
I would expect that intensive large fires will destroy all forests in affected areas... So next season will be 'fine' (= no trees at all).
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
Ideally some 'low light camera' should warn you that in darkness far ahead there's 'something' unusual on the road and you will have time to react. Recently there was accident where truck with palm oil overturned on
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
They recognize much more objects on the road but major problem is to do not cause a lot of false alarms. e.g. You don't really want to drive car which decided that plastic bag on the highway is reason for emergency braking, on the othe
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
Audi A4 and Subaru Outback aced 3 years ago in similar test (ADAC, Germany) : https://www.adac.de/infotestrat/tests/assistenzsysteme/fussg... Audi A4 has single monochrome camera (+well tuned image recognitio
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
it's impressive. Major improvement would be if all travelers in chinese trains would use headphones if they want to listen music or play games. Personally I love silence in Japanese trains - everybody is polite and silent.
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
funny how VW ignores success of Toyota hybrids. Their marketing is now like - let's skip hybrids let's drive electric cars :D
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
It's not about children. Majority of new cases are older adults (immunization failed after ~ 25+ years).
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
There's serious engineering problem - you need CHEAP material which will be able to handle: 1) very high pressure 2) ultra precise sealing 3) material needs to be resistant againist hydrogen embrittlement (problem for all metal m
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
On the other hand 1/2 of world looks more or less the same - rural Africa, india, china... If you believe we are highly adaptable and new technologies will 'save us' somehow check this presentation : https://www.yo
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
I am sure we have enough time for discussion as there's : ~ 1.2 billion cars in the world ~ and only 5.6milion electric cars Even if US and EU will be fast in adoption there's still a lot of work ahead.
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
brakes ? rarely I am sure that tires (in the city where is majority of cars electric) will not cause PM2.5 mayhem :) Also VW prepares this technology : https://www.motor1.com/news/346653/brake-dust-particle-filte..
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
if you have 'clean' electricity mix e.g. France (dominant nuclear), Norway (dominant hydro) then I consider electric car as 'ecologic' (after few years lower CO2 than conventional car). For other places around the world
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by raaaaraaaa2 7y ago
"real reduction in emissions" ...real problem is : Is your electricity 'clean' ? In France for sure : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_power_in_France in China I don't think so : https:&#