The problem is that Apple actually WAS a pioneer of only allowing people to run approved software. I know closed-source is a different thing, but they may well be moving in that direction.
Or you'll pay $2k for an Intel machine that will run the same software for Windows 95% as well... Apple will be throwing away a lot of middle-of-the-line professional market share.
Once they make the move... (1) Any new native apps will likely ONLY run if they're "approved" by Apple, meaning that they are either from the App Store, or if they are signed with an Apple certificate. (2) They'll drop support for "legacy" apps within 2-3 years.
Ever tried to work on a laptop in a moving car or bus, especially one with as crappy a suspension as a school bus? Motion sickness city.
If Google was so damn generous, they'd donate laptops with 4G modems and access, so students can do homework at home, not in a rolling distraction-box.
Not much -- LIRR has a 15 or 20-minute running time from Kew or Jamaica to Penn Station. Eastern Queens is the best-kept secret of NYC, and Jamaica Avenue is like NYC used to be before Rudy G wussified it:)
It wouldn't need to rack up debt if a lot of its citizens' money wasn't stolen by taxation from DC. And more will be stolen with the end of deductions.
Not really -- you can get a Yaris (2300 lb), Versa, or Smart car in the US. European crash safety standards are similar to (or tougher than) US ones these days, and can be met without making the car a heavy porker. Problem in the US is cheap gas, so no market for light/cheap cars.
XL1 is not a real car -- it was a VW concept. But yeah, you can get European-sized cars in the US, and they'll meet safety standards.
I may add that there are "credits" built in to the CAFE numbers for things like natural gas cars and ability to run on alternative fuels. So the MPG numbers used for the law tend to be better than at first glance.
Using your numbers, you get to 52 mpg with a mix of 15% trucks, 5% sports cars, 40% hybrids, 10% normal cars, 30% electrics. Still doable. Even more doable if automakers concentrate on weight reduction at the expense of some un-needed features (do able-bodied people really need electric chairs up front?).
Sure they'll allow you to drive it on the street, if you give it two or three wheels.:) Register as a motorcycle, almost anything goes. Problem solved. You can buy 125cc motos and scooters that will get 80-100mpg in the US, today.
About as well as any other smart idea (including a higher gas tax) goes over in the current cesspool of US politics. The US is frankly beyond help as a united country -- best thing that could happen to it would be Calexit and NEexit.
Start stop can be permanently disabled. There's usually a momentary contact switch with a warning light. It would be trivial to replace it with a Arduino circuit that pulses a relay until the "start/stop off" indicator comes on. Cost to make, probably $20.
Ever driven a 60s muscle car? It's like driving a barge with a stinky engine. All HP, no handling, no brakes, no thanks. If we're going to bring back the glory days of cars, we could do worse than a Jag E-type or MGB... maybe an Alfa Spider or two as well.
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The problem is that Apple actually WAS a pioneer of only allowing people to run approved software. I know closed-source is a different thing, but they may well be moving in that direction.
Or you'll pay $2k for an Intel machine that will run the same software for Windows 95% as well... Apple will be throwing away a lot of middle-of-the-line professional market share.
Yep, this is about Apple moving to a walled-garden model, NOT about improving the user experience. Enjoy your locked-down 27" iPads, people.
Once they make the move ...
(1) Any new native apps will likely ONLY run if they're "approved" by Apple, meaning that they are either from the App Store, or if they are signed with an Apple certificate.
(2) They'll drop support for "legacy" apps within 2-3 years.
Closing the walls of the walled garden: complete.
Ever tried to work on a laptop in a moving car or bus, especially one with as crappy a suspension as a school bus? Motion sickness city.
If Google was so damn generous, they'd donate laptops with 4G modems and access, so students can do homework at home, not in a rolling distraction-box.
Not much -- LIRR has a 15 or 20-minute running time from Kew or Jamaica to Penn Station. Eastern Queens is the best-kept secret of NYC, and Jamaica Avenue is like NYC used to be before Rudy G wussified it :)
Don't tell anyone, but you can buy relatively cheap homes in the boroughs of NYC -- and property tax is insanely low. NYC =/= Manhattan.
It wouldn't need to rack up debt if a lot of its citizens' money wasn't stolen by taxation from DC. And more will be stolen with the end of deductions.
Time for #calexit2020. Let's do it!
You can get the front shitsacks (legally) turned off or even removed in such a situation.
people in point (3) are likely to be citizens after 20 years. do you really want to deport citizens or revoke their citizenship?
But I'm glad some people are willing to move past the post 9/11 paranoia about a terrorist attack and making everything about preventing terrorism.
Not really -- you can get a Yaris (2300 lb), Versa, or Smart car in the US. European crash safety standards are similar to (or tougher than) US ones these days, and can be met without making the car a heavy porker. Problem in the US is cheap gas, so no market for light/cheap cars.
XL1 is not a real car -- it was a VW concept. But yeah, you can get European-sized cars in the US, and they'll meet safety standards.
I may add that there are "credits" built in to the CAFE numbers for things like natural gas cars and ability to run on alternative fuels. So the MPG numbers used for the law tend to be better than at first glance.
Using your numbers, you get to 52 mpg with a mix of 15% trucks, 5% sports cars, 40% hybrids, 10% normal cars, 30% electrics. Still doable. Even more doable if automakers concentrate on weight reduction at the expense of some un-needed features (do able-bodied people really need electric chairs up front?).
I have an ACA plan with $600 deductible. :) So no.
Beat up the car for not moving, just like people used to beat dead horses?
Not at all.
Electric cars are rated at around 120 mpg for the purpose of the law. Let's assume 20% electric car sales.
"Regular" gas sedans now get 35-40 mpg routinely, call it 35. Let's assume 30% gasser sales.
"Hybrid" gas sedans get 50-70mpg average, call it 60, depending on whether they have a "plug in" option or not. Let's assume 20% of sales.
"Other" cars like efficient sports (not muscle) cars can be made to average 40 mpg. 10% of sales.
"Trucks and light trucks" should be able to eke out 25 mpg average. Last 20% of sales.
(120*.2) + (35 * .3) + (60 * .2) +(40 * .1) + (25 * .2) = 55.5mpg.
Perfectly doable with current tech assuming the mix of cars sold drifts towards hybrids and electrics over 7 years.
Sure they'll allow you to drive it on the street, if you give it two or three wheels. :) Register as a motorcycle, almost anything goes. Problem solved. You can buy 125cc motos and scooters that will get 80-100mpg in the US, today.
About as well as any other smart idea (including a higher gas tax) goes over in the current cesspool of US politics. The US is frankly beyond help as a united country -- best thing that could happen to it would be Calexit and NEexit.
Start stop can be permanently disabled. There's usually a momentary contact switch with a warning light. It would be trivial to replace it with a Arduino circuit that pulses a relay until the "start/stop off" indicator comes on. Cost to make, probably $20.
As with any other form of dangerous machinery, I hope it at least comes with one of these...
https://i.stack.imgur.com/jrVP...
https://incompliancemag.com/wp...
If you bred four kids, you're part of the problem. Zero population growth should be a goal, and a Civic 4-door fits a couple of kids just fine.
Ever driven a 60s muscle car? It's like driving a barge with a stinky engine. All HP, no handling, no brakes, no thanks. If we're going to bring back the glory days of cars, we could do worse than a Jag E-type or MGB... maybe an Alfa Spider or two as well.
Nissan Frontier is 4-cyl and is tow-rated for 5000 lb with a highway economy of 23 mpg. Small trucks work just fine.
The tax money is there -- partially use it to subsidize purchases of more efficient cars, use of transit, etc, below a certain income level.