Technically, I live next to a highway, SR-99. So do a lot of people.
A plane taking off over the ocean from a runway creates noise over the ocean, not over populated land. This is why there were so many SST restrictions.
"A low sonic boom" is still a noise event that may exceed urban noise limits, and should be restricted to airports that have runways that end at the sea in an industrial/commercial zone, not near residential population.
Every trip you take with Uber or Lyft increases the miles per person travelled by 40-60 percent, on average.
Solution: use public transit, an e-bike, or an e-scooter, and buy a good air mask. And, based on the months we lived amongst forest fire smoke in Washington State, some goggles (the ski goggles help). Also, add some blinky lights, because smoke reduces visibility.
If you do drive, turn your air onto "recirculate" - you're just sucking in microparticles that aren't screened with auto air conditioning filters. You're going to need to replace your air filters as soon as this ends, by the way.
Look, the main problem is one of tuning. Fingerprints are just 3D printed objects, and many scanners aren't that bright. In the old days we could just do a ridge pattern on plastic to throw them, now we have to emulate the ridges for the fancier detection devices. Still takes us less than 60 seconds, of course.
So, look at your flood plains maps. Build to the floods of 100 year cycles, because those are the ones you'll get every 2-5 years from now on. Note the historic storms and hurricanes. Increase their power by 100 and you've got a good measure of what you'll be dealing with.
You have 12 years. And that's if you go to 100 percent renewables. It would have been to 50 percent renewables if you'd listened back in 1999.
And all the storm intensity and hurricane power that will happen over the next 20 years is already baked in from your inaction.
One of the problems in Seattle's South Lake Union is that 2/3 of all the buildings are paying no taxes, so there are no funds to support infrastructure costs, so it ends up getting subsidized by the rest of the city.
Every time I hear someone new say how great it is, I ask them where they live. Chances are they don't even live in Seattle, so they don't realize what the real impact is.
By the way, we have no state or county or city income tax, or capital gains tax on stocks, so it's not like we get any real money to pay for all this.
Actually, in WWU and UW research, you can grow willow spinneys for biomass (you cut them down every 2-3 years) and it's carbon negative. Plus you keep the soil from blowing away.
But, yes, many current biomass projects, other than forestry and crop waste reclamation and pig farm and sewage reclamation, are massively subsidized.
This doesn't surprise me, fossil fuels are really expensive.
Heck, in the USA, they would be the most expensive if we didn't artificially subsidize them with "mix" requirements for utiilities, cheaper rates for industry, tax exemptions for fossil fuel vehicle fleets, tax deductions and depreciation schemes all of which prop up a dying industry.
I mean, between HDTV antennas pulling down 150 channels free and free wireless in almost every business, why would you pay for cable?
And if you set the Second Audio Channel to English for the Spanish broadcasts, you get English subtitles on all the soccer and football and baseball games. They even have free radio apps for English language simulcast.
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Technically, I live next to a highway, SR-99. So do a lot of people.
A plane taking off over the ocean from a runway creates noise over the ocean, not over populated land. This is why there were so many SST restrictions.
You've never heard me slam a car door.
I have a neighbor who rides a noisy motorcycle that sets off all the car alarms on the block when he rides by.
A plane that does the same thing is not something that should fly over cities.
Exactly my point.
"A low sonic boom" is still a noise event that may exceed urban noise limits, and should be restricted to airports that have runways that end at the sea in an industrial/commercial zone, not near residential population.
Neither of us is likely to get what we want, and Putin knows it.
But the Space Force patch for your uniform will still cost $2,000,000.
Neil Degrasse Tyson: We'll Never Get to Mars
Unless we find diamonds or oil.
Diamonds are an artificial marketing supply scarcity.
Oil is actually more expensive than: water. wind. solar.
Reality is a cruel mistress.
And those of us from Seattle know a lot about figuring out people are high.
Sorry to disappoint you.
Look, you get one Earth.
You don't get a do-over.
Every trip you take with Uber or Lyft increases the miles per person travelled by 40-60 percent, on average.
Solution: use public transit, an e-bike, or an e-scooter, and buy a good air mask. And, based on the months we lived amongst forest fire smoke in Washington State, some goggles (the ski goggles help). Also, add some blinky lights, because smoke reduces visibility.
If you do drive, turn your air onto "recirculate" - you're just sucking in microparticles that aren't screened with auto air conditioning filters. You're going to need to replace your air filters as soon as this ends, by the way.
Oh, wait, it already is.
Look, the main problem is one of tuning. Fingerprints are just 3D printed objects, and many scanners aren't that bright. In the old days we could just do a ridge pattern on plastic to throw them, now we have to emulate the ridges for the fancier detection devices. Still takes us less than 60 seconds, of course.
I'm definitely not a Liebartarian, I'm pro-transit, pro-bike, and pro-walking, and I live in Seattle.
Not disagreeing that tax giveaways are bad.
My advice still stands.
Science doesn't care about your opinions.
You put more energy in the system, it comes out.
So, look at your flood plains maps. Build to the floods of 100 year cycles, because those are the ones you'll get every 2-5 years from now on. Note the historic storms and hurricanes. Increase their power by 100 and you've got a good measure of what you'll be dealing with.
You have 12 years. And that's if you go to 100 percent renewables. It would have been to 50 percent renewables if you'd listened back in 1999.
And all the storm intensity and hurricane power that will happen over the next 20 years is already baked in from your inaction.
Look, resistance is futile.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'll go sell the house I bought just a few years ago for five times what I paid for it.
That said, you do have elections. But, as you can see with Seattle, those don't matter either.
British Columbia will be at 80 percent electric vehicles for all new car and truck purchases by 2020.
2030 means Israel will be way too hot.
No, hotter.
Lol, you don't even realize our State Constitution allows a flat single exemption state, county, or local income tax.
come back when you actually read it.
One of the problems in Seattle's South Lake Union is that 2/3 of all the buildings are paying no taxes, so there are no funds to support infrastructure costs, so it ends up getting subsidized by the rest of the city.
Every time I hear someone new say how great it is, I ask them where they live. Chances are they don't even live in Seattle, so they don't realize what the real impact is.
By the way, we have no state or county or city income tax, or capital gains tax on stocks, so it's not like we get any real money to pay for all this.
Wow, talk about fuddy duddies.
Get with the 2020s, grampas.
If it ain't film it ain't real
But my phone is a projector
Actually, in WWU and UW research, you can grow willow spinneys for biomass (you cut them down every 2-3 years) and it's carbon negative. Plus you keep the soil from blowing away.
But, yes, many current biomass projects, other than forestry and crop waste reclamation and pig farm and sewage reclamation, are massively subsidized.
This doesn't surprise me, fossil fuels are really expensive.
Heck, in the USA, they would be the most expensive if we didn't artificially subsidize them with "mix" requirements for utiilities, cheaper rates for industry, tax exemptions for fossil fuel vehicle fleets, tax deductions and depreciation schemes all of which prop up a dying industry.
No, in civilized cities there is free wireless everywhere. It's a public service.
Its like a really large tablet you hang on your wall. Multiple people can use it simultaneously.
But if you hang it on a wall, how do you move it around when you go to the bathroom or cook dinner?
And isn't the picture smaller than a tablet, considering how far away it is?
I mean, between HDTV antennas pulling down 150 channels free and free wireless in almost every business, why would you pay for cable?
And if you set the Second Audio Channel to English for the Spanish broadcasts, you get English subtitles on all the soccer and football and baseball games. They even have free radio apps for English language simulcast.
After all, where do you think most of the spies during WW II were trained?
Gait modification, clothing/reversible switches, and other techniques defeat this tech fairly easily, after 10-15 minutes of training.