AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://twitter.com/ramman_erin/status/1496900718527238145?cxt=HHwWgsC-_bjRh8YpAAAA

kaschei posted:

If you think about it the real parents are the ones who have financially contributed the most

BonHair posted:

Incidentally, with any luck, crumbling infrastructure will hopefully cripple car culture within the next few decades.

AnimeIsTrash posted:

https://twitter.com/ramman_erin/status/1496900718527238145?cxt=HHwWgsC-_bjRh8YpAAAA

Femur posted:

Motorcycles are what poor countties use.

mortons stork posted:

if there were any justice in this world they would be immediately swapped in places upon voicing the concern that mah surrogates may not be respecting mah contract

Gorson posted:

What's really going to piss you off is when you start thinking how much more expensive our road systems have to be designed and built to accommodate truck freight, how much gridlock that freight causes, and the environmental impact of such gridlock.

Gorson posted:

Yeah this is true, but I think it's also true that in order to do any meaningful damage to the road the vehicle has to have a gross tonnage much closer to a fully loaded 18 wheeler. Rain, sun, and snow do more damage to road surfaces than 4000lb cars.

This does not mean cars should get heavier they should get lighter. NOT loving THIS.

https://driving.ca/auto-news/news/oof-the-2022-gmc-hummer-will-weigh-in-excess-of-9000-lbs

BonHair posted:

I think the brilliant American solution to the problem of road maintenance is applicable though: ignore the problem forever. If we don't acknowledge the problem, it doesn't exist.

Incidentally, with any luck, crumbling infrastructure will hopefully cripple car culture within the next few decades.

skooma512 posted:

And that people are commuting in giant trucks and SUVs by themselves and with no cargo, but they really neeeeded the cargo space. Sitting in this gridlock in a vehicle well oversized for its primary task, to go to a job that could probably be done remotely.


IMO we really should be having hard limits on vehicle weight. Right now people are in an arms race with each other to get the biggest car so they can survive an impact from everyone else's Veblen Death Machine.

Wheeee posted:

outside of the most densely populated nations poor countries mostly drive older/shittier cars that are both unsafe and pollute significantly more than modern cars

motorcycles also are much dirtier than modern cars as they don’t have all the emissions regulations and equipment; small engines like leaf blowers and lawn mowers are an environmental disaster as well, worse than bro trucks

How! posted:

this is wrong and dumb as hell.

quote:

Before any new car hits the showroom, the EPA runs an emissions evaluation and calculates a “CO2 equivalent” – a single number that represents GHGs CO2, NO X , HC, and CO. The CO2 equivalent units are in grams/mile, so a higher number means more GHGs and more climate damage. For a 2WD 2020 Ram 1500 HFE on the highway, that number is 340 g/mile. Unfortunately, motorcycle emissions data isn’t documented by the EPA. This is a real issue, because if the problem isn’t measured you don’t know what to fix.

There are a few independent studies that shed light on the issue, however. One published in 2008 by Swiss researchers took real data from several motorbikes including a BMW R1150GS. The GS highway CO2 equivalent is a stunning 380 g/mile (17% worse than the Dodge)! They found that a 1993 Honda Shadow VX600 with only 583 ccs spews a whopping 408 g/mile. That is twice as much as a new Honda Civic!

Other studies would suggest the problem is even worse. Global MRV tested out their portable emissions equipment in 2011 comparing 12-motorcycles to 12-cars of varying years (this was featured on an episode of Mythbusters). Motorcycles were almost universally terrible, with motorbikes from the 2000’s producing 3,220% more NOx and 8,065% more CO2 than cars of the same era. California has the largest motorcycle ridership in the country, and in 2008 the LA Times reported that while motorcycles accounted for 1% of all miles traveled, they were responsible for 10% of the state’s smog-producing emissions.

Wheeee posted:

motorcycles are much dirtier than modern cars, catalytic converters alone make a substantial difference and bikes don’t have those

Mameluke posted:

Motorcycles are greener because they are better at killing their occupants, much like the greenest form of transport which is helicopters

Arivia posted:

john landis: ecowarrior ahead of his time

Wheeee posted:

sadly the helicopters billionaires fly in are probably immaculately maintained and flown by skilled pilots

Orange DeviI posted:

tell that to Kobe

Wheeee posted:

sadly the helicopters billionaires fly in are probably immaculately maintained and flown by skilled pilots

Wheeee posted:

cars have only continued to get cleaner since 2011 as well, with hybrids becoming common, whereas motorcycles haven’t changed

Failed Imagineer posted:

Or that football team owner guy in the UK last year 2018 (?)

Skios posted:

Shame Boy posted:

Billionaires are definitely known for not skimping on the dumbest poo poo to save pathetic amounts of money, yep.

Though even if that's true, the best-maintained helicopter flown by the best pilot is still an unholy middle finger to the laws of physics and will find any chance it can to abruptly transition from flight mode to uncontrolled plummet mode.

UnfortunateSexFart posted:

Tarting Families

Skios posted:

Ruffian Price posted:

lmao boomer used OCR on a note in cursive