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mastershakeman posted:Toyota completely solved all this poo poo over a decade ago but it wasn't sexy or ultra fast so no politicians care miss my echo
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Apr 9, 2023 02:25
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apatheticman posted:Whatever happened to graphene capacitors being an alternative to batteries? there are lots of different candidate technologies for new kinds of batteries but none of them are developed enough to be as good as lithium ion batteries
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Apr 9, 2023 02:26
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anime was right posted:theres no issue with trucks to move goods to storefronts from trains and stuff. or for dealing with large quantities of goods on farms. personal cars dont need to exist. very small, personal motorized vehicles for people with mobility issues can exist on sidewalks. I would really like if those trucks went gas rather than diesel, although local delivery seems EV friendly too. Diesel exhaust loving sucks and even modern complex emissions systems aren't great. It can be done, if a school bus can be gas then a box truck can be gas. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180410006595/en/Blue-Bird-Sells-Its-2500th-Gasoline-Powered-School-Bus
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Apr 9, 2023 02:30
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Smythe posted:
these are essentially street legal in rust belt cities, if I had the capital id start importing them (they come in boxes) and sell them for cash
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Apr 9, 2023 02:32
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Shear Modulus posted:there are lots of different candidate technologies for new kinds of batteries but none of them are developed enough to be as good as lithium ion batteries Shame that, we should get on it.
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Apr 9, 2023 02:33
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Shipon posted:I'm not talking food or whatever degenerate poo poo you people with Doordash or Uber Eats use, I'm talking actually buying real poo poo like furniture or moving goods for manufacturing purposes from business to business Cargo bikes are a thing tho
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Apr 9, 2023 02:45
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someone in my neighborhood drives a golf cart around, I think because they can’t get a DUI for being drunk while they do it. I’m not a law knower though
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Apr 9, 2023 02:48
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Captain Magic posted:someone in my neighborhood drives a golf cart around, I think because they can’t get a DUI for being drunk while they do it. I’m not a law knower though they are 
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Apr 9, 2023 02:56
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Dr. Jerrold Coe posted:youtubers buy these for like $2,000 from china and drive them around their parents' farms/make actual work vehicles out of them EVs make absolutely fantastic work vehicles and rickshaws, its our insane addiction to range that makes EVs so loving stupid
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Apr 9, 2023 02:57
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Captain Magic posted:someone in my neighborhood drives a golf cart around, I think because they can’t get a DUI for being drunk while they do it. I’m not a law knower though you can get a dui riding a bike. golf cart not helping
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Apr 9, 2023 03:00
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anime was right posted:theres no issue with trucks to move goods to storefronts from trains and stuff. or for dealing with large quantities of goods on farms. personal cars dont need to exist. very small, personal motorized vehicles for people with mobility issues can exist on sidewalks. yeah those should be electric though (something the people who have hateboners for EVs seem to forget), i have no problem with pushing people towards transit (i hate driving to work too) but there's only so much you can do when a hundred million people live in places like this  and any place that looks like this  costs 3-4x in rent, forget about ever buying anything either (that costs 10x)
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Apr 9, 2023 03:01
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mastershakeman posted:I ranted in a dozen threads a few months ago when I rented a Tesla (same cost as a mid size sedan) and it was an awful experience. Couldn't get 150 miles from Chicago on extremely flat roads, managed to find the one single supercharger on the way, otherwise we were going to have to turn off heat entirely and drive 55 to make it. It was a balmly 40 degrees out . We had a similar situation near the end of last year. We knew we wouldn't make it, but it was the only car they had and we let the counter person lie to us about range so we could call Hertz two-thirds of the way there and complain enough to get them to let us drop the car off at a different location and upgrade for free. Miserable car, miserable driving experience.
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Apr 9, 2023 03:03
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The scam car being the worst example should not surprise you
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Apr 9, 2023 03:06
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If you live in a big city you have no reason to travel.
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Apr 9, 2023 03:08
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Didn't Tesla specifically get caught selling their returns and factory rejects to rental companies as new stock?
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Apr 9, 2023 03:09
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Gunshow Poophole posted:they are they're right about not needing a licence or insurance tho
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Apr 9, 2023 03:11
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Smythe posted:i think we have to understand that some level of private, closed motorized transport is required. my parents for example live at the top of a steep rear end hill and are 80 years old, etc, blah blah. the thing is, evs obviously dont work for the litany of problems already posted. charger availability, whole lifecycle costs, etc. but - evs can work. the twist is they arent as conceived today. the car as we know it is derived from the car as "co-evolved" along with america, which in 1900 was largely rural and so the car grew from this. we can shed this lineage to better serve urban mobility needs. beyond the train, beyond the bus, beyond the bicycle and the other microbility is mediummobility, tracing its lineage back the to 3 and 4 wheel "motorized rickshaw" and it looks like this: gonna be a whole lot of e-bikes in the future
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Apr 9, 2023 03:11
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Mr Hootington posted:If you live in a big city you have no reason to travel. My kid has an entirely separate set of Legos at my mom's and my dad's Ebikes seem cool but Jesus Christ they're expensive
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Apr 9, 2023 03:12
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Shipon posted:yeah those should be electric though (something the people who have hateboners for EVs seem to forget), i have no problem with pushing people towards transit (i hate driving to work too) but there's only so much you can do when a hundred million people live in places like this procedurally generated-rear end looking city
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Apr 9, 2023 03:13
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mastershakeman posted:My kid has an entirely separate set of Legos at my mom's and my dad's ,,, compared to a car???
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Apr 9, 2023 03:15
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Vox Nihili posted:procedurally generated-rear end looking city inland empire is indeed a shithole but something's gotta be done about it
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Apr 9, 2023 03:16
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOdwHXbsLMI
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Apr 9, 2023 03:19
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Vox Nihili posted:procedurally generated-rear end looking city It literally was procedurally generated, the procedure is neoliberalism
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Apr 9, 2023 03:21
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Mr Hootington posted:If you live in a big city you have no reason to travel. now now
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Apr 9, 2023 03:27
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Me playing simcity:
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Apr 9, 2023 03:31
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gradenko_2000 posted:Me playing simcity: looks like 1 trillion uyghurs to me
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Apr 9, 2023 03:33
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https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1644754084728131593?s=20
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Apr 9, 2023 03:41
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lol, lmao  also i have to save 60% of my income? AHAHAHAHHAHHAAAAAA
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Apr 9, 2023 03:41
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RadiRoot posted:lol, lmao my wife maxes out her 401k every year and makes 60k! it’s not that hard! it’s not like I make 150k and cover all the expenses
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Apr 9, 2023 03:44
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Shear Modulus posted:there are lots of different candidate technologies for new kinds of batteries but none of them are developed enough to be as good as lithium ion batteries there are a half dozen near equivalents now, all being called Li-ion even if they aren’t.
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Apr 9, 2023 03:56
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NeatHeteroDude posted:i would like to make 100,000 a year. It's great. Don't let any crybaby collaborator tell you how pitiful their lives are living on "only" 100k. 100k can be managed. You can invest. You can buy good food without crunching numbers. You probably get benefits, so you can probably afford therapy and dental. It's a good income. And I keep seeing yuppies with 250k household income whine...
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Apr 9, 2023 04:28
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apatheticman posted:Whatever happened to graphene capacitors being an alternative to batteries? Wut? Who told you that? They'll probably not clear lead acid batteries for energy density. Unlike lead acid batteries, they won't degrade from usage, just environment.
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Apr 9, 2023 04:45
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Americans love long drives for vacations even if they spend more on that drive than a loving plane ticket or train ticket so they can say " we saw the way there".
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Apr 9, 2023 04:50
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atelier morgan posted:EVs make absolutely fantastic work vehicles and rickshaws, its our insane addiction to range that makes EVs so loving stupid I mean, when it's not uncommon for a person to have family 300+ miles away with no public infrastructure like rail to support that type of travel quickly or cheaply, then needing long range cars makes sense.
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Apr 9, 2023 05:00
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anonumos posted:It's great. Don't let any crybaby collaborator tell you how pitiful their lives are living on "only" 100k. 100k can be managed. You can invest. You can buy good food without crunching numbers. You probably get benefits, so you can probably afford therapy and dental. It's a good income. And I keep seeing yuppies with 250k household income whine... I feel like a spoiled brat at $55
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Apr 9, 2023 05:00
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Celexi posted:Americans love long drives for vacations even if they spend more on that drive than a loving plane ticket or train ticket so they can say " we saw the way there". often it is cheaper to drive once you have a family of at least 4. driving cost doesn’t appreciably change with each additional person that fits in the car.
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Apr 9, 2023 05:08
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if you like cars so much why don't you marry one?
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Apr 9, 2023 05:17
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Skyl3lazer posted:I mean, when it's not uncommon for a person to have family 300+ miles away with no public infrastructure like rail to support that type of travel quickly or cheaply, then needing long range cars makes sense. I can't even get from Chicago to Columbus via rail to see their king tut exhibition. Its insane. It's a sub 6 hour drive (ok, more with traffic) but airports suck so bad it's like 3 hours to deal with all the airplane poo poo + the cost shooting up with every extra family member that needs a ticket
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Apr 9, 2023 05:24
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bedpan posted:if you like cars so much why don't you marry one? I would prefer to never drive again.
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Apr 9, 2023 05:28
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Shipon posted:yeah those should be electric though (something the people who have hateboners for EVs seem to forget), i have no problem with pushing people towards transit (i hate driving to work too) but there's only so much you can do when a hundred million people live in places like this Are either of these pittsburgh
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Apr 9, 2023 05:35
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