AreWeDrunkYet posted:

If something changed and a car commute that took 20 minutes now took 40, but the bus or a bike still took 30 minutes, you wouldn't reconsider your options?

Meshka posted:

No, because I often have to go to other places after work than what public transport has routes for. I live in near a big city with a large metro and bus system and horrible traffic. Yet driving still takes me half the time to go to work than taking two buses and two metro trains.

To add to this, most Americans will not give up driving nor should they. I think that the government should provide a financial incentive to produce and help buy electric vehicles and at the same time enact regulations to penalize gas powered vehicle production.

AreWeDrunkYet posted:

This is exactly the attitude that prevents anything good from getting done. Mass transit and bike/pedestrian traffic are way, way more efficient than any sort of passenger car, including electric cars.

Hyrax Attack! posted:

That makes me think of the Americans how the spy family wouldn't even keep leftover Russian food in their fridge on the tiny chance someone would recognize it and start asking questions. Dang that was a good show.

Meshka posted:

It is interesting how Russian and Chinese spies differ. Russians are trained for infiltration, but the Chinese are usually recruited locally, especially 1st gen ones. Russians go for quality and Chinese for quantity.

Hot Karl Marx posted: