SlopppyEngineer
No politician wanted to do any climate change reduction because of the impact on the economy. Now they get large inflation because of food prices, reconstruction of infrastructure after floods and reduced productivity because of the heat with no idea how to fix it.
He says he'll hurt the people they don't like.
in that they could eliminate traffic
That's the question. Let's say the roads are now exclusively self driving cars and they are so efficient they double the throughput of roads. Meanwhile commuters bought houses that are twice as far away from the city because those houses are cheaper, and now they can sleep and work in the car anyway, so twice as much traffic. Or all schoolkids not taking the schoolbus anymore and all going by individual autonomous car and all pensioners getting their robo-taxi to squeeze through rush hour every morning so they're first at the supermarket for the freshest produce. It remains to be seen how that works out.
With Uber and other ride hailing services it became clear that cheap point to point transport replaces trips that are otherwise being made with public transportation like buses, and thereby increasing traffic. There were also more trips in total done because of the convenience than were done before, thus also increasing traffic. It's the classic Jevons paradox.
Self driving taxis could certainly have the same effect or more if they are cheaper than ride hailing. The increase in usage can easily be greater than the number of private cars it replaces.
There were enough American companies having an office in Ireland to avoid taxes. And soon also to avoid red state litigation.
Pollution causes autism. Big pick-up trucks have more pollution.
I'm curious how that's going to work in international context. Everything to do with the queer community suddenly has a link to .ca or .mx domain and server park outside the country where this doesn't apply for example. Or reddit suddenly checks with the authorities in Zimbabwe if the ID is valid.
That's what the hurricane said
I find it easier to just remember the approximate table.
0C = 30F
10C = 50F
20C = 70F
30C = 90F
Negative, you are 65% oxygen, so in effect hot air. 18.5% is carbon, 10% is hydrogen.
Or by molecules, you are mostly water.
And by those metrics, the average vehicle exhaust from a year of driving contains as much carbon and oxygen as 300 humans.
Great, now I have "I am the very model of a scientist Salarian" stuck in my head