Half-life.

Airplanes for sure. If solar gets crazy efficient, that will help. But with other fuels the plane gets lighter and more fuel-efficient as it flies. With batteries, the plane is just as heavy when it landed as when it took off.

There are some really interesting companies working on hydrogen for planes though, which might be the one sector that could really make that work and has good incentives to do so.

Great podcast episode about that here

https://www.everybodyinthepool.com/items/episode-8-transcript%3A-what-if-planes-only-emitted-water

For ships, they used to be wind powered (sails) and some are going back there again, at least for wind-assisted hybrid kind of models. Throw turbines on there and you can even “sail” into the wind while recharging a bit. It’s also less weight sensitive than airplanes for obvious reasons, so batteries aren’t immediate nonstarters.

How is this funny?

The color or the fruit?

I don’t think they’re trying to do anything illegal. They just want to do it faster and in bulk. Still from the original source that is providing it for free. Not redistributing. Looks like someone linked a tool that might do that.

ISO dates, 100%.

Time zones…I could see arguing to rework them, but abolish them? How would that even work?

Looking at you, Google Play Library.

Eh, I’m not an expert but I think most trams move slow enough that they aren’t going to take out pollinators. They won’t crush them on the flowers, only risk would be when flying in the air. A decent aerodynamic deflector of some kind would probably help. The modern equivalent of a cattle guard on an old steam train.

Clover typically takes less water to survive than turf grasses and puts out lovely flowers that are pollinator friendly for a pretty good portion of the year. The kind of clover that grows in my area (Tennessee, USA) is nearly evergreen too, starting earlier in the spring and staying green later than turf grasses.

Totally agree, that’s a huge issue that needs to be solved. Apartment complexes need to start putting in more outlets - they don’t even need to be L2.

Those who have to park on the streets will be a tougher challenge.

Our second car is a plug-in but l hybrid for road trips. Agree, that’s a useful case for ICE, but that car costs us far more to drive than our EV.

90% of personal driving (I’m ballpark guessing) is in town and can be handled by charging an EV overnight every few days by most drivers - doesn’t even have to be nightly.

Oil changes and frequent visits to the petrol/gas station. I just plug in my car in my driveway every night and I’m golden.

I’ve been driving a Nissan Leaf EV for more than 10 years at this point. I’ve put on about 70k miles of the over 90k miles it has on it.

Maintenance has been: 2x Tires. 3x Windshield wiper blades. 1x cabin air filter (because pollen). Replacing the radio that went bad. 1x Replaced the 12V battery … I really can’t think of anything else.

That’s it. It doesn’t even go through brake pads because the regen braking does most of the work unless I’m slamming on my brakes. = = = I don’t know for sure, but I’d be willing to bet the average EV has nearly an order of magnitude fewer moving parts than a similar ICE vehicle. It just makes sense that there’s less maintenance.

Hertz rental car company is the “auto giant” in this case. Saved you a click.

There’s a kid who calls her father dada (dadda?..sp?) throughout the movie

As a parent in a similar situation, because if she said 4 and 3 it would sound like they were really close together. In reality they are almost 2 years apart (I assume).

Mine are ~22 months apart. So for about 2 months of the year, I say they are “X and about to turn X+2.” So people understand that they’re 2 years apart, 2 grades apart in school, etc.

Also, at young ages the difference between a 4.0 year old and a 4.9 year old is a big difference.

Yes, that’s the joke.

It’s always in the last place you look.

I agree they need to hear the message. Just a bit of a stretch from the normal “working class” definition. I have a feeling a huge portion if not possibly a majority of attendees there have/had trust funds. They’re hardly paycheck to paycheck.

They’re dropping $1000+ per person for a concert, all said and done (food at places like this is crazy, travel costs, etc).

That said, you are absolutely right we shouldn’t divide ourselves up and I’m glad he was there. Just meant to observe the irony in the headline.

Love the message and I get that he’s trying to shift the popular view and this isn’t a bad place to do it

But Coachella isn’t exactly filled with your average “working class” folks. Tickets start at $600 per person.