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Induced demand is a real, observed phenomenon for both roads and public transport. However, because of density differences, it is generally easier to increase service frequency for public transport than to add lanes for low-density road traffic.

Empirically, this pattern is observed repeatedly.

If you limit it to say the top 20 developed countries how does it look?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Semiconductors/comments/r1dqmw/how_...

A Reddit user explains a bit here.

I seem to remember that you could, however, rename the file for a similar effect on Windows.

Something like the IRA but started years ago. They invest and subsidise and tax-incentivise in their own industry but do use competition within their own market to weed out losers.

I thought RAND was just a contraction of Research And Development?

I’m no expert of course but I get the impression that we’re trying to run before we can walk. Many more robotic missions and way more basic research done more scientifically first could quite plausibly get humans there quicker in the end. Reading A City on Mars I found myself thinking this is many orders of magnitude more complicated than Apollo and will take more time.

Keep hammering the point that they are cheaper. If they are open to more advanced discussion point to the amazing structural changes that batteries are only starting to bring. Tell them something that sounds mildly like science fiction but is in fact happening already and will be HUGE. E.g. the battery you’ll have in your AC/stove/car will save you money or even make you money when part of a smart mesh of DERs.

Maybe I’m too optimistic :)

Has this idea been discussed when drafting legislation? I mean are they aware of it but dismissed it for any reason or no stated reasons?

Can you link to a good article or post about this?

Thanks!

There are galaxies that appear to be free of dark matter and rotate accordingly. How does MOND account for that?

My understanding is that these observations are a fatal blow to any serious MOND models.

Definite risk of a monkey paw curling. But I assume he's less chaotic.

This is the truth. It would only take half a dozen Republicans to stop the madness now so the obvious question is why don't they?

The political system and elite institutions have failed their country. Does the US self correct with the next two election cycles? Hard to believe right now.

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) are also there

https://www.msf.org/conflict-sudan?page=0

Last time I checked I’d have to leave my phone for a couple of days and the glue factor meant they wouldn’t guarantee it would come back perfectly. My assumption is this might make it a more trivial change.

Maybe. Maybe not. If my local phone and phone accessories shop can do it for little money in 15 minutes then the current calculus changes for a heck of a lot of people.

Just to add to your point; The final energy demand is much less than the primary energy we produce due to the energy costs of extraction, refining, transportation, and inefficient end use.

According to Kingsmill Bond (great name btw) on Dave Roberts' Volts podcast if we magically could replace all fossil energy with renewables today the final energy use would only be ~30% of today's final energy use.

"We’re pouring, from our calculations, two thirds of the primary energy into the air and wasting it." - Kingsmill Bond

https://www.volts.wtf/p/clean-electrification-is-inevitable

OK fine but it's not really helpful to us reading your comment if you also don't back up your counter claim.

However it’s wired up the fact is the electric buzzing feeling goes away if you use a grounded extension cable instead of two pin.

Got a bunch of cheap ones from Ali Express and they worked fine.

Also got neither. I’m Irish but have lived a long time in Austria now. The punctuality thing is common with Germans. They have a different approach to rules here I think.

Would make a good tv show where a small group in a secretive TLA org started this but then made so much money they decided to keep it to themselves and get rich.

"Sorry director, the experimental project was a failure. We deleted it all now to clean up and free resources. Oh and yeah unrelated, I need to hand in my notice. Want to spend more time with my ...er... family. Thanks."

I would hate to live in that political system. Just imagining the ways it would be gamed and the billionaire press would leverage these votes makes me shudder.

So far the best modern improvement I’ve seen (and it could be further improved of course) is the increasing use of citizens assemblies.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens%27_assembly

I wonder if there will be a big enough market for a very compact smartphone equivalent device that can be used just for credentials? A device that is offline on standby except when you need it. Perhaps the size of a car key.

No worries, mate. It’s a super interesting topic!

Not any more they don't. Those were older reactor designs which nobody wants now. And the 5 years was first-pour to switch on. Add a few years for planning, permitting and actually supplying to the grid.

Newly approved Korean plans are aiming for 2038. Best of luck to them. I'm sceptical they'll make it.

https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/articles/plans-for-two-ne...

Edit to add:

They used to be pretty fast but like everyone else seem to be slowing down significantly.

https://world-nuclear.org/information-library/country-profil...

You can’t put a gun to someone’s head, order them to be creative, and also expect good results.

I tried the Apple one for a while but it’s badly shielded and picks up interference a lot. I mean really obvious buzzing sounds if near certain sources of RF. Switched to wired ear buds with a lightning connector and no interference issues. So I’m sad I can’t plug in my high quality headphones or hook up my phone to my mixer when I want without having noise.

Question from a European who doesn’t deeply understand your partisan politics: what specifically should they have done differently? My probably wrong understanding was that people were still angry about the inflationary consequences of dealing with the pandemic and didn’t believe it was tapering off, didn’t believe that unemployment was low, didn’t believe that real wages were increasing. How could they have combated that?

2016-2019 was an awful blip but otherwise I agree