My reply was about sweating after 4 mile bicycle ride. So you do acknowledge that sweat is inevitable after such ride in July. Got it. 😓
You left out the humidity factor. 🥵
Coal, not just deaths but the lifestyle limiting consequences and the following costs.....
We, is that the Royal we?
Please don't speak on your behalf for me down Sarf, especially as your comment is slightly political..... 😉
The first link does not work.
The second link is mostly idle talk, I found no useful information. This topic is way more complex, but all depends of the objectives, what is meant by a stable network, if that is the objective.
Back around 2008 when gas prices were fairly bad I would commute one way most days by leaving the car at work and going home and back the next day on bike. The trip is about 24 miles with a climb that is higher than the maximum elevation of Florida (somewhere about 350 feey climb out of town). I even rode in snow and ice. My grandmother bought me some nice studded tires when she heard I was still riding to work late October.
Now I just work from home. My office might seat about 400 but has probably peaked at about 50 seats occupied in the last two years due to covid. I figure 50 might be a record for a while considering gas prices.
I have worked for 22 years at a place that is financial markets oriented. Suits are not seen too often.
I consider suits only useful when you have a job of poor repute like Banker, Politician, TV evangelist, used car salesman.
Now I just work from home. My office might seat about 400 but has probably peaked at about 50 seats occupied in the last two years due to covid. I figure 50 might be a record for a while considering gas prices.
I have worked for 22 years at a place that is financial markets oriented. Suits are not seen too often.
I consider suits only useful when you have a job of poor repute like Banker, Politician, TV evangelist, used car salesman.
Revised link.
If the EPA webpage is idle talk, what would you be looking for? These issues ARE complex, but most of the individuals who frequent this forum and thread are not professional engineers (I certainly am not one). We need clear discussions with information and facts. I am trying to provide such information. If you could provide such information supporting your views, ti would be appreciated.
Bus or subway in typical US cities aren't that reliable or well distributed. Many don't even have subway system. That's just the way cities are built in the US so far.
The historical development of the suburb in the US and the rise, fall, and re-birth of American cities is interesting. As an undergraduate, my academic studies included American History between 1880 and 1930s; and urban studies/urban planning. I have still not developed a clear understanding in my own mind as to why post-WWII development ended up with suburban development rather than rejuvenation and expansion of urban areas. Several things, however, come to mind:
(i) The declining quality of built housing in the cities which would require a substantial investment in rehab
(ii) The increased individual (family level) affluence due to the fact that the US's physical resources for manufacturing and farming was not destroyed in any substantial way by WWII, versus just about every other country in Europe and Asia, which allowed individuals to escape the cities to newly-built housing
(iii) Federal and State government subsidization of suburban development
(iv) changes in individual concept of the "good life," where desirable residential housing was transformed from urban row houses, condominiums, and apartments, to individual detached dwellings.
(i) The declining quality of built housing in the cities which would require a substantial investment in rehab
(ii) The increased individual (family level) affluence due to the fact that the US's physical resources for manufacturing and farming was not destroyed in any substantial way by WWII, versus just about every other country in Europe and Asia, which allowed individuals to escape the cities to newly-built housing
(iii) Federal and State government subsidization of suburban development
(iv) changes in individual concept of the "good life," where desirable residential housing was transformed from urban row houses, condominiums, and apartments, to individual detached dwellings.
Houses in the typical US cities were built cheaply at the beginning. They were in fast-track mode due to rapidly expanding country (into the wilderness). A century later, those aren't in good shape anymore (not that they were anything special originally). Given the choice between replacing those with better buildings in the city vs suburban sprawl, they picked the latter. Why? Because this is a big country with plenty of available land.
You leave out the signifiant fact that streetcars and inter-urban railroads in the east and midwest were very significant transportation. I recall reading an academic book about these two transportation modes and their rise and fall. Unfortunately, I can't remember it nor have I kept my copies (could not truck around with m3 the 150 or so books that I read as an undergrad in history, politics sci and American history). Here is a nice informal website on interurbans. Here is another webpage focusing on Chicago interurbans. Here is a book on interurbans in the US (sold on Amazon but surely could be found on Abebooks; 2000 publication date, so not the book I read in college).
I grew up in Honolulu Hawaii. It had both a streetcar system and a railroad system for moving passengers - admittedly as a tourist attraction at the turn of the century. The streetcar system was dismantled in the 1950s. The passenger railroad/tourist attraction went bust decades earlier, but part of the railbed/tradk was still in use until sometime in the 1990s (as I understand), to carry nuclear weapons between Pearl Harbor and the ammunition storage complex at Lualualei.
Even LA had a streetcar system, as amusingly reflected in the Disney animated movie, Who Shot Jessica Rabbit. The existence of the LA streetcar system and its dismantling by (allegedly) General Motors was well covered around the time of the movie's release, but was the subject of academic notice before the movie.
In sum, many American cities, large and small, had mass transit early on, but were retired for various reasons which can be debated. Howewevber, it is not true that US cities were built without the equivalent of subways and bus systems.
Most Americans would still live in cities where things are located within short distance if we still ride horses and wagons. The advancement of automobiles in combination with "cheap" land changed that. There are other factors such as parents preferring the suburbs for better education opportunity for their kids (yes, city schools aren't so good for various reasons which are political so it can't be posted).
New York City, Chicago and Los Angeles aren't typical cities in the US. If you try to commute via bus in average size city in the US, you will realize how much time it eats up. The answer is, too much to be practical. It's very inefficient.
Back to gas prices for a minute if that’s okay. Although collusion is denied, every station around where I live miraculously has the same price and when it changes , it’s no more than a couple hours before they are all aligned again. This seems to have gone out the window recently where we are seeing variations of up to 15 cents per litre. These are somewhat localized but still, it’s kind of unheard of. Driving for 15 minutes has shown these huge swings.
I call it stealership. Yes suits are needed there.
The best dealership I had to call out was one that sold my grandmother an 85 Dodge. The car blew interior fan fuses every once in a while. She had an extra lifetime electrical warranty. The dealer told her to do an assortment of steps to avoid blowing the fan fuse like do not run it on high or right after starting the car. Eventually the car was at a far away dealership getting body work due to someone hitting me from behind. I explained the history with the fan and they agreed it was defective and replaced it.
I learned the hard way with a car that had the immobilizer chip. If the ignitiion switch fails the dealership gets to play stickup. No replacing it yourself. About $850 later to fix failing ignition switch and problematic door.
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No I don't, sweat is not inevitable after a 4 mile cycle ride even in July, unless your unfit, overweight. What's the problem with sweat, or are you talking about B.O.? Some people naturally stink without exercise. Personally I've never had a problem. Do you smell of body odour, even without cycling 4 miles?
Insulin resistance = you sweat like a fire hose. Even if you are at optimal weight and fit enough to race. Even in the winter when you’re bundled up and freezing your *** off. Soaking wet. If there wasn’t a shower on both ends I would have never been able to bike commute.
Riders drafting behind me used to complain about getting soaked.
Riders drafting behind me used to complain about getting soaked.
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