US can’t meet EV copper demand, study finds (www.eenews.net)
"Just to meet business-as-usual trends, 115% more copper must be mined in the next 30 years than has been mined historically until now," the study said.
The Brutalist Hotel du Lac in Tunis was an inspiration for the Sandcrawler in Star Wars. (hexbear.net)
The upside down hotel said to have inspired Star Wars faces demolition | CNN...
Crappy local infrastructure thread
Thread to vent about the dangerous and inefficient infrastructure you have to deal with.
Cycling isn't legitimate transportation...apparently (sh.itjust.works)
The person on the left is carrying bags, the one in orange is a delivery driver and a couple of people are wearing backpacks. Aside from car brained, Damaris is also blind.
London flooding: Should the capital become a 'sponge city'? - BBC News (www.bbc.co.uk)
MetaWindow: Noise Reduction from Deutsche Bahn (www.railtarget.eu)
Ready player one is closer than we think (hexbear.net)
Self-balancing commuter pods ride old railway lines on demand (newatlas.com)
“we have Dahir insaat at home” ass monorail
How Detroit Lost 65% Of Its Population (www.youtube.com) French
youtube.com/watch?v=tQdGFufkrN…
Normal empire in decline shit. (hexbear.net)
nbcnews.com/…/barge-slams-galveston-bridge-texas-…
Why Paris Tore Down A Highway To Build A Tram (youtu.be)
The Simple Genius of the Buffalo Bicycle (youtu.be)
The Buffalo Bicycle is a robust, utilitarian, and serviceable bicycle made to help the most remote communities on the planet. Today, we will closely examine the Buffalo Bicycle and show how its incredible engineering has created perhaps the most purpose-built machine ever and how it helps communities access healthcare, clean...
The story of Springvale Junction - Victoria's most dangerous intersection (youtu.be)
xkcd #2932: Driving PSA (imgs.xkcd.com)
xkcd.com/2932...
A car-free town in the Amazon serves lessons for pedaling to net zero emissions (www.npr.org)
A new trolley era (lemmy.world)
Weird (s3.eu-central-2.wasabisys.com)
It’s weird how when the Department of Transportation is using the bike lane, they give themselves an entire car lane for protection....
local anti public transportation comment
Saw this comment on a local news post about the mayor’s state of the city address and the mayor mentioned some of the new public transportation initiatives including adding another line to the train, I was under the impression that Amtrak was a success until the rails became denationalized and corporate greed limited the...
Perfect timing for this guys, really great job 10/10 no notes. For fuck sakes. (hexbear.net)
Context: ancaptain about to privatize (ie kill) the few trains we have left.
This Freeway Sucks -- Let's Decommission It (www.youtube.com)
Soviet housing is so depressing (d1sw4fcdq5we39.cloudfront.net)
Wait that’s Japan? walter-shock
Super-aged Japan now has 9 million vacant homes. And that’s a problem | CNN (www.cnn.com)
Wonsan, DPRK (hexbear.net)
What's stopping your city's metro from looking like this? (hexbear.net)
Every metro interior should strive to look like a wood-paneled station wagon