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bossito, 8 months ago

You can buy very decent wine for less than 3€/bottle in any Portuguese supermarket 😅

bossito, 8 months ago

The retirees don’t last so long (sorry), but overtourism is indeed a problem. Finding the right balance is the secret but clearly our politicians are not aiming for that… but in fairness, tourism was fantastic for many years to promote Porto’s renewal. But now it’s time to put a break on it but no one is interested in that :/

bossito, 8 months ago (edited 8 months ago)

As an European I’m extremely confused by this news as well… so Chicago has a high crime problem and the city’s solution is to sue Asian carmakers? Sorry but this only makes sense in the US, I guess…

PS: maybe Hyundai should also sue Chicago city for failing to curb crime, a failure that leads to many car thefts?

bossito, 9 months ago

I think “unlimited” is a way too big word considering all the limitations, I’m not even sure what’s left after these:

Unlike Germany’s identically priced travel pass, however, the Portuguese ticket is not available on buses or on intercity trains such as the Alfa Pendular, Intercidades, InterRegional and Internacional services.

It is also not valid for urban networks in Porto, Lisbon and Coimbra.

Where is Portugal’s €49 rail pass valid? The new national train pass can be used on most regional services around the country, but there are a couple of excluded areas.

Both the Alentejo Litoral and the Coimbra area are not participating in the scheme.

This means the pass is not valid on routes including Régua-Pocinho (Douro Line), Coimbra-Figueira da Foz (suburban Coimbra), Pinhal Novo-Évora and Pinhal Novo-Vila Nova da Baronia (Alentejo Line), and Pinhal Novo-Tunes (Southern Line).

bossito, 9 months ago

No, not all cars are created equally. Some require much more public space and some are also much more efficient at killing.

bossito, 9 months ago

“one parking space” is not a universal measurement unit, they come in many different sizes.

bossito, 9 months ago

It already is. The doubt is when will it “sell voluntarily” Siberia to China.

bossito, 9 months ago

Japan is probably the cleanest country I’ve ever been to and you rarely see a bin on the street. Easily accessible bins promote carelessness with the trash you produce. If there are no bins you need to think ahead and plan how you’ll dispose of your trash.

bossito, 9 months ago

Try dieting and exercise, getting a monster truck won’t help you.

bossito, 9 months ago

Touched a nerve, did I? I would gladly ban horse trailers or leisure boats as well by the way. A small sacrifice to avoid human extinction. But yeah, blind selfishness will definitely kill us. Your petty luxuries are more important I guess.

bossito, 9 months ago

That’s clearly a residential area if someone would hit their cars it would happen either way… you’re supposed to drive slowly there.

bossito, 9 months ago

So you want to dismantle the west, that is the most functional, equal and free region of the world and only then go after the “smaller threats” (that is f* Russia with its second biggest nuclear arsenal in the world, currently involved in a genocidal war to increase its territory, besides all the side conflicts from Syria to Niger). Just wow at your total delusion, that’s what speaking from a point of privilege is.

bossito, 9 months ago

No you can’t. How do you think those corporations pollute? Do they do it for fun or because they have customers that feed their businesses? The idea that “heading corporations responsible” will magically solve all problems and that it doesn’t imply any change in your lifestyle is beyond naive. Shell pollutes because people buy and burn their fuel, they’re not burning it in their headquarters.

bossito, 9 months ago

How do you think those companies pollute? Are they burning fuel at Shell’s headquarters? Or do they have lots of customers who think their personal behavior doesn’t matter?

bossito, 9 months ago

Businesses do lots of waste, I agree. But again, businesses exist because they have customers. Some people seem to believe that the climate crisis can be solved with taxes alone, but that’s not how it works. Huge changes on all levels are required.

bossito, 9 months ago

We should have implemented this years ago, since the US did it on us. But it should only be required to countries with equivalent programs. This is “de facto” a visa and visa-free travel is quickly dieing out. Soon many other countries will introduce the same procedures…

ESTA (the American one) is even stricter than a visa on arrival, as without it you can’t even board the plane. We should call it what it is, it’s a visa, sure an e-visa, but a visa nonetheless.

bossito, 9 months ago

And more are welcome. The war on cash must stop. Shopping should be a private matter.