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rvaughnmd, to cycling
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What does a city that has spurned cars look like?

Olympics visitors to Paris will get a look

Changes designed to encourage people to take other forms of transportation have contributed to a 40% decline in air pollution, according to city officials.

Paris has closed more than 100 streets to motor vehicles, tripled parking fees for SUVs, removed roughly 50,000 parking spots, and constructed more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of bike lanes

https://www.nbcnews.com/science/environment/paris-olympics-city-reduce-air-pollution-rcna153470

rvaughnmd, to TeslaMotors
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Electric Vehicles Accelerate Toward 50% Of Global Sales

"The reports of electric vehicle sales’ death are greatly exaggerated."

Predicted EV sales:

China, biggest auto market to hit 10 million vehicles, roughly 45% of all car sales

US: 2nd largest auto market, forecast to rise 20%, 11% of all new car sales.

Europe: 3rd largest auto market, to hit 10%, 25% of total sales.

#EV #Climate #Energy

https://www.forbes.com/sites/energyinnovation/2024/05/19/the-vibes-lie-electric-vehicles-accelerate-toward-50-of-global-sales/

Hypx,
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@rvaughnmd Sales are in decline in multiple nations, plateaued nearly everywhere else. It would have declined significant if it wasn't for dramatic discounting.

Sales numbers in the car industry are a lagging indicator because of that. The next step will be large production cutbacks, which will lead to the significant sales decline that we already know will happen.

rvaughnmd, to random
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Wife sent me to the grocery. I got the full size ice cream drumsticks 'accidentally'. Guess I'm going to have to eat them all as my punishment.

Spoiler alert: due to shrinkflation and greedflation, they aren't that much bigger than the 'mini' versions anymore.

msquebanh,
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@rvaughnmd Accidentally! 🤣 No one believed that.

rvaughnmd, to random
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Bugs everywhere. It's game over man, game over!

msquebanh,
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@rvaughnmd We would eat them. Not just because we are Asian & used to eating insects either.

rvaughnmd,
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@msquebanh

It's 9:30 pm, and your unrelenting food depictions made me get up and make a ham sandwich in violation of the 'no eating after dinner' rule.

rvaughnmd, to gardening
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Clematis has entered the chat

msquebanh,
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@rvaughnmd Still another month before ours start to bloom in BC PNW!

rvaughnmd,
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@msquebanh

I saw your reply just after reading the scene in the Iliad where Phoenix tries to convince Achilles to rejoin the battle for Troy.

I believe this is an example of quantum entanglement. I'm going to take some quiet time to think hard upon it.

Good luck with your clematis, it's a hard to kill plant, reliable and rewarding every year. One of the few that can survive the 4 season extremes of eastern Missouri.

rvaughnmd, to random
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They just keep coming!

rvaughnmd, to cycling
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France, Italy, Belgium: Which European countries have the best cycle to work schemes?

The Netherlands offers a mileage allowance -

A commuter cycling 10 kilometres per day five days a week could earn about €450 a year from the scheme.

https://www.euronews.com/green/2024/05/12/france-netherlands-belgium-which-european-countries-have-the-best-cycle-to-work-schemes

rvaughnmd, to cycling
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But does it have a power meter so you can ride it on ?

'Underwater bicycle' propels swimmers forward at superhuman speed

https://newatlas.com/marine/seabike-swimming-propeller/

rvaughnmd, to random
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Imagine being trapped in a puke tube miles above land with no way to escape.

https://jalopnik.com/70-vomiting-passengers-turn-frankfurt-flight-into-livin-1851454612

rvaughnmd, to random
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A $1595 Full Metal Jacket will save your life bro!

"Now, as we look for materials that offer us resistance to disease on Earth and up in space, and a base on which to build intelligent clothing, copper is set to be at the centre of innovation again. Its ability to conduct heat and power while killing bacteria and viruses make it a potential first building block for the future of clothing."

You know my birthday is coming up soon, just sayin'

https://vollebak.com/en-us

rvaughnmd, to cycling
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Damn, they're on to us now ...

Cyclists dumbfounded by bizarre online conspiracy theory claiming bike inner tube valve is a "5G antenna tracking device" inserted under skin after Covid jab

"appears she's gone tubeless'

@Biff_Bruise

https://road.cc/content/news/cyclists-dumbfounded-bizarre-covid-conspiracy-theory-308119

rvaughnmd, to random
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Best healthcare system in the world

“Deny, deny, deny. That’s how you hit your numbers,” said Day, who worked for Cigna until the late spring of 2022. “If you take a breath or think about any of these cases, you’re going to fall behind.”

https://www.propublica.org/article/cigna-medical-director-doctor-patient-preapproval-denials-insurance

rvaughnmd, to random
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Aren't they proud of suing their patients? Why would they hide their name?

Hospitals suing patients over unpaid bills would have to put their names on the lawsuits under new Colorado bill

https://coloradosun.com/2024/04/12/uchealth-medical-debt-lawsuits-bill/

rvaughnmd, to cycling
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"Road safety remains the biggest barrier to more people cycling": Research suggests more than two thirds of Scots think not feeling safe is main barrier to

https://road.cc/content/news/research-suggests-not-feeling-safe-main-cycle-barrier-307747

rvaughnmd, to random
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