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Hello Excellector, thanks for reading my posts. I'm kinda limit myself to the transportation environment and who are in it. I don't tow the line on cars and state they are sacred. Really if you think about, if cars (combustion) were introduced to the public today, they would no way be accepted by the mass. First of all a good running car is only 20% efficient. Then it is suppose to take over 70% of public space, which happens in all your big cities in TX. Everyone would say no way. With no cars in the city, which you can read up here - https://www.bbc.com/future/article/2...om-its-streets, there's a vibrant city for all. For all is drivers, pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclist, and well, you get the idea. Public space belongs to everyone. And I tend to favor everyone, not just drivers.
I don't know anyone who thinks about how efficient a new product is before deciding to buy one, or deciding if they like it after using it. They think about whether it's convenient for them _right now_, and whether it makes them feel good _right now_. I know this example isn't car related, but if people wanted to be efficient, they wouldn't use so many disposable plastic water bottles in a country where the quality of tap water is usually very good (Flint residents excepted).
In the places where the electric scooters and such are succeeding, they're pitched to the consumer as convenient before being environmentally friendly. And unless you're living somewhere with high population density, like NYC or Tokyo or half of Western Europe, the vast majority of productive people (adults with jobs) use cars.
I live an hour from Seattle, my commute takes about half an hour of driving towards the city (half the distance to Seattle). If I wanted to take a bus to work, I'd have to walk or bicycle several miles just to find a bus stop, and the total trip would probably take me two hours considering at least one route change and all the extra stops. The trip back would be impossible since my shift ends at midnight and the buses stop running before that. The only way to make it shorter is to move closer to work, which takes me away from the school district I like and into a housing market at least 20% more expensive.
I don't know anyone who thinks about how efficient a new product is before deciding to buy one, or deciding if they like it after using it. They think about whether it's convenient for them _right now_, and whether it makes them feel good _right now_. I know this example isn't car related, but if people wanted to be efficient, they wouldn't use so many disposable plastic water bottles in a country where the quality of tap water is usually very good (Flint residents excepted).
In the places where the electric scooters and such are succeeding, they're pitched to the consumer as convenient before being environmentally friendly. And unless you're living somewhere with high population density, like NYC or Tokyo or half of Western Europe, the vast majority of productive people (adults with jobs) use cars.
I live an hour from Seattle, my commute takes about half an hour of driving towards the city (half the distance to Seattle). If I wanted to take a bus to work, I'd have to walk or bicycle several miles just to find a bus stop, and the total trip would probably take me two hours considering at least one route change and all the extra stops. The trip back would be impossible since my shift ends at midnight and the buses stop running before that. The only way to make it shorter is to move closer to work, which takes me away from the school district I like and into a housing market at least 20% more expensive.
I beg to differ on the "I don't know anyone who thinks about how efficient a new product is before deciding to buy one". Practically everyone has a cellphone right? How do you think the top models got to the top? Cause (for one) they have batteries that last all day and they last all day cause things got more efficient on doing stuff. Also they're skinnier or shinier or whatever, they got that way cause people wanted that. Same story with computers.
The electric scooters are taking off cause they are made cheaply in China and using progress made (batteries). Also in large part, everything is made better. "Made better" = more efficient.
Finally it's hard to say from limited info, but what I'm sure I would do if I was in your shoes in Seattle, is to see about how an e-bike would do you good, if you're interested in public transport.
I'm not talking about people you know, I'm talking about people I know. And the people I know want larger screens with better resolution, better cameras, more memory, and a faster processor. These things take more power, so the larger screen allows a larger battery to make up for the increased consumption. Then they complain that the battery might last a long time when they keep the phone in their pocket, but drains quickly when they're streaming videos for hours at a time.
Yes, the best phones on the market are more energy efficient than their competitors, but that doesn't mean all or even most consumers value that aspect of design as much as you do. To go back to a car example, how many people drive full size trucks and don't use them to haul heavy or oversized loads? This is an area where I'm closer to you than to many of my friends, since I'm driving a Fit and they're driving a lifted 4-Runner, a Tundra, an F-150, and a lifted Chevy 3500.
This isn't necessarily a case of me associating with weirdos either, because the three best selling vehicles in the US right now are the Ford, Dodge, and Chevy full size trucks. People want what they want, and it's not always the same thing as what you want. It's definitely not the same thing as what I want, or there would be a lot more manual transmissions and lightweight rear wheel drive cars on the road.
I was referring to people, or the market in general. Many times the goal is doing more with less. That equate many times to being more efficient. I'm all for letting anyone decide what they want to drive. My problem is they are not really paying the correct price. This can be shown in vehicles sold by the US. They are pretty much only sold in the states cause people can't afford them. Also many, many times it's just not what is needed. You need better info on this, then just ask. Also imports sold for here in states are pretty much dictated what the market wants. Watch when fossil fuels gets more expensive. It's going to be the same thing that happened in the 80's. People stuck with high cost cars that are too expensive to fill up.
Really what I'm hoping to see happen is that the public come to their senses and realize they can't continue on the path they are on. We are using way too much energy in our living. The results being a huge carbon footprint for the US.
Two years later: How the “distracted walking” law is holding up in Honolulu
The crosswalk fronting the William S. Richardson School of Law Library is one of the many ways students, faculty and staff enter and exit the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa campus. Courtesy of Tamara Goebbert
Car ownership is on the rise - https://www.wired.com/story/death-ca...y-exaggerated/ Sorry I don't really read right leaning articles.
