Favorites April 21st 2023

Santa Cruz Boardwalk, April 2023

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One commenter points to an article proposing using crows against your enemies via use of a realistic mask. Seems like getting a Mission Impossible style mask would be the hard part of this.

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500 Wh/Kg is around the point where normal-ish looking planes start getting viable. One commenter points to the Maeve01, which is designed to work with a battery of this class. Worth noting that specialized planes are capable of flying SF to LA, with current technology but only carries 5 passengers.

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A comparison with EU pollution from normal coal operation is informative.

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Threads

• Another thread about the SUV loophole in the American car safety and fuel economy standards. New for me was this: "as long as an SUV had four-wheel drive and decent ground clearance, it could avoid the more stringent car regulations and instead be regulated as a truck."