Willard,
Apologies, of course.
Meant Rotterdam. Wrote Amsterdam. Been to both a couple of times. At least they are both in Holland (or the Netherlands, if you prefer.)
Cheers.
Comment on Week in review – Energy edition by Mike Flynn
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Comment on Week in review – Energy edition by justinwonder
Roger Sowell
“Sure! Of COURSE nuclear power is the safest way, if you don’t mind irradiating the populace (we have had 5 serious core meltdowns, with 4 of those having explosions) in the past 40 years. Count ’em: Three Mile Island, Chernobyl, and three at Fukushima-Daiichi. That’s five, an average of 8 years.
And of course they are safe, if you don’t count the endless decades and centuries of deadly radiation just waiting to spew forth and bombard the innocent population from “spent” fuel storage — where the “spent” fuel is far, FAR more radioactive than new fuel.”
Roger, here are two numbers from Fukushima for you:
1. 16,000 killed by the quake and tsunami.
2. 0 killed by radiation
Try to be rational. It’s difficult, cognitive strain and dissonance and all that, but you can do it.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by aaron
I like the point that drivers often look at other drivers tin making decision on how to drive. And that drivers will be sharing the road for a little my time.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by aaron
Sharing the road for a long time. Damn auto correct.
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Comment on Week in review – science edition by ordvic
Timg56,
Thanks for the advice. I think I’ll lay off the meds though or then I might really be dangerous.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by sciguy54
When approaching another car at an intersection, I was taught to always look for the other driver’s eyes. If you can’t see them then assume that they do not see you. This advice has saved my skin many times since I got my first driver’s license in 1969.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by rovingbroker
Travelling bumper-to-bumper at 65 mph is the most important and least credited benefit of “driverless” cars. This alone will increase the carrying capacity of existing highways by two, three, four or more times limited mainly by how many cars the off-ramps can handle. Instead of building more highways (and expensive bridges and tunnels) or adding lanes to existing highways, beef up the off-ramps.
If you want to get people into autonomous vehicles, make freeways “autonomous only.”
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by ordvic
When I lived in Portland OR they had bumper stickers that said: “I’m keeping 129 cars off the road”. Later people started putting a counter sticker on their cars: ” I’m one of 129 cars keeping one bus off the road”.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by Peter Webster
For me, I can’t wait for NASCAR to go driverless! And Grand Prixs? But then who gets to spray and be sprayed by the champagne? OK, I am irreverent!
PW
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by rovingbroker
It seems that in your current situation you are not a good candidate for an autonomous car. Not everybody is — at least for V1.0.
If you are not able to drive a car yourself, the only option (other than moving or ordering beer from Amazon Fresh) is a horse.
A sudden flash … if all you want is a six pack, do you need to be in the car at all? Can’t you just dispatch it to the beverage store with a shopping list? Or maybe the beverage store (and pizza place) would be the owner of a fleet of autonomous vehicles. Not only would they be driverless, they’d be passenger-less.
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Comment on Week in review – Energy edition by jim2
From the article:
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World governments will try to forge a new global accord to address climate change at a UN climate conference in Paris in December, with both developed and developing countries committing to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.
The landmark agreement would limit global warming to 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit (two degrees Celsius) from pre-industrial revolution levels as of 2020.
“We are all responsible for this crisis,” Redford told the gathering. “Your mission is as simple as it is daunting: save the world before it’s too late.”
Redford pointed to global warming fueling extreme weather such as the deadly heatwaves in India and Pakistan that have claimed thousands of lives.
“Everywhere we look, moderate weather seems to be going extinct,” said Redford, who starred in such classic films as “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” and founded the Sundance Film Festival.
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http://news.yahoo.com/robert-redford-sees-last-chance-fix-climate-213826093.html;_ylt=AwrC1TF04JFVFSAA7R_QtDMD;_ylu=X3oDMTByNXQ0NThjBGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwM1BHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg–
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by Steven Mosher
I love the way skeptics who see no problem or risks with dumping c02
get every imaginative about the risks of driverless cars.
kinda funny.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by ristvan
SM, I am puzzled. The site you link to says Googles stuff will not be offered in Wisonsin, because of snow. Did your Berkeley/ UW Madison connections get crossed? Seems so.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by Ragnaar
ristvan:
“The site you link to says Googles stuff will not be offered in Wisconsin, because of snow.”
My son’s have endured many lectures about traction conditions recognition. At times it can be difficult. I’d like to see some dirt track racing experiments.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by sciguy54
Experience has taught that developing anything involves surprising amounts of risk, work, time and expense. The final product almost never looks and performs as originally envisioned, sometimes better but usually worse. And it is rarely possible to eliminate the last few bugs before revenue must be generated by selling product.
The last issue explains why most cars, trains, boats, and planes are painstakingly incremental in design. And why most software is full of bugs and licensed with pages of legal disclaimers.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by JCH
My driverless car got into a serious road rage incident. The other car was staring at me, so I said, “Don’t look at me.”
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by jim2
Stupid skeptics. No bank, retailer, or government agency has ever been hacked. Stupid skeptics.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by jim2
I think the cars will work just fine. But they will get hacked.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by ruttbridges
Jim, this is a good and thoughtful issue to raise. Since Denver is my home and also the basis for some of the financial modeling (since I have good access to local data), I felt compelled to reply.
Security is a major consideration in the model, and the book addresses this issue in great detail. First, only registered clients can enter the “Autos”, as the driverless cars are called. Since they are bristling with sensors, they can verify the ID of any passenger before opening their doors, using both name voice prints and facial recognition. There is no driver to come back and burgle the house, but if a fellow passenger (rideshare mode) decides to do so they will obviously be a potential and well-documented suspect. Not a wise choice for a criminal. If people object to this level of security, they can choose alternative transportation. Rideshare customers can also set preferences for same-gender companions, an option that some women and a few men (how ’bout them Broncos?) may prefer. Same age range may be a desired preference for seniors and some young people.
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Comment on Driverless cars: the transportation revolution is coming by jim2
Also, I think there should be individual compartments, one per rider. The divider could be parted if both parties work the latch.
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