This sure looks like the goal is to control the people
This Nature item advocates taxing EVs by weight, saying because batteries are heavy, models say EVs will result in more highway fatalities (all things being equal – but what if…
How the elite travel in a Covid world: Book two trips and cancel one
Sophisticated global travelers now book two trips around the same time – just in case Covid restrictions cancel one of them. Then cancel the one they don’t take. Geesh. Hoping…
“Flight shaming”: Global travel should be banned.
Saving the planet requires that we stop gaping and gawking at travel blogs and vacation selfies. Instead, everyone who cares about the environment should shame those who clamber onto an…
Another Chevy Bolt EV spontaneously combusts
Unplugged, sitting in a parking lot, the burning vehicle also destroyed the two adjoining vehicles including a Maserati. Early Monday morning, 20-year-old Jesus Damian’s 2017 Bolt EV burst into flames…
Airlines now specify what type of mask you may wear on board
The rules are mostly random except everyone now bans bandanas and balaclavas, which the CDC loudly endorsed in April of 2020: Learn what some domestic airlines prohibit passengers from wearing…
Next up: A push to ban air travel
Air travelers create a lot of greenhouse gas emissions that mostly harm other, less well-to-do people. Source: Opinion: Big Tech flies too much. It’s time for these companies to practice…
Electric vehicles are not a panacea to controlling climate
Read the whole thing: Opinion: The unintended harm of subsidizing electric vehicles and charging stations – MarketWatch
Awesome and innovative light aircraft design
Go down through the whole thread to see photos (mostly captures from Microsoft Flight Simulator). Very clever design here from the 1970s. Some investors are trying to bring it back…
Executive Order on “right to repair” may have broader “ripple” effects
US President Joe Biden will soon sign an executive order that will give farmers the right to repair their own tractors, said Jen Psaki, White House Press Secretary in a…
Lidar versus visual processing for automated driving
Lidar, or laser-based radar, is a key enabling technology for most auto makers’ self-driving cars. Lidar is good at identifying objects far down the road and determining speed. Unlike traditional…
It’s called density altitude: “Too hot to fly at Portland International Airport?”
An aircraft’s performance is determined by density altitude. At a high altitude airport, the air is less dense. At a hot airport, the air is less dense. Same with humidity.…
Bike related head and brain injuries among adults remain high
“The fact is that bicycling leads to the highest number of ER visits for traumatic brain injury in the U.S.,” he said. The threat to adults is especially dire.”With an…
America’s infrastructure is getting better, not actually crumbling
What politicians and news stories don’t tell you is that America’s bridges have been steadily improving for three decades. Source: Biden’s Crumbling Bridges | Cato at Liberty Blog
Did you know that RC model aircraft pilots must keep their instruction manuals with them while flying? I didn’t.
FAA regulations require that operating instruction manuals be kept on board aircraft when the aircraft is in operation. Pilots can refer to manuals in the event a problem develops during…
White House proposes making all roads into toll roads, pay flat rate per mile
Pete Buttigieg, the transportation secretary, said that the White House is weighing a mileage tax and special bonds to fund infrastructure. …. He spoke fondly of a mileage levy, which…