My concern is people advocating for expensive and ineffectual strategies because it looks cool in a social media post instead of doing things that are actually useful. We have an insane amount of land to use. Do public transit, do utility-scale solar. Don’t do this nonsense.

Carport solar is a terrible idea.

1. Increased height for structure, likely increased weight as well since you need to make super-duper sure they don’t pancake somebody’s car. This leads to;

2. MUCH greater chance of property damage and resulting payouts (not to mention the risk of somebody’s Timmy managing to shock themselves)

3. Harder to build and maintain due to number 1, as well as having a bunch of cars around, needing to schedule lot closures, etc.

4. Number 3 gets in the way of actually using the parking lot as a parking lot, which is probably going to be pretty unpopular with the property owner and/or lose them money from decreased business.

5. Oh yah, harder to angle due to the constraints you’re under, so less efficient.

All this adds up to making it a lot more expensive than just putting them on the ground. We have TONS of abandoned malls and supermarkets all over the country, just use that smh.

What if - now hear me out - we built more power lines?

Based eco-friendly Russia?!?

(Yes this a joke)

Source?

Car vs PT is pretty regularly going to be decided in favor of the car. The point of PT is to enable people to not need a car in the first place.

I abandoned my car several years ago, at the benefit of around $300-$400/month (once you add up car payment, insurance, gas, maintenance, parking, etc). Nowadays, it would probably be significantly more. I was able to replace that with a $65/month bus pass. My spouse still has their car, so we use that if needed. It’s been a real lifechanger.

I don’t know that PT is ever going to out-convenience a private car trip, barring things like car-free districts. It doesn’t have to - it just has to be useful enough for daily commuting that you can downsize your private vehicles (and save a bunch of money). If you aren’t looking to do that…welp.

Access to reliable healthcare:

America: No

Canada: Yes

Russia: No

A rat done bit my sister Nell.

(with Whitey on the Moon)

Her face and arms began to swell.

(and Whitey’s on the Moon)

I can’t pay no doctor bill.

(but Whitey’s on the Moon)

Ten years from now I’ll be paying still

(while Whitey’s on the Moon)

MN passed a law in 2023 preventing cities from banning native lawns. It said notbong about HOAs, though. Even the state don’t wanna fuck with them, it seems. Link

“Bomb factory destroyed by Flamingo”

Come on, it was right there smh my head

A man is nude in a designated nude beach in France. A man in England with a good telescope views this nude Frenchman. Is the Frenchman in violation of England’s laws against nudity because he can be seen from England?

The answer is, “Of course not”, and the reason why is a large army with the words, ‘Armee de Terre’ on their uniforms. The only laws are enforceable ones, and if you try to enforce your laws on another country without their say-so, that tends to be what they call a ‘casus belli’.

You’re not very smart, are you?

Lmaooo I will stick to turning down all the settings on my shitbox computer because apparently that’s the same experience hahah.

Rattle 'em, boys!

Yes

They haven’t enslaved or genocided any cultural groups so far

working-class-centered politics

There’s a word for that. Smh my head

This is like when a kid camps out in the back yard to ‘run away from home’.

Do it

-User posts in-depth explanation of how to build out public transit

-“Well we don’t have it NOW so you’re hurting farmers!!!1!”