To reuse that old joke
"~~Libertarians~~ Doomsday preppers are like house cats: absolutely convinced of their fierce independence while utterly dependent on a system they don't appreciate or understand"
Nor is it the first battery powered train in the world or even first in Germany where this giga-train operates.
But being caught in a lie would destroy your clout instantly. If they're competing for clout there would be a big incentive to prove the competition wrong.
19 Countries with the Most School Shootings (total incidents Jan 2009-May 2018 - CNN):
United States — 288
Mexico — 8
South Africa — 6
Nigeria & Pakistan — 4
Afghanistan — 3
Brazil, Canada, France — 2
Azerbaijan, China, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Kenya, Russia, & Turkey — 1
Other countries just have less to deal with.
Learning on The Learning Channel (TLC)
Dark Helmet: What the hell am I looking at? When does this happen in the movie?
Colonel Sandurz: Now. You're looking at now, sir. Everything that happens now, is happening now.
Dark Helmet: What happened to then?
Colonel Sandurz: We passed then.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now. We're at now now.
Dark Helmet: Go back to then.
Colonel Sandurz: When?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: Now?
Dark Helmet: Now.
Colonel Sandurz: I can't.
Dark Helmet: Why?
Colonel Sandurz: We missed it.
Dark Helmet: When?
Colonel Sandurz: Just now.
Dark Helmet: When will then be now?
Colonel Sandurz: Soon.
public transit is how you get around without a car
Except later in the evening when many lines stop or get very infrequent. Catching that late movie? Walk home.
Getting the kids in public transportation in a hassle. Teaching them to bike and have a safe environment for them to bike in is more fun.
Cargo bikes to move groceries, little kids and other stuff is easy enough. Getting those groceries on public transportation is not that easy.
And a bike is usually much faster to go over one or two stops instead of waiting for the bus.
Both public transportation and bikes have their use.
it could make our current computing technology exponentially more efficient, thus reducing the global power consumption of our data-driven society.
That's a bold lie. Jevons paradox will apply and the first thing that will happen is building more AI data centers and crypto mining.
How that proposal looks in winter
Peace with Putin in practice means removing his means of attacking