Recent content by Art Deco

If we can build Interstate highways and fricken rocket ships , I think we can solve the firefighters access issues,

So leave a 20 foot gap over once in a while. So what? They get around overhead hi power lines in town all the time...

How about stationary roofs over bike lanes instead? Maybe just covered by solar panels with slow ceiling fans for daytime, led lights at night, and charging stations every 20 miles? Shady and dry , open sides so breezy in summer , you could even heat the surface in winter and it would still...

Hello and welcome to EBR. There are ebikes here that absolutely require pedaling, and others where the pedals could easily be footpegs with no loss of functionality. You will find something that works for you and you will find some of your countrymen here as well. Choosing an ebike can be hard...

Akron and Canton Ohio were a smaller version of that in the 70s. Steel mills and tire factories are rough on people who like breathing.

I quit flying long ago. I might still do it in an emergency, but not willingly. In Europe and Asia, you still find good train services, but not over here. Cruise ships are mostly floating petri dishes, and noone wants to ride a greyhound bus. So driving (or staying home) is basically my only...

Up in the middle of the night and saw this IDK anything about this but it looks cool.

Be careful there. Linseed oil is super flammable and toxic IIRC, whie tung oil isn't and works very well.

And an example from the real world... https://mailchi.mp/31edaebd950c/talking-climate-now-in-your-inbox-10351337?e=d42b069f82

I should have said "profitable this quarter " . My mistake.

What you say is possible and rational, but it doesn't count the money ... petroleum is very profitable, renewables usually not. Period. Sorry about that, Chief...

I would bring back zeppelins in the air before I brought back cranks on the ground. Jes sayin'.

I've never heard of these, or ot the Morton you mention below. My question is always "who services something that is too heavy to return to sender." Boring, I know, but something that really matters if we aren't mechanics with parts available off the rack.

If you choose to risk it on a small plane where you know about it, that's OK. If it's commercial, where you endanger the clueless dozens or hundreds of others, it's not OK. At all.

Didn't know about the 99wh limit (for commercial flights I assume). That actually seems reasonable if a bit low. I wouldn't want to be seated next to or underneath a 500wh battery that decided to have a bad day, either.