Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of reverse logic

Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by bobthepanda on Sunday December 26, 2021 @01:03AM (#29690138)

If you're a local US government, you probably have trouble keeping the lights on, let alone justifying CapEx on more buses.

King County in Seattle recently costed a transition to all-electric: the conclusion was that it would cost 41% more than sticking with the current hybrids, and would be equivalent to reducing service by 237,000 hours annually. https://seattletransitblog.com/2020/11/02/metros-fleet-all-e...

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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK on Sunday December 26, 2021 @04:16AM (#29690890)

Have they included emissions and healthcare considerations in those cost estimates?

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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by bobthepanda on Sunday December 26, 2021 @02:04PM (#29695274)

Which causes less emissions, the amount of solo drivers you’d switch with all the lost service hours or the marginal electrification of hybrid buses that have regenerative braking, stop and go and don’t go above 30mph?

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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by renewiltord on Sunday December 26, 2021 @01:58PM (#29695219)

Well, one would imagine that the externalities are mitigated by the fact that they are spread. AGW isn’t even bad for that region: abundant water, solid local government, improved arable land.

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Re:Buy a coal mine, drive a gas guzzler, and other uses of r... by bobthepanda on Sunday December 26, 2021 @04:31PM (#29696573)

Eh, if AGW leads to more events like the triple digit heat waves in a region that has less than half of all buildings AC-capable due to the mild climate, it's pretty awful.

A lot of local water also comes from snowpack built over winter, which has been decreasing.

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