I’ll believe it when I see Tom Cruise hanging off the side one in Mission: Impossible 10

On the 2nd-gen Prius, it just signals added regen braking. You can drive around town in ‘B’ with no impact to MPG depending on your gas pedal position. It’s a bit like a precursor to ‘1 pedal driving mode’ some new BEVs have. Note that it disables cruise control.

Good job Norway. Sticking it to the myth that EVs and cold weather aren’t compatible. I only personally have one friend who lives in Norway, and they do drive an EV!

My first thought was Equinox EV. Same length as the Accord, but 4" wider. I’ve never leased a car but the lease deals near me for the Equinox EV is very tempting - $129/month with $3k due at signing.

The guy wants something with as much space as the Accord, the Polestar 2 is NOT it. It’s cramped AF inside.

The problem with trains is their path is so unpredictable, so often swerving at random.

“The driver then drove around the gates”

anyone who stops voluntarily on a train track deserves to be hit by a train tbh 

It’s astounding how badly America fucked up. Completely and utterly fucked.

Eh, not really. Alpha particles are the most damaging of any type of ionizing radiation because of their mass and charge.

Many years ago, I was standing around in a small restaurant in Essex, Massachusetts waiting for a to-go order. To pass the time, I started reading a framed newspaper clipping from the early 20th century. I was about a couple of guys who had taken a trip from Essex, all the way to the West Coast of the US, using…

Radon is also not the same thing as radium. Unlike radon, your body treats radium as though it’s calcium, which means it stores it in your bones where it never goes away.

“Unfortunately for all of us, outside of a few select neighborhoods in a couple of cities, there’s only so much you can do to get around without a car in the U.S.”

Radon is an alpha-emitter. Weakest type of radiation. Blocked by cardboard. Nothingburger indeed.

This is one of the reasons I got an ebike. I am fortunate enough to live in a place where I can meet most of my daily needs in a short distance from my house. With a good ebike even places that are across town are accessible and I just take the roads with a bike lane. It’s fun and almost as fast as driving, and…

I really wish more people that feel that they need to drive all the time would realize that letting communities, cities, counties, and states invest in public infrastructure like cycling lanes, dedicated bus lanes, light rail, and trams means that fewer people will be on the road and traffic will be better for…

Okay, since nobody involved in writing any of this decided to include actual numbers, I guess I’ll do it.

In 1990, the EPA banned the use of phosogypsum containing radium-226 concentrations above 400 bq/kg (1 Bq = 1 radioactive decay per second).

For reference, cement ALSO contains radium-226, along with potassium-40…

I grew up in a time where my parents would take me for rides. Just ride around. Then I used to do it in highschool. I still try to take the long way home every once and a while. Usually other people on the road is what makes it miserable for me.

Working class voters when they realize the billionaires they voted for are pursuing policies that benefit billionaires over the working class.

Well, at least we know it was all for show. Expect a few high profile deportation operations aimed at satisfying his supporters, but by and large the wholesale deportation of undocumented migrants isn’t going to happen as long as business groups can make a case that they’re needed. I suspect we’ll see a few targeted “c…