In the first 10 minutes of this, Dan has the most "asshole abuser who will harass the life out of anyone that ever says no to him" energy I've seen in a while.
@jerf You should know that almost all the trains in the US are non-electric, and are powered by something fuels like diesel or coal. Yes, the thing they used in the 1800s is still sometimes used today, though the methods of handling it I think are much better.
Ultimately, we don't have electric rails (outside of one or two outliers, mainly in New England) because in the 50s and 60s, this country decided to basically fuck itself to death with car culture, and most railways (and most other public infrastructure) were demolished in favor of more highways for more cars. We have never recovered from this, and while it would be great it we eventually did electrify our railways, it would require a public investment on a scale that makes it unlikely to ever happen.
It's also worth noting that electric high-speed rail is very common in Europe and Asia because they often have their shit together.
Please don't give any sense of credibility to NFT or crypto art. It's an unbelievably wasteful use of energy, to the point that it's becoming a major ecological concern:
"For example, one NFT (not by one of the above artists) was priced in the range of 10s of $ per edition, with many hundreds of editions. In 2 months, this single artwork has a footprint of approximately 74 MWh, with 46 tonnes of CO2 — equivalent to a EU resident’s total electric power consumption for 22 years , or the carbon emissions of over 50 transatlantic flights — in 2 months."
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