Can anyone tell me why shipping is more efficient than rail? I thought water has more friction than air
>>2070081ah sorry i never saw this (probably you wont see this, but ill reply anyway)you are right, i read my comment again and i missed a lot of details. the factor of 3 comes from what you said, the factor of 4 comes from needing to haul extra fuel and being a more 'robust' vehicle in general. bigger engine, stronger walls etc. i posted a different comment in this thread back before about how i missed out on explaining rolling resistance (which is where a heavier vehicle gets done in). i put the factor of 4 in instead of the 3 to make it more accurate to the real world without having references to rolling resistancei know its wrong and knew it before but i figured no one else would know it (or care)
>>2068722I do not believe for one second that a jet is only 47 times less efficient than a cargo ship. What is the source for this image?
>>2078987 (me)I did the napkin math myself, and this actually looks roughly accurate. A 777 consumes 35,000 gallons of fuel on a flight from China to LA, and has a capacity of roughly 20 TEUs. A large container ship might have a capacity of 10,000 TEUs, and might consume roughly 725,000 gallons of fuel travelling the same distance. According to these numbers, the tanker is about 25x as efficient as the 777.
>>2078990>777>capacity of roughly 20 TEUsTEUs are not a useful measurement in aviation, in fact they're not used at all in aviation. Use weight or volume.
>>2068791>>2068793They look weird but the new postal vehicles are about as safe for pedestrians as we can get.
man biking up hills sucks ass
before i started cycling all i ever heard was how horrible it was to have to ride up hillslike we would all be better off if there were no hillsafter i started cycling i realized all of you are weak faggots not willing to put in a modicum of effort
>>2079299>beach cruisingbased
>>2074637First gear is my only gear
>>2077535>According the ChatGPWhy don't you stop posting forever and just let the chatbot do it for you
>>2079364why are you still here then?
nature's bridge Pulkkilanharju in Lake Päijänne, Finland
>>2077097so it's legal if it's really big or has too many and/or inappropriate parts
>>2077101Biblically accurate bmw. No matter how fast you're going the bmw behind you wants to go faster
>>2077025sounds like paradise
>>2077132yeh, no americans around
>>2079112>American Derangement Syndrome takes another
Can someone tell me what Japanese residential streets are called? I’ve never been to Japan but in videos and anime I keep seeing these narrowish neighborhood streets that lead right up to people’s houses. They’re super walkable even though they almost never have sidewalks, people just walk down the middle of the road. Doors basically open onto the street and there’s almost no on-street parking so the whole thing feels open and free. What’s the actual name for this style of street/layout? Is there a specific term or is it just "normal Japanese residential street"?
>>2079196Because in japan you don't have to be afraid you'll get knifed by some diverse lad like in Europe or the US
>>2079196japan is inherently superior due to their ethnically homogeneous culture
>>2079194streeto>>2079196this
>>2079196You should see what an urban back alley looks like in America.
I like the concept of not having sidewalks, so that pedestrian and car traffic are mixed and cars have be mindful of pedestrians. Of course this would never work in 3rd world shitholes like the US because HFCS-brained drivers would just run people over
>June 1990>6 months after Avianca Flight 52 disaster>A avianca flight is stuck outside JFK>Mentions low fuel a couple times>Asks for “priority landing”>Mentions low fuel again>Gets cleared and lands>Turns out they had less than 10 minutes of fuel left and would have crashed if the landing failed>When asked they say they thought they had declared a emergency by asking for priority landing>We were less than 10 minutes away from a exact repeat of Avianca Flight 52 with the same airliner and same airport >August 1990>JFK Controllers mishear something about fuel from a Avianca flight, fuel and 15 minutes in the same sentence >Declare a fuel emergency on behalf of the plane(unheard of)>Planes lands>Turns out it had 2 hours of fuelComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Why did bi-level vehicles go out of style?
>>2078244What's the problem? Works dunnit
>>2078249Stations?
>>2078295Just have long enough stations
>>2078295make stations that are 2 cars long on a 3-car train, and make the alternate which cars get to disembark on each station. you learn which cars open on which stations and only take those from yours.
>>2078295Never heard of her!!
I flew down to the Bay Area to take a journey on the Niles Canyon Railway's mysterious and rarely traveled Eastern branch aboard the M200 Railbus. The last of its kind still operating, the M200 once served the California Western Railroad as a literal schoolbus for children. Today is its first publicly available excursion in several years.
Nice to see that the Pleasanton side is somewhat open. Dudes been been working hard on that forever. There used to be a cool old circus train with those random cars too. You should hit the Secret Sidewall next time, dude.
>>2077116?
>>2055084Fuuuuucking keyed
Why is /n/ in general so much more friendly and cordial than other boards?
>>2073923really hope he sees this. then you can be agreeable together.
>>2073849>both sidesDo you work for the NY Times
>>2047065This. It's common knowledge that cyclists are healthier, more active and have (on average) bigger, thicker penises. Also cycling is a hobby that is statistically heavy with a white male demographic, thus one of the very last standing bastions against the unwashed horde. On a serious note, I have maybe met 1-2 people over the last 30,000 km bike touring who was non-white, nigs don't care for anything outdoorsy.So therefore you have a community that is relatively homogenous, fit, active and leaves the house regularly. This easily results in a friendly and accessible environment.
>>2079150>and have (on average) bigger, thicker penises.that can't get up
>bumping an old ass thread on a slow board with nonsenseI do not like posters like you on this forum.
Should a city the size of Toronto have more, less, or about the same amount of rapid transit?
>>2078213Hopefully they take better care of it than they did with Ontario Place, which was opened with similar enthusiasm but over the years was allowed to decay and fall into disrepair.
>>2076185Can an /n/ Anon tell me if the Ontario Line is good or not?
>>2078978Better than not building it
>>2079019it wasn't free
>>2076187I can walk to the GO train or walk to my deer stand from my house. Most of Ontario is Crown land, after that is farm land.>>2078195>best system in all of North Americahaving been a passenger on transit systems all throughout Canada I can, with confidence, say that Vancouver is much better than Toronto and I say that as a native Ontarian. TTC is fine but the Skytrain is better.
A 17-year-old German teen has been living life as a modern nomad, leaving his parents’ house to live on trains and travel all over his country.While most 17-year-olds are only just beginning to consider the idea of leaving the nest, Lasse Stolley has already been on his own for over a year and a half. Convinced that his school studies were already behind him, he convinced his parents to allow him to leave their home in Fockbek, Schleswig-Holstein to embark on a unique train-hopping adventure. It took a lot of convincing, but they eventually agreed, and for the last year and a half, the German teen has essentially been living on trains, traveling all over his home country, working as a self-employed coder during the day, and sleeping on night trains at night.“I’ve been living on the train as a digital nomad for a year and a half now,” Lasse told Business Insider. “At night I sleep on the moving Intercity Express (ICE) train and during the day I sit in a seat, at a table and work as a programmer, surrounded by many other commuters and passengers. I travel from one end of the country to the other. I’m exploring the whole of Germany.”He gave into his wanderlust in 2022, selling most of his possessions and packing what was left in a 36-liter backpack that he has been carrying with him ever since. Minimalism and resisting the urge to acquire new stuff are an essential part of his lifestyle, as he needs to take everything with him wherever he goes. It’s not always easy, but he has found a way to make it work.https://www.odditycentral.com/news/german-teenager-left-parents-home-to-live-exclusively-on-trains-for-the-last-year-and-a-half.htmlhttps://www.businessinsider.de/leben/bahncard100-17-jaehriger-lebt-seit-jahr-2022-in-den-zuegen-der-bahn/
>>1986079based and Fastman pilled. Does he use X230 or X220?
>>1986079>He gave into his wanderlust in 2022He's been living on the same train in the same country for years. That's not wanderlust, that's just homelessness.
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>>2077244Only grills experience wanderlust
30 years after Mavic Zap, I finally tried three different bikes with electronic shifting (Rival, Force, and Red/XPLR) and it reminded me of the first time I got my dick sucked. It was alright. I'm glad I experienced it. But the overall feeling was like.... "that's all? that's what all the hype was about?"I am glad it's a thing, I'm glad it's available, I would never tell them to un-invent it. I suppose if you offered to upgrade my current bikes with all electronic I'd probably go for it (might have to think it through first). Overall, it was a disappointment.So what did I miss here? Is Shimano better or Campy maybe, was the problem fookin SRAM? Is it less about the ride and more the long term ownership experience, the maintenance perhaps? Why do people fork out 2-3x the monies over the cost of perfectly good mech shifting? I can't believe I'm even saying "perfectly good (old thing)". I love my hydro dicks, I love my crabon wheels, I would never go back and those were worth every penny, but the e-shifting was a big letdown. Again, it was fine, but just fine. For all the hype I expected to ejaculate instantly.
>>2077527So much for being utterly unperturbed and nothing gets under your skin, huh. Remember this one is also a bicycle related thread. If you have nothing to add, you are invited to pipe down and let the grownups talk.
>>2077510>I didn't say anything about what was required>>2077337>I have superstitious fear of key logging even though a microphone and some AI could easily crack my passwords.IDIOT
>>2077529Were you home schooled? I'd hate my parents too if I were in your shoes.
>>2077393>>2077347>>2077340>>2077333>>2077330There he is. The incredible retard.
>>2077340What year are you living in
Should more American transit systems buy Chinese rolling stock?
>>2076175I saw the Oscar Meyer weiner mobile in south Dakota. Not at an event, just rolling down 80. Trippy.
I have no idea what rolling stock they use nor do I care, but this is the only American train general, so I'll post these here.had to go down near the airport so I took the train there and rode my bike the rest of the way.MARTA has brand new maps since were hosting a bunch of World Cup games.also, Big Boi from OutKast did the announcement for new riders on how to use MARTA. as usual, I had a completely unremarkable trip and nobody paid any attention to me whatsoever except one old tourist lady. and it was just the slightest second glances, I guess because I had a bike.
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>>2071969a lot of environmental laws & landowners who don't want their property values to drop constantly getting in the way.
>>2071791No. They have technical problems and look like shit. They just take the existing train design and give it a colorful plastic front end with ugly details. At least Japanese companies design good looking and functional trains.
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>>2079036I like this one thoughbeit
>>2079052but the image limit is reached, there's nothing more to see, it had a good run
>only days away from being four years oldwe made it so close
Quick reminder you should not own any electric vehicles, unless you live in a house on a large plot of land where you store batteries in a shed large distance apart from your home.
>>2078810It's easier to put out a gasoline fire than a lithium fire. Lithium-ion batteries don't ignite as easily as gasoline does but as a consequence it tends to burn far hotter
remember to keep your lithium phones and laptops in the shed too.
>>2079026Unless you live across the street from the fire department, your safety is not impacted by the ease with which the fire is extinguished.
>>2079031>corporate flat art showing a woman putting out a fireYeah, I'm gonna believe this sourceless graphic and just trust that it's entirely in context as well.
>>2076664What if you stick it in one of those fireproof chemical/explosive cabinets?
Ocean liner fans rejoice! The Queen Mary reopened for hotel guests in May and in June, I had the privilege of spending two nights on board. I'll be uploading my album of the ship over the next few days and discussing the history of the ship that I learned while onboard.
>tfw bored and upon up a 3 year old thread where the OP posts pictures of a place that I WAS LITERALLY AT ON THAT EXACT DAYwhat a fucking small world...
Are there any mega oldfags who traveled by ocean liner during the final days of non-ceremonial service? Late 50s or early 60s? Maybe as a child on a vacation?
>>2077228you can't even passenger your way across the atlantic anymore on boat? it just has to be plane?
>>2077284You can but it's like once a month sailings and only between New York and *ngl*nd. You can't go anywhere worthwhile like Marseille or Cadiz, just knifecrime island where you will be immediately arrested for failure to register your phone as an illegal television simulator
>>2077284You can probably find a boat from cabo verde to port harcourt or something
