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Most of the noise in cities does come from cars. You're right that cities will never be [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTV-wwszGw8 [2] https://www.easa.europa.eu/sites/default…

Beautifully written.

Earth science PhD here - you're pretty much right, but Atlantic oceans can still be bad. Most earthquakes are caused by tectonic plate motion. The biggest earthquakes (>M9, e.g. Ja…

Very good point about farming and productivity. I believe US manufacturing didn't decline in output either, just increased productivity and declined in workers. Although essentiall…

I've seen other strong studies showing that government cost per-capita is _much_ high for suburban and rural areas. Intuitively this makes sense when considering infrastructure - m…

I think we agree on most practical aspects of this situation. We both agree that this situation of expensive grid hookups in rural areas is simple economics. We both agree to make …

I grew up in a very rural, conservative small town and still talk to many people there. They loved the $1500 checks in their accounts. They see rising cost of housing and several h…

I understand your point - farming, mining, and manufacturing are all essential economic activities that have largely shifted overseas post-WWII. This has hollowed the rural economy…

I agree that many people move away from cities to "escape", but it's important to recognize that for many decades now, rural residents have received significantly more benefits fro…

1.41m by 2100 is the projection for “Grand Isle”, the closest location in the model to New Orleans. Sea level and sea level rise is not uniform worldwide, so local predictions are …

source?

There are 57.5 million square miles of land on Earth, including mountains, deserts, rainforests, national parks, tundra, and Antarctica. There are currently 7.4 billion people. Thi…

The deficit mainly matters because we have to pay interest on the loans we take out. If the rates are good, it's actually a great investment. If the rates are bad, it hamstrings fu…

Good answer, but I think you mean Fe, not Pb.

Yes, there is a reason. We've thoroughly explored the periodic table through our studies of nuclear processes (lots of government funding for anything nuclear weapons related). It …