They're really working on making automobiles a lot safer by installing breathalyzers in every car. Exciting times! https://time.com/6086981/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-brea...
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#12This whole time I've been confused how investing more money in roads is compatible with our climate goals. Should we not trying to decommission roads and encourage people to move to denser, walkable and cyclable city centers?
Re: After months of delay, the House passes infrastructure bill
#13This whole time I've been confused how investing more money in roads is compatible with our climate goals. Should we not trying to decommission roads and encourage people to move to denser, walkable and cyclable city centers?
Roads act more like veins transporting resources to parts of civilization. Decrease efficiency, increase emissions. But the critical thing is infrastructure being in disrepair can and has killed people.
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#14This whole time I've been confused how investing more money in roads is compatible with our climate goals. Should we not trying to decommission roads and encourage people to move to denser, walkable and cyclable city centers?
It’s not really about infrastructure like roads and stuff. It’s about “infrastructure.”
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#15The $1trn headline makes me expect something to excite the imagination... A roman aquaduct wow factor. Something to marvel at.
Am I being shallow? Does it make bad sense to cut a $100bn slice for something epic? A hypersonic monorail perhaps?
Re: After months of delay, the House passes infrastructure bill
#16This whole time I've been confused how investing more money in roads is compatible with our climate goals. Should we not trying to decommission roads and encourage people to move to denser, walkable and cyclable city centers?
Only about 10% of the money is for actual infrastructure like roads.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
I’d be interested to know the implications if you have time to share.
https://www.coindesk.com/business/2021/11/06/house-sends-inf... Tl;dr it will be a felony offense to receive >$10k of any digital asset without filing a report including KYC information on the sender.
10k i which time frame? a crypto can in worth from 9k to 10k and back to 9k in one day.
Re: After months of delay, the House passes infrastructure bill
#18This whole time I've been confused how investing more money in roads is compatible with our climate goals. Should we not trying to decommission roads and encourage people to move to denser, walkable and cyclable city centers?
The US is huge, and people are already migrating to the cities (a bad move in the light of COVID). The remaining cities still need to be connected by roads, even if you’re closing down small communities.
You can also improve public transport, build bikelanes and sidewalk, while updating roads to help the parts of the community that will inevitable live outside the inner city limits.
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#19They're really working on making automobiles a lot safer by installing breathalyzers in every car. Exciting times! https://time.com/6086981/bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-brea...
>They're really working on making automobiles a lot safer by installing breathalyzers in every car. Exciting times! Can't tell if sarcasm.
Some groups are huge fans of making everything as safe as possible.
This is an exciting win for them.
Re: After months of delay, the House passes infrastructure bill
#20The $1trn headline makes me expect something to excite the imagination... A roman aquaduct wow factor. Something to marvel at. Am I being shallow? Does it make bad sense to cut a $100bn slice for something epic? A hypersonic monorail perhaps?
It gives the DOE secretary a mandate and budget to commission projects for new, smaller nuclear plants (300MW). Unless that got removed…