Prices of the electricity we use to charge

[flecc]

I am pretty sure that the collision avoidance systems will stop the car in time because it will detect the movement of other vehicles and pedestrians faster than humans. After detection, humans need at least 0.5 sec to react. Computers much less.

Agreed, but no use on my car when exiting my road with its lack of any sightline when a bus is on the stand. Firstly the other car would have to have the system to prevent it hitting me emerging blind. Secondly because I have to have mine switched off in my estate and area circumstances, so even if it had a sightline it would be no use!

What I'm saying is that the limitations and even disadvantages of FSD for so many of us greatly exceed its usefulness. The potential problems for FSD are far greater than you envision. For example take this common occurrence. Out in the countryside pulling off the road onto a road side verge. I and many can judge from long experience where that's safe to do without potentially getting bogged down into soft ground. Tesla on the latest FSD have taught it to pull into the side of the road when stopping at a destination, but there's no chance of FSD being able to know when the verge is the more suitable parking option in the circumstances, or judge whether the verge is suitable for the car's weight.
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[Woosh]

I don't mind driving in town but foresee the day I may fall asleep at the wheel on a motorway or drive in a dark night with heavy rain and fog.

 

[flecc]

I don't mind driving in town but foresee the day I may fall asleep at the wheel on a motorway or drive in a dark night with heavy rain and fog.

Indeed, that is where FSD comes into its own as a very real advantage.

One of my best customers and also a very good friend lost his life that way when still a young man. One of his successful business interests was connected with our North Sea oil industry, so he had occasional runs to the far north. Returning from one of those one night, his Mercedes left the motorway and he was killed outright. No other vehicles were involved and there was no clue what had occurred, but falling asleep was a fair bet.

Sadly only shortly before I had attended his house warming at the multi-million pound house on an exclusive private estate that he had bought for himself, his wife and two young children. All that promise of a perfect future lost in a single driving moment.

Cars like trains perhaps need a "dead mans handle".
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[lenny]

 

[Woosh]

Cars like trains perhaps need a "dead mans handle".

Some cars like the Aito M5 has an internal camera to watch the driver. Face recognition to automatically set the environment parameters and eye movements tell the system that you are alert.

 

[lenny]

Some cars like the Aito M5 has an internal camera to watch the driver. Face recognition to automatically set the environment parameters and eye movements tell the system that you are alert.

 

[saneagle]

 

[AndyBike]

I watched last night a yt video of a bunch of robots training another robot. The lesson is simple: Pick boxes from some shelf and deposit them on a conveyor belt. The student robot learns by watching other robots do the job. After a short few minutes, it has figured out the purpose of the job and how to do it. The student robot learns so fast that it scares me a bit. The lead project engineer assured viewers that there is no trick, the filming was continuous from start to finish. It is estimated that it takes 30 robots to train a new one with their factory neuralnet.

They'll need to learn quickly for the war to come...

 

[soundwave]

how fast does it go and how far at full speed ummm

 

[lenny]

 

[Woosh]

Various countries are claiming that they have enough natural hydrogen to last several hundreds years at current level of consumption.
That begs the question why they don't do anything about extracting it instead of drilling for oil.
I guess it comes down to our capitalism. Quickest way to profit

 

[flecc]

Various countries are claiming that they have enough natural hydrogen to last several hundreds years at current level of consumption.
That begs the question why they don't do anything about extracting it instead of drilling for oil.
I guess it comes down to our capitalism. Quickest way to profit

Or perhaps because the current level of consumption is so low. Any substantial increase in fuel cell vehicles would reduce that several hundred years of supply to tens of years in no time at all.

So the hydrogen can stay where it is until the oil is in far more short supply, pushing the hydrogen price very much higher.
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[saneagle]

And people are worried that the Maldives are sinking. They should be looking a bit closer to home. Why isn't our government worried about Worcester sinking?

 

[Woosh]

Global sea rise affect hundreds of millions. David Attenborough did an excellent report on the BBC yesterday to illustrate how fast polar ice is melting in recent decades.

 

[MikelBikel]

how fast does it go and how far at full speed ummm

Fit it with wheels, it could be transport and protection, Transformers! Is it any good at DIY? Wouldn't let it babysit tho. Hehe

 

[MikelBikel]

Eh, Pinnochio, why you tell porkies?

the World's Most Powerful Icebreakers #shorts

The Arktika-class icebreaker is equipped with state-of-the-art navigation and communication systems, which allow it to operate safely and effectively in remo...

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Jack Frost no more? Icebreakers beg to disagree. Even diesel insufficient to power these!

 

[Woosh]

Eh, Pinnochio, why you tell porkies?

Ignorance. It's easy to mix things up unintentionally.
The polar ice caps, both South and North are melting, losing mass. That's pretty constant. Even then, it's a trend, there are variations in the ice shelves and thickness of Greenland ice year by year.
What you want to see is the rate of change, much greater (like 10 times faster) since the last ice age some 12,000 years ago which coincides with human use of natural resources, compared to previous ice ages.

 

[flecc]

And people are worried that the Maldives are sinking. They should be looking a bit closer to home. Why isn't our government worried about Worcester sinking?

It's no longer a function of our government to deal with anything concerning us. That is our duty, as David Cameron's "Big Society" announcement made clear. Now government just warns and advises us of impending problems, then leaves us to deal with them voluntarily.

So rather than the NHS making us better when we get ill, we now have to eat more healthily, exercise much more and not get ill in the first place. But if we do get a bit ill, dont bother the GP or A & E, instead ask the pharmacist (chemist) for advice on how to deal with it oneself. There's no excuse for not knowing this since we all saw the message loud and clear during Covid with the signs saying "Save the NHS". If ever anything was arse-about-face that was it, saying we should save the organisation tasked with saving us from the misfortune of illness.

Same with potholes. Local government paints a circle around them so we can see them and swerve in time to avoid them, or choose another route in future.

Worcester's propensity for being a nuisance with flooding is dealt with similarly by this website:

Check for flooding in Worcestershire - GOV.UK

View current flood warnings and alerts for the Worcestershire area, and the regional flood forecast for the next 5 days. Also check local river, sea, groundwater and rainfall levels.

check-for-flooding.service.gov.uk

So Worcesterites must keep an eye out for increased risk and if necessary stock up with supplies and move downstairs furniture upstairs.

It's no use asking our government for action that costs money, they have wars to finance, royalty to support, tradition and ceremony to sustain.
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[flecc]

the World's Most Powerful Icebreakers #shorts

The Arktika-class icebreaker is equipped with state-of-the-art navigation and communication systems, which allow it to operate safely and effectively in remo...

youtube.com

Jack Frost no more? Icebreakers beg to disagree. Even diesel insufficient to power these!

The first of these nucear icebreakers was in 1957, before there was today's awareness of the impending threat of global warming and icecap melt.

In any case the nuclear aspect has nothing to do with any supposed inadequacies of diesel power. It is to allow winter long duty without having to retreat for refuelling, allowing the ice to quickly reform during the coldest periods and undo the gain.
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[saneagle]

Global sea rise affect hundreds of millions. David Attenborough did an excellent report on the BBC yesterday to illustrate how fast polar ice is melting in recent decades.

I thought that an intelligent guy like you would have learnt not to trust the BBC by now, especially David Attenborough. Who do you want to believe, the BBC or proper scientific research?

New Perspectives on the Enigma of Expanding Antarctic Sea Ice - Eos

Recent research offers new insights on Antarctic sea ice, which, despite global warming, has increased in overall extent over the past 40 years.

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