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Probably wise of them to give us names to vote on rather than letting us suggest them.
I was going to suggest JB Pricks-er. Because it's a spinosaurus!
*"A TEST OF YOUR REFLEXES" followed by the sound a dodgeball makes when it hits you*
this is my only contribution to society today
True, having to feed each of them 150+ gallons per hour of jet A-1 kerosene really does a number on the environment!
no, they actually do mean kites
as in, a loooooooooong piece of steel cable with the sail at the end of it
of course it's ~basically a sailing ship~ but you can't stick masts on a container ship, that is a disaster waiting to happen for so many reasons
you'd only really get one point to anchor the mast, and that is right where it meets the deck, the containers get it the way of any ropes you might wish to use further up
you'd have to build entirely new container ships or some sort of ... mast container frame to account for the fact that the ships are built to exactly fit the containers, and sticking a mast in the middle of it will mess with that entire system by not being the size of a container
loading and unloading around the masts is going to be hell for the crane drivers and there will be damage to everything given the speed they usually work with, so every harbor will hate you if their cranes even have the height to work around the masts
and if you still decide to stick masts on a container ship, they won't be easily and quickly removeable, so you have to recertify and reclassify the entire ship, and it's going to take ages and ages to do properly, and they'll have to figure out how to do it so it's either expensive as fuck or they may refuse entirely. a steel cable on a winch is by definition removeable (that is, uh, uprollable?) so you don't have to deal with any of this nonsense. hell, if you calculate the pre-determined breaking point properly, it'll even fail safely
this isn't ~ooooooooooh we invented sails! we're the smartest~
this is "hey, we finally figured out how to do this tried and tested thing in a way that works with the circumstances we're working under". it's a good thing, even if it is presented badly
Thank-you for that info ^ because this is very heartening then. Transport really is so awful rn in what it’s doing to our atmosphere. Looked this up and this is actually a really neat prospect for the planet if it gets implemented.
oh that is very cool actually!! i fully retract my reactionary bullshit meme in favor of the new information, thank you :D
They also don’t replace the oil burning engines. But by adding a giant kite, you can reduce your fuel consumption by a significant percent. Around 20% according to the company developing these.
i think its funny how facial scars are seen as like a major character plot point where they reveal that someone tried to kill their dad or something when i know a ton of ppl (including myself) who have facial scars bc they rlly arent uncommon and all of them are like. from tripping and falling as a toddler
i could use this post as an oppritunity to talk about how scarring is a natural and human thing and everyone has scars, and larger scars as well as facial ones and burn scars should’nt only exist in media as a storytelling device but im also gonna just say that your oc is still hot as hell if he has a massive slash going through his eye i just think it would be funnier if he got it from falling down the stairs and then picking the scab too many times
Fuck it, Urbanism hot take night, none of you bitches actually know what gentrification is
Those dilapidated warehouses being demolished and turned into a restaurant or an apartment complex is not gentrification
No, that man with a metrosexual haircut wearing airpods on the bus is not gentrifying your neighborhood, he is a person, not the American socio-economic landscape
@clearancecreedwatersurvival You'd be surprised how many people fail to grasp this
Like people will see affordable housing being built and say "Gentrification" because it's a 5 over 1 and has modern architecture
[Image ID: Tumblr reply from clearanceCreedWaterSurvival reading: ? It's when developers buy properties in cheaper neighborhoods that tend to house communities of color and refurbish them to rent for a higher price, and install new "trendy" businesses, and the process in the long term increases cost of living in the area until all the original inhabitants are priced out and forced to move, making it even easier for developers to flip properties. It's not exactly a hard concept to grasp. /End ID]
