m3m3lord

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[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (6 children)

"In December 2020 IEA and OECD NEA published a joint Projected Costs of Generating Electricity study which looks at a very broad range of electricity generating technologies based on 243 power plants in 24 countries. The primary finding was that "low-carbon generation is overall becoming increasingly cost competitive" and "new nuclear power will remain the dispatchable low-carbon technology with the lowest expected costs in 2025". The report calculated LCOE with assumed 7% discount rate and adjusted for systemic costs of generation.[79] "

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_of_electricity_by_source

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It depends on where you count from. If you count near the bottom, there are 11 lanes across in one direction, meaning a total of 22 lanes which matches the 26 in the other comment if you include and exit and enter lane on either sided. The 401 has 3 lanes in the collector's and 3 lanes in the express meaning 12 lanes total for both directions you could add 4 lanes which go to/from the collector and express for 16 lanes total. Is this similar to the 14 lanes you claim? Sure. But the 401 and 400 highways do not get nearly as wide as the one in the image at its widest.

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (4 children)

From my count it is more than 20 lanes, maybe you considered the collectors to be on/off ramps (they are not). I based the 26 lanes on this comment.

"After widening was completed in 2008, a portion of the highway west of Houston is now also believed to be the widest in the world, at 26 lanes when including feeders. - (Wikipedia)

WTF"

Even if you include feeders on the largest highways going through Toronto, it is not close to 26 lanes.

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Better solutions move the problem elsewhere? I'm moving the goalpost and delaying the inevitable? I have no idea what you are talking about.

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Staw-man involves making claims that something is ssying something it isn't. Many of the posts I have seen and comments I have read suggest that the mere existence of cars is a problem. This is what I have a problem with because some people in rural areas, for example, need cars. I am not claiming that anti-car communities attack people in rural areas, rather, it can seem that way for those people.

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Not at all. The 401 at most has 14 lanes across and not the 26 in this photo (at least based on a comment). That being said, the toronto subway system would benefit from an overhaul instead of the proposed highway 413. Additionally, mandating a max price somehow on the 407 could help to significantly reduce traffic on other highways. As much as people like to complain about Toronto, I do find the bus system to be better than most.

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (6 children)

This is true. Commuting in an urban or suburban environment should be significantly easier than it currently is. Public infrastructure needs to improve and become less car-centric. That being said, if you live in a rural area or a small town where there is very little traffic, or if you need to pick up groceries for your family of 4+, cars are needed. People in anti-car communities do not like to hear this, but I do not think cars should be criticized for merely existing. Current infrastructure should be criticized for only considering them. I think that while holding on to the idea that car=bad is fun, it also sours people who genuinely rely on cars to the movement and limits what actual progress could be made by these communities to make walkable cities a reality. Thank you for listening to my ted talk.

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't this directly contradict this post? https://lemmy.world/post/2461957 Something seems to be off.

[–] m3m3lord@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bikes can have horns though. Honk Honk

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