Electric vs Gas
xkcd.com

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An idling gas engine may be annoyingly loud, but that’s the price you pay for having WAY less torque available at a standstill.

  • Revan343English
    35·
    5 months ago

    Vehicles making noise actually is good, for pedestrians’ sake, but yeah ICE vehicles make far more than they need to. Some (? many? I’m not sure how standard it is) electric vehicles make a sort of beeping sound for that reason.

    • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
      4·
      5 months ago

      If you’re in an area where pedestrians may be crossing the road, traffic should be slow enough to use permeable brick pavers, which increase road noise, help with rainwater drainage, and add a little green to the road if find right.

      • Revan343English
        23·
        5 months ago

        Well that sounds cool; what about those of us who live in conservative hellscapes? I’m pretty sure ‘road maintenance’ is a sin here

        • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
          4·
          5 months ago

          I dunno, maybe take their conservative advice and violently overthrow your government?

          Real talk, you’ll have a hell of a time arguing for the upgrades, but even so, I only suggest switching to bricks when the road needs to be resurfaced anyway. The road works well enough as-is, this is just an improvement.

          • Revan343English
            1·
            5 months ago

            Oh, the road needs resurfacing, most of them here do. Decades of conservative government will do that

            • Liz@midwest.socialEnglish
              2·
              5 months ago

              When you’ve inevitably barricaded yourself in city hall, just remember: we never met, this conversation didn’t happen. Revan? Never heard of 'em.