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− | [[File:Starbucks escher.jpg|thumb| | + | [[File:Lemmings Truck.jpg|thumb|300px|This is either, a [[Wikipedia:Fahrvergnügen|Fahrvergnügen]] Driving Excitement Moment (aka [[Wikipedia:Traffic jam|Traffic Jam]]), or lunch break at the [[Wikipedia:Feed store|Feed and Seed]], depending on whether the guy is waiting for a line of cars in front of him or waiting for his burger and fries to digest. You decide. Kind of makes a mess of the argument that public transportation is lame because you have to wait for buses]] |
+ | <big>'''Lemmings'''<br> | ||
+ | "...Packed like lemmings into shiny - metal - boxes / contestants in a suicidal race..." - The Police, Synchronicity II | ||
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+ | Fully occupied buses get between 50%<ref>[http://www.cggc.duke.edu/environment/climatesolutions/greeneconomy_Ch12_TransitBus.pdf Manufacturing Climate Solutions – Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs] Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (CGGC), an affiliate of the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University</ref> and 125%<ref>[http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy00osti/26758.pdf Demonstration of Caterpillar C-10 Duel-Fuel Engines in MCI 102DL3 Commuter Buses]</ref> more miles per gallon per passenger than fully occupied cars. This model, of course, is not ideal;<ref>Thomas Rubin, in the "free minds and free markets" outlet Reason Foundation, [http://reason.org/news/show/does-bus-transit-reduce-greenhouse criticized the report] as being "far removed from actual “real world†experience." because the average occupancy of buses is so low. But it is Rubin who is not accurately portraying the real world, by using an average value, see main text</ref> car occupancy is an average of 1.5 passengers rather than four, and bus occupancy goes from nearly full occupancy at rush hour to almost empty at other times.<ref>{{cite web |title=Passenger Transport (Fuel Consumption) |date=2005-07-20 |publisher=UK House of Commons |work=Hansard |url=http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/vo050720/text/50720w26.htm#50720w26.html_sbhd1 |accessdate=2008-03-25}}</ref> | ||
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+ | [[Wikipedia:Minibus|Minibus]] and microbus routes have been used to great effect in Oxford England and other cities, often in developing nations, and achieve high levels of occupancy. With greater efficiency and smaller buses, the time between buses can also be reduced. But the key is public participation. The more people turn from private to public transportation, the lower the wait time, and the more expansion of bus routes. | ||
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+ | [[File:Starbucks escher.jpg|thumb|left|(Fake Latin alert) Proliferatum ad surrealis]] | ||
<big>'''Captains of industry:'''<br> | <big>'''Captains of industry:'''<br> | ||
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− | '''<big>A Few Men Good at being Targets''' : We don't want you on the wall, we don't | + | '''<big>A Few Men Good at being Targets''' : We don't want you on the wall, we get that you don't care much for the parties you don't get invited to, you don't really know much about us, let alone anything "secret", and no one on the side of right need "admit" to anything. |
::::::::<big>'''[http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Comics Daily Kos Comics]</big>'''<br> | ::::::::<big>'''[http://www.dailykos.com/blog/Comics Daily Kos Comics]</big>'''<br> |
Revision as of 17:07, 26 May 2012
- ↑ Manufacturing Climate Solutions – Carbon-Reducing Technologies and U.S. Jobs Center on Globalization, Governance & Competitiveness (CGGC), an affiliate of the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University
- ↑ Demonstration of Caterpillar C-10 Duel-Fuel Engines in MCI 102DL3 Commuter Buses
- ↑ Thomas Rubin, in the "free minds and free markets" outlet Reason Foundation, criticized the report as being "far removed from actual “real world†experience." because the average occupancy of buses is so low. But it is Rubin who is not accurately portraying the real world, by using an average value, see main text
- ↑ Passenger Transport (Fuel Consumption). Hansard. UK House of Commons. URL accessed on 2008-03-25.