@akgerber

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akgerberMar 5, 2023
perhaps a reason to consider other manufacturers of ebike powertrains like shimano
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RT @adam_tooze
Germany’s Bosch, which supplies engine systems to carmakers all over the world and is regarded as a laggard in battery technology, has also lobbied for synthetic e-fuels to be considered “clean” technology by regulators.
https://www.ft.com/content/23e1fb1c-c34a-4aaa-adc6-e71853befb36
https://twitter.com/adam_tooze/status/1632396800295419905
Germany and Italy stall EU ban on combustion engines

Berlin and Rome raise objections to rules agreed by member states last year

Financial Times
akgerberFeb 26, 2023
They are banning Le Tech in France
akgerberFeb 22, 2023
it would do more for roadway safety to just let them burn
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RT @Ctr4AutoSafety
#RecallRoundup Chrysler (FCA US, LLC), @StellantisNA Ram 2500, 3500, 4500, and 5500 (2021-2023): Engine compartment fire. 302,067 vehicles potentially affected. https://www.nhtsa.gov/recalls?nhtsaId=23V060
https://twitter.com/Ctr4AutoSafety/status/1628413135664082945
Recalls | NHTSA

Use our VIN lookup tool to check for recalls on your car, or search by make and model. Also, get recall information on car seats, tires and equipment.

NHTSA
akgerberFeb 21, 2023
tourism
Show threadakgerberFeb 19, 2023
How on earth does @FAANews think it's appropriate to route a low-altitude flightpath over some of the densest neighborhoods in the US as a shortcut for lead-spewing aircraft for the extremely rich?
akgerberFeb 19, 2023
Helicopters shuttling billionaires via this helipad regularly make far louder noise than any car or plane, shortcutting over my home at 500 feet to JFK or the Hamptons, over a neighborhood with 100k people per square mile while burning leaded avgas— shut it down!
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RT @LincolnRestler
We should shutter this helipad. Our climate crisis necessitates that we eliminate nonessential helicopter travel that causes noise & pollution across…
https://twitter.com/LincolnRestler/status/1626791472795189248
Lincoln Restler on Twitter

“We should shutter this helipad. Our climate crisis necessitates that we eliminate nonessential helicopter travel that causes noise & pollution across our city. Whether providing flights for the uber-elite to get to the Hamptons or tourist travel, it has no business in NYC.”

Twitter
akgerberFeb 19, 2023
RT @TheeFerringer
TIL Rochester, NY used to have a bridge with buildings on it like they were Florence, Italy or something
Show threadakgerberFeb 19, 2023
which enabled the very good outcome of decrowding
https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2012/03/01/realestate/manhattans-population-density-past-and-present.html?_r
Manhattan’s Population Density, Past and Present

How population density in Manhattan has changed in the past 100 years.

akgerberFeb 19, 2023
good question, gonna go with this bad boy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual_Contracts
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RT @FuckCarsReddit
umm I wonder what caused this..... https://t.co/8uhJhs59go
https://twitter.com/FuckCarsReddit/status/1626735190939779080
Dual Contracts - Wikipedia

akgerberFeb 18, 2023
this was, indeed, the loudly stated opinion of an nypd cop who commuted from staten island to coney island who i was socially obligated to make polite conversation with at a wedding
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RT @bigmoodenergy
"cops shouldn't have to obey traffic laws in their off duty vehicles"
https://twitter.com/bigmoodenergy/status/1626638796233052182
dsa drivers rights chairperson on Twitter

“"cops shouldn't have to obey traffic laws in their off duty vehicles"”

Twitter