280 million e-bikes are slashing oil demand far more than electric vehicles

E-bikes and scooters displace 4x as much demand for oil as all of the EVs in the world.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/11/280-million-e-bikes-are-slashing-oil-demand-far-more-than-electric-vehicles/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

When facing the "All we need is STEM!" approach to education, my usual response is:

Developing the vaccine was the STEM problem; distribution & getting shots in arms was the Social Science problem; getting people to trust it & combatting misinformation was the Humanities problem -- which did we fail?

You can see the Call for Abstracts for the book "Skateboarding and Philosophy" here, with a blurb about the editors' backgrounds as skaters: https://tacticaltypos.net/call-for-abstracts---skateboarding-and-philosophy-book/

Or see the CFA on PhilEvents: https://philevents.org/event/show/110869

Mail abstracts (and any questions) to: [email protected].

Abstracts should be between 100 – 500 words.

Potential contributors must include a resume/CV for each author/coauthor.

Initial submissions should be made by e-mail as either a Word doc. or a PDF.

Deadlines:
- Abstracts due by August 7, 2023
- First drafts due by November 6, 2023
- Final drafts due by January 8, 2024
- (Early submissions are encouraged and welcomed!)

#skateboarding #philosophy #writing

Pretty cool! I received a "Call for Abstracts" for a book about Skateboarding and Philosophy. :)

If I received their permission to repost the request to my website, I'll do so soon.

In the past month I got into a new relationship with a woman who seems weirdly perfect for me and who I will likely marry and have children with. We'll likely be at least engaged in a year's time. She's sweet, funny, smart, and, I admit, really frickin' gorgeous.

Prior to starting to date we also arranged for me to move in with her at the end of July, and we're keeping those plans. We're both quite excited about it. We have spent lots of time at each other's places and around each other's family and friends, and we feel like we'll get along well when living together.

Everyone in our lives who have met us both have remarked on that we seem like a good match and that they like and enjoy being with us both. :)