To be fair most of the map imagery we use from google/apple/etc is from planes and not satellites

Futon are made from sheets of wool (traditionally) or cotton (modern) folded over several times and then tied together. They’re very soft and fluffy but can get flat as used. Daily folding and putting away of the futon helps keep them fluffy.

These things are really nothing like the real thing in practice. I’m half Japanese and sleep on a real one every night (though raised on a western style bed platform with tatami instead of slats/boxspring and find the American use of the term insulting, at best.

For anyone wondering the Japanese is essentially “use fire” or “set it on fire”

I vocalize pretty loudly when I sneeze and it’s entirely involuntary. I hate that I do it and I’ve tried to force myself to stop and it doesn’t work.

Wikipedia quotes 30% for diesel generation. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diesel_generator (see typical operating costs)

According to the EIA, natural gas has the highest efficiency at around 43% as of 2015. Coal, oil, and nuclear plants all fall around 33%, with nuclear keeping a slight lead. https://www.energyandcapital.com/articles/how-efficient-is-nuclear-really-/76858

Additionally I did specifically say that electricity would still be better for cars unless hydrogen production were such that more suitable uses were fully supplied.

That is absolutely true. But if the hydrogen production increases the power plants overall efficiency from 30% to 50% (estimates are in that realm) then the overall efficiency of the system is competitive, since as compared to current nuclear generation the efficiency of the hydrogen production is greater than 100% as we’re using energy that is waste in the current system.

Of course, using electricity in that model is still more efficient so long as the markets for better uses of hydrogen aren’t saturated, but if we went all in, then it might be possible for it to be the case.

I like that hydrogen ladder graphic, nice way of communicating things it is good and bad for. I will say though, If we had (or do) invested more in nuclear power, thermochemical production of hydrogen in nuclear plants could bring overall efficiency closer to to that enjoyed by BEVs (by improving power plant efficiency rather than by improving car efficiency) but that’s just a pipe dream at this point.

It’s always amazing to me how different people react so differently to certain drugs. For me, the first line would be something like “anxiety is still there, but my brain is a little fuzzy and it feels a bit further away” and the rest of the lines would be “brain so fuzzy. Hate. “

Gender roles may be fake bs, but saying gender itself is fake is profoundly transphobic.