Well, that's a lot more expensive than I would have imagined. Must be how rare they are in the US. Probably illegal to drive it in California due to emissions though LOL
Actually, no, probably don't want one of those. Already went through that era, my parents owned a Pinto when I was a kid.
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Some of the items in this International Red Cross description of the issues in #Mariupol#Ukraine are a good measure of how desperate things are. i.e. "People started to attack each other for food." icrcnewsroom.org/story/en/1992/…
"People report varying needs in medicine. Especially for diabetes and cancer patients. But there is no way to find it any more in the city." Comments: very common in disaster zones; diabetic patients, those requiring refrigerated drugs; those requiring dialysis
suffer first.
"All the shops and pharmacies were looted four to five days ago. Some people still have food but I’m not sure for how long it will last." Comments: at least a two week (or larger) food supply for really big disasters (plus enough to share w/the unprepared F/F).
"Delivery vans, 1942 style" (Greenbelt, MD) "grocery store"..."Tire scarcity and gasoline rationing have placed such service at a premium...youngsters who are using their express wagons to carry home Mrs. America's purchases are doing their country a real service" #gasoline
Random thoughts on what cities should (but won't) do to transition out of a #gasoline dependent world. 1. separated bike lanes everywhere, particularly in working class neighborhoods that already heavily bicycle/pedestrian.
2. Bicycle racks at local stores and shopping centers. At least in my suburban area, even if you bicycle there, you can't lock up your bicycle anywhere!
3. Removing/repealing bicycle unfriendly laws, which often are used more as pretext to snag people using bicycles for work, rather than pleasure. tampabay.com/news/publicsaf…
Around Irpin, not so much flood as a full river where there have been ongoing battles between the Russians and Ukrainians. It would limit you to bridges. Sentinel-1 #satellite.
Stuff (probably, tanks/APCs/armor) burning on either side of the river near Moshchun.
If you think gas and energy prices are bad now, just wait as the climate crisis continues to take a toll on infrastructure (wildfires, floods, hurricanes, wind). Pumping more gas is only a temporary pricing fix, but it's a long term accelerator creating more issues.
Things we can do now: 1. decentralize to more resilient power (rooftop solar, batteries, microgrids) 2. decarbonize (wind, solar, geothermal) 3. Less individual transport, more bicycling/walking/mass transit first, EVs if you can, hybrid where necessary. 4. lots of disaster prep.
ps. I'm chuckling at all the folks commenting on "that's so dark" or "why the depressing content"... you must have missed reading any of the posts on this account through the last two dozen disasters ;-)