Comments by "seneca983" (@seneca983) on "Wendover Productions" channel.

  1. "Because of interstates, urban sprawl spread farther resulting in less dense cities" Isn't that because of zoning policies?
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  2. He meant the speed limit (setting the maximum speed for vehicles) has to be at least that high.
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  3. "So basically they get all the benefits of being American but don't pay for anything and just complain all the time." They still pay federal taxes. They might not pay state taxes but presumably they also don't receive as much state services.
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  4.  @RS-ls7mm  To my knowledge, they are subject to federal income taxes, though if you make less than about $12,000 the tax rate will be zero. If they do business outside the reservation then they're also subject to state taxes.
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  5. "Airplanes, trains, ships, cars were just improved." That's a rather broad definition for "no change". By that definition, same is true almost everywhere. Flying cars and Hyperloop (and vactrains in general) are ill-conceived ideas.
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  6. "I still think hydrogen is a way better option for airplanes, since the range can also be way longer and hydrogen is very energy-dense." But batteries have higher efficiency.
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  7.  @MickenCZProfi  Efficiency matters for the cost. Obviously, battery-powered airplanes are only for short-haul flights but for that purpose, they seem more viable than hydrogen planes.
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  8.  @MickenCZProfi  When you said: "I still think hydrogen is a way better option for airplanes", I thought you meant they would be better for short-haul flights as well (which I wouldn't agree with) since you didn't specify.
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  9. Well, this is "the news you missed" so presumably he's deliberately choosing smaller stories. E.g. for the UK he could have picked the Brexit deal instead of some wind farm etc.
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  10. Yes (barring some nitpicking which I don't remember).
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  11.  @timotheatae  I suspect the EU didn't provide 100% of the funding.
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  12.  @haiwang2857  "wealthy Chinese can invest in the financial market and buy stocks" Yes, but they can (for the most part) only do it in China, so basically the Shanghai Stock Exchange. They can't (for the most part) buy stock listed on foreign stock exchanges nor even ones on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. The problem with China's domestic stock market and the Shanghai Stock Exchange is that returns aren't great, maybe due to issues of government policy and/or things like insider trading. Thus for many Chinese real estate would seem like the only kind of investment that made sense.
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  13. I bet Sam wishes he would get sponsorship from Airbus.
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  14. So the UK news was a wind farm and not some Brexit stuff. Is that because a lot of people have heard about Brexit too?
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  15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plane_(tool)
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  16. Here in Finland, there was a helicopter airline named Copterline that flew passenger flights between Helsinki and Tallinn in 2000-2005 with two Sikorsky S-76 helicopters. It was a much faster way to travel than by a ferry though also more expensive, I imagine. However, in 2005 one of the Sikorskys suffered a malfunction soon after taking off and fell into the sea killing both pilots and all the passengers and the company sold the remaining one next year. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copterline
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  17. What about if someone starts misbehaving inside an embassy (or I guess I should say a chancery)? The police are normally not there to respond. I guess they can have some security staff but do those have the same authority to use force as the police do?
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  18.  @varana  It seemed to me that that wasn't what he meant since he specifically used the wording "rather than the reality".
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  19. "Flying at 10.000 feet assuming standard conditions is 20C Lower than sea level." I'm pretty sure keeping the batteries warm isn't more difficult than keeping the passengers warm.
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  20. Synthetic fuels have a lower efficiency.
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  21.  @sathvikpasumarthy  I think the point was that airlines need fewer workers per passenger-km.
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  22. Things often have more than one cause.
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  23. Even non-citizens can own land.
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  24. Have you any idea how hard Sam and others worked to make this video?
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  25.  @thefoolonthehill8394  I wasn't being entirely serious but I think the effort required isn't insignificant.
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  26. If you recognize the Republic of China, then the People's Republic of China will cut diplomatic relations.
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  27.  @rickrank321  "the airline claws back all the points the person previously accrued" But if a person has accrued points from using the services of partnered companies then the airline gets paid for those points. In that case the airline, or a bank that has seized the loyalty program to cover a loan, doesn't have an incentive to claw back the points.
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  28.  @wendlewhiting  Are you sure? It would seem that a moved runway would allow for larger planes but not a higher number of planes.
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  29. According to Wikipedia, one of the names for the New Guinea Highlands is "Central Cordillera".
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  30. In that particular case what was salient was that any crimes between Natives have to be judged in state, not federal, courts.
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  31. "battery capacity is not measured in MW, but MWh" Maybe the figure is for the maximum charge/discharge rate?
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  32. To death? US gas tax is very low.
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  33. Surely this isn't the first such video?
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  34.  @Quadratic4mula  "It's not that hard." How do you know?
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  35.  @jypsridic  The would-be-illegal-immigrants can't solve the problem of cartels.
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  36.  @jypsridic  Not a credible assertion. What could a bunch of poor people do?
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  37. France has load following nuclear plants.
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  38.  @gremate  "thats not my fault that there isnt infrastructure there for me" That's like someone complaining that they have to obey the speed limits even though the live farther away than other people. What you said doesn't change the fact that every car (yours and those of others) slow every other car down and a congestion charge would be a big benefit to the society.
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  39.  @gremate  People can really only "evade" the fares by not taking space on the streets which is exactly the goal (or one of the goals) of the congestion charges. As to the speed limit, I used it as an analogy to explain why I don't think your claim of unfairness is a good argument against congestion charges. It's not specifically about speed limits in NYC. I think it works quite well as an analogy. As another analogy, people who drive more and thus consume more fuel still have to pay the same fuel tax per gallon (as they should). Also note that if you still continue driving after a congestion charge is implemented, it'll make traffic smoother which also benefits you, so you're getting value for your money.
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  40.  @gremate  You take space on the street while you're driving on them. That's why too many cars on the streets cause congestion. As for taxis and Ubers, presumably they'd have to pay too.
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  41. Lah!
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  42. And Rwandans need to start eating durians.
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  43. The Dominican Republic was highlighted earlier. He then highlighted Burkina Faso because it was the next country in the list. However, the timing between the audio and highlighting was bad.
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  44. 18:15 No country? What about Japan. Japan Railways was privatized in 1987 and it seems to work well.
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  45.  @sketchleaf7698  I'm not convinced. Firstly, countries with free healthcare still have waiting lists for organs so it doesn't seem to have a huge effect. Secondly, I could just as well speculate that better availability of healthcare could just as well increase the demand for transplants if people with issues survive to be placed on the waiting list instead of just dying before that and it could also reduce the supply of donated organs if more potential donors survive strokes, etc. This is, of course, speculation but it's not any less speculative than the notion you presented.
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  46. Because it's the one being highlighted.
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  47. On the other hand, planes might be, to some extent, charge when electricity is cheapest.
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  48. It's the old flag from 1974-2010 which resembled the Taiwanese flag.
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  49. Part of that gas was used for direct heating of homes (as well as cooking with gas stoves). That's definitely something we should get rid of.
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  50. The USA officially recognizes China, not Taiwan (since 1979).
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