Front

Called but it went to voicemail. Not a lot of faith that I will get a callback.

Brakes

2nd issue was brakes. I can afford it, but the concern is they are stacking new problems not previously found and holding the inspection hostage.

Brown is not planning any further expansion in the East Side, but does has plans to buildout more in the Jewelry District. Given the current state of that area, I don’t think too many people are disappointed by plans to expand there.

Except when the system is down for maintenance.

For now, but battery production includes some very dirty mining and there’s not enough raw materials in the world to supply the amount of electrified cars, trucks, and buses we need. ESG experts are aware of this. More than likely, hydrogen will be the answer. However, hydrogen production is also carbon intensive.

Honestly, SMR (Nuclear) is the fastest path to a green grid. Wind creates a big carbon footprint and does produce enough power to sub-plant gas/coal.

.5%… Wind is currently an extremely weak source of power. Nuclear is honestly the best “green” option.

It’s nice the bus is electric, but over 90% of RI’s electricity comes from natural gas. Wind makes up just .5% percent. Electrifying vehicles only makes sense if you decarbonize the grid. Wind just doesn’t make enough energy.

Weird, maybe, but I think it would be an improvement over the same tired talking points being thrown back-and-forth with no real appreciable changing of opinions or positions. Online political discussions are self indulging exercises in one-upmanship which have been statistically demonstrated to not change opinions.

And this is why we should ban politics from the sub.

The electricity should be pretty impressive sight for her… 💀💀💀

P.S. I grew up in the South

North Kingstown

I get NFL games through Paramount+. Just download CBS sports…

Me too! That’s why I drive to the Park and Ride near the airport and then Uber from there.

Park and Ride near the airport + Uber/Lift is a cheaper option than Garage C. Total cost typically is about $22-$30 all together. It depends on your trip duration, of course. But if you’re going to be gone for more than 3 days, it’s totally worth it.

Have you ever heard of “Buy Nothing” groups of FB? Very useful for sharing unwanted items without wasting them. Each town has its own group.

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I walk into my local Dunkin, and see five of neighbors waiting for coffee. I survey them and learn that 3x make $60k a year, one makes $90k, and the last one makes $130k. The median is $80k, pretty close to the average you shared here. However, this data does not really tell you what the “average” person makes in your neighborhood. Someone making $250k could easily live next to a pensioner making $30k. Taleb does a great job explaining the asymmetric nature of social data in “Fooled by Randomness.”

In short, I really have no idea what the average income is in RI with a simple median income calculation.

Junk data. Median average is a terrible way to measure fat-tailed social phenomena like income.