Great post as always and good luck on your new job!
Blubton
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In Dutch, the Common Drone Fly is also called "Blinde Bij", which means "Blind Bee". This is because this animal is neither blind nor a bee and the Dutch are very good at naming things
Seeing how popular the dad jokes community is, I think the titles are perfect for many lemmings. I am usually a lurker, but I genuinely love your posts, so I thought I'd let you know. Keep up the good work!
The vulture thing was quite interesting to me, although it makes a lot of sense. Also, since this is more than just owls, you may consider posting it to other communities as well, like [email protected] (if you're federated with them), or [email protected]: I am sure they will love it! Lastly, thank you for all your posts, they really make my day, and I learn a lot!
Ps. Your titles are amazing as well, I may even go as far as to say that they're OWLsome.
Ik vind het best, als er maar wel Nederlandssprekenden in de buurt zijn (wat volgens het artikel het geval is); anders is het zo zielig voor de 87-en-een-kwart-jarigen.
I looked at your profile on Connect and I saw both posts and your comments of yours; weird case indeed
"Sneller vervoer leidt er niet toe dat mensen korter gaan reizen." Heel interessant stuk; bedankt voor het delen!
Most of the people in both Finland and Japan live in cities, while most North Americans live in cities. Moving away from cars in rural areas may not be easy, but there is no reason why it would not be possible in the cities. The things that are needed are: denser cities (less tight zoning laws) and more alternatives to driving, like bike lanes or trams. These things are achievable by policy change. Also, the USA has around five times as much population density across the country as Finland, so while it may be big, it is not too big for decent alternatives to driving
This may be true, but I am not convinced that it is any better than nuclear. To start up regeneration quick the gas winning needs to be on a pilot light (dutch source: https://nos.nl/l/2485108). In Groningen there are (according to the same source) 5 places on pilot light that together must produce at least 2.8 billion cubic metres of gas a year. This is quite a lot of fossil fuels, so I would rather have a nuclear power plant than this gas winning (which comes with other disadvantages as well).
A big problem with solar and wind is that they are not as reliable as nuclear. In a worst-kaas scenario neither will produce energy because there is no sun or wind and there is no way to store enough electricity for these moments. Therefore we need a constant source that creates electricity for those moments. Of course, we do also need renewables, but nuclear is essential because it is reliable.
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That sounds like a fun job! I personally don't particularly dislike commuting, but that's probably because I have short commutes by bike; I can understand it may be a significant downgrade if you have to sit in traffic for an hour a day now. Anyway, I hope you'll meet some nice coworkers and I hope to see you back with another post soon!