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TheHandle United Earth from Stockholm Since: Jan, 2012 Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
United Earth
#96451: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:09:54 AM

Can we move on to the next topic? This is all very speculative and the PR-ians aren't that interested. Plus whenever I read of hear the name Puerto Rico, that damned song kicks into my head.

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Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#96453: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:12:03 AM

I think we need to make moon colonies. And then admit the Moon into Statehood. And then turn around and then be like "Try to put the US on a map now!" and laugh.

Leviticus 19:34
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#96454: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:14:28 AM

I'm confused why celebrities seem to be riding the anti-vax train so hard. It's not like they have anything to gain from it. They seem to genuinely believe it for some reason.

Because it's a bandwagon that they can jump on to make it look like they care. Same reason the Toyota Prius sold like wildfire in LA when there's always been way more economical and way more environmentally friendly cars on the market. But by buying a gimmicky hybrid car it looks like they give a shit about the environment.

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United Earth
#96456: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:24:49 AM

Same reason the Toyota Prius sold like wildfire in LA when there's always been way more economical and way more environmentally friendly cars on the market.

Whaat? Which are those? Toyota Prius are all the rage with taxi drivers here in Barcelona: every single one I've ridden with claims it lowered their fuel consumption by half, helping them dramatically increase their margin.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#96457: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:29:09 AM

Most diesel cars get around the same MPG as a Prius.

"Yup. That tasted purple."
LeGarcon Blowout soon fellow Stalker from Skadovsk Since: Aug, 2013 Relationship Status: Gay for Big Boss
Blowout soon fellow Stalker
#96458: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:29:57 AM

Their fuel consumption is good but the manufacturing methods cause catastrophic damage to the environment. Especially the lithium mining and refining for their batteries.

Someone once did some math and figured out that if you factor in manufacturing a full sized Land Rover did less damage to the environment over the course of it's lifetime than a Prius despite drinking several times more fuel.

Oh really when?
Protagonist506 from Oregon Since: Dec, 2013 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#96459: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:32:00 AM

I do agree, though, that in general, celebrities are more concerned with their public image (IE, popularity) than stating their actual beliefs. So, one might support anti-vaxers in order to polish off their public image.

Leviticus 19:34
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#96460: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:32:03 AM

[up][up] Especially if it's a Defender or one of its predecessors — you're easily looking at about a 30+ year life for one of those.

edited 12th Jul '15 10:32:16 AM by Greenmantle

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Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#96461: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:35:15 AM

Doesn't help that Toyota has repeatedly refused to provide data to people running those sorts of studies.

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#96462: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:35:55 AM

If only solar powered cars were feasible.

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#96464: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:42:09 AM

They'd have to be huge.evil grin

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Kostya (Unlucky Thirteen)
#96466: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:43:12 AM

There has to be some way to make environmentally friendly cars. We need one that runs on water.

FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#96467: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:45:11 AM

<Remembers the sad and brief hubbub when, in the tradition of the perpetual motion machine, a Pakistani claimed to invent a water car. Was even more sad when those trying to tell them it wouldn't work got very nationalistic about it>

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#96468: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:46:32 AM

We've got ones that run on hydrogen.

Oh really when?
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Lost in Space
#96469: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:47:38 AM

Hydrogen costs fantastic amounts of energy to extract, store, and transport.

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FFShinra Since: Jan, 2001
#96470: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:47:53 AM

Honda and Toyota are about to launch commercial vehicles that run on hydrogen cells.

I will enjoy seeing the bloodbath between them and the electrics.

Deadbeatloser22 from Disappeared by Space Magic (Great Old One) Relationship Status: Tsundere'ing
#96471: Jul 12th 2015 at 10:54:10 AM

Let's kick this over to the Cars thread.

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Pykrete NOT THE BEES from Viridian Forest Since: Sep, 2009
NOT THE BEES
#96472: Jul 12th 2015 at 3:45:01 PM

Solar cars are strictly possible, but not feasible for the kind of use we need.

I mean, this has a few...logistical concerns.

Maybe it's a sort of Hippie-ish, New Age thing that's around Hollywood?

Basically. Hollywood is awful about New Agey garbage. See Scientology.

edited 12th Jul '15 3:47:12 PM by Pykrete

nightwyrm_zero Since: Apr, 2010
#96473: Jul 12th 2015 at 4:03:44 PM

The entertainment industry (all over the world, not just Hollywood) tends to be superstitious and clings to weird beliefs. I've heard that it's due in part to the extremely unpredictable nature of whether a film/TV series will be successful, so the actors and other people in the industry develop habits and beliefs that gives them a sense of control (even if that control is just illusionary).

edited 12th Jul '15 4:06:28 PM by nightwyrm_zero

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#96474: Jul 12th 2015 at 5:53:45 PM

[up] I always thought that the liberal social atmosphere required for vibrant artistic expression had something to do with it, as people in the industry often look to foreign and exotic cultures and aspects for inspiration or ideas (e.g Taoism and the Force in Star Wars). This is further fanned by the simple fact that many in the industry have enough money to frequently travel, allowing them to be exposed to foreign customs and thus take them in at greater levels than an average citizen.

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Lost in Space
#96475: Jul 12th 2015 at 6:11:28 PM

And at the same time they are not necessarily any smarter than your average housewife (acting takes charisma, not brains), and as such are prone to believing the same stupid shit as everyone else. The only difference between a Hollywood anti-vaxxer and that housewife is that the Hollywood star has a ton of fans who believe what they say.

edited 12th Jul '15 6:11:39 PM by Fighteer

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