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   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   On 2025-10-17 00:57:55 +0000, Bobbie Sellers said:   
   > On 10/16/25 15:57, Your Name wrote:   
   >> On 2025-10-16 16:25:28 +0000, Paul S Person said:   
   >>> On Thu, 16 Oct 2025 10:26:16 +1300, Your Name    
   >>> wrote:   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>>> There have been news stories about idiotic self-driving cars />robo-   
   >>>> taxis that have caused issues. There was one were lots of them   
   >>>> all>seemed to congregate in a particular street, often honking their   
   >>>> horns,>etc. which annoyed the people living there.   
   >>>   
   >>> This is a phenomenon mention in the film /I, Robot/: the tendency to   
   >>> congregate.   
   >>>   
   >>> I see it most weeks at the laundromat: the wheeled clothes baskets   
   >>> tend to end up in the same area. Sometimes there are little ones among   
   >>> the big ones, looking a lot like a family. But of course they are not.   
   >>>   
   >>> Personally, I've always felt that a 3" mortar was the obvious solution   
   >>> to such problems, whether from vehicle or house. But that's just me.   
   >>>   
   >>>>> Then again, I couldn't find out what vehicles run on in the future>>   
   >>>>> Mega-City of "Judge Dredd" - they could be powered from the road -   
   >>>>> but>> with a shortage of apartments (at least perhaps until a series   
   >>>>> of>> catasrophes reduces the population cumulatively?), they just live   
   >>>>> in>> their vehicle. And with not enough parking space either - these   
   >>>>> are>> literal mobile homes.   
   >>>   
   >>>    
   >>>   
   >>>> There are trials in various countries of electric cars that   
   >>>> are>continuously charged driving along the road, but such a scheme   
   >>>> would be>hideously expensive and distruptive while roads are dug up to   
   >>>> bury the>cables and charging pads, so is unlikely to every happen   
   >>>> except in>small specific areas.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Another option being trialled is wireless charging pads in parking spots.   
   >>>   
   >>> Our city is installing charging stations along some streets. But I   
   >>> don't think there is any "wireless" about it.   
   >>>   
   >>> As you note rather hysterically below, this is stressing the   
   >>> electrical grid. The server farms and "AI" chatbots aren't helping any   
   >>> either.   
   >>>   
   >>> One interesting factoid is that studies have apparently shown that   
   >>> grazing animals (sheep, cows) actually do better grazing around   
   >>> power-producing windmills. Which means the landowners can lease the   
   >>> land twice: once for the windmills, and once for the grazing. Well,   
   >>> maybe.   
   >>   
   >> Nope. Because the greenies are trying to force farmers to pay fart   
   >> taxes for their livestock, so most farmers will simply stop bother to   
   >> have sheep, cows, etc. at all. Of course, the greenies don't care   
   >> because they're vegetarian / vegan anyway, but they haven't thought   
   >> through that it would also likely mean the near-extinction of all those   
   >> domesticated animals.   
   >   
   > 	As long as there are people willing to pay the cost of producing meat   
   > including taxes at the market counter there will be farmers/ranchers growing   
   > meat animals for slaughter and sale.   
      
   Of course there will, that's whay I said "near-extinction". The number   
   of farm animals will drop drastically. But counter to that is lab-grown   
   meat (not vege-made substitutes, but real meat) which will mean people   
   can still buy meat products without any animals or fart taxes involved.   
      
      
      
   > 	I am fairly green but am a obiligate carnivore.   
   > 	If I cannot afford to buy it in a store I might go hunting...   
   >   
   > 	bliss   
      
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