FUEL CHOICE

Why are so many calling out for less ethanol, rather than greater choice and transparency?

Ensure choice.

Allow E-0 fuel for those that want it, and provide the options of greater ethanol content, E-10, E-30, E-50 etc, complete with labeling of the octane (strangely absent from every E-85 pump I have seen), BTU content (absent entirely), and eliminate the false labeling of E-50 fuels etc as E-85- which subverts people's right to build the engines that they want.

Sadly this dialogue has been hijacked by those instead more interested in sustaining a certain mercantilist status quo.

 https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2013/06/25/aaca-joins-with-sema-ama-to-oppose-ethanol-in-fuel/comment-page-1/?fbclid=IwAR3UxjAOugZA3GAMpmESHkqqZdqhRpvcAwjgECTdP4BzmR9qCPphB8wkkyk#comment-10628757

"Sorry, your comment could not be added at this time. Please try again later"

Facebook's Zuckberg sucking up to mainland China intellectual totalitarianism

Left to right: Lui Wei, China Internet Czar, President Xi Jinping of China, Mark Zuckerberg, right, the chief executive of Facebook, in 2015 at Microsoft "Campus" in Redmond, Washington - photo NY Times- Ted S. Warren

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/technology/facebook-censorship-tool-china.html

Here is a meme that I received this "Sorry, your comment could not be added at this time. Please try again later" error message with my first 4 or 5 attempts to post.

I perceive a definite pro DNC bias in these sort of glitches.


Readers:  Observations?  Thoughts?

https://southmallblogger.blogspot.com/2019/03/facebook-censorhip-of-nazi-palestinian.html

Facebook Censorhip of Nazi-Palestinian Alliance?!

Here is the link to that article on my blog "Continuing Counter Reformation"

Nazi Palestine's Grand Mufta

https://continuingcounterreformation.blogspot.com/2010/12/nazi-palestines-grand-mufta.html?fbclid=IwAR0rskNe4kCsbTDBLb5Vq3wLKwDkBOVyaM5newdH5hOjFz-_xrDmAhnNZq8

"Sorry, your comment could not be added at this time. Please try again later"

https://southmallblogger.blogspot.com/2019/03/sorry-your-comment-could-not-be-added.html

Wash Cyclist Censorship?

Interesting article at The Was Cyclist about MD State plans for a vehicular underpass at the Viers Mill & Randolf Road intersection in Montgomery County, Maryland:

https://www.thewashcycle.com/2019/03/moco-deputy-director-says-complete-streets-are-too-expensive-and-too-hard-on-drivers.html

The article is critical of the vehicular underpass proposal, as are the comments that appeared on my computer's screen showing of this Wash Cycle article.

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This is disappointing to see with Montgomery County claiming to want to improve cycling and walking throughout the County. Reminds me of the ICC trail. 

This show staff are not serous about Vision Zero.

Posted by: Joe F. | March 03, 2019 at 09:57 PM

 

"The Draft Plan has the goal of recreating Veirs Mill Road as a "complete street." This concept which would treat the safety and mobility needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motor vehicles more or less equally-is normally reserved for urban environments where all are moving closer to the same pace."

A: Even in very dense urban environments this isn't true. I'm definitely getting someplace faster when I bike/drive compared to walking. And biking is really only competitive when traffic is really heavy and I get lucky with lights.

B: And that's the whole point of a complete street. In that case it makes even more sense on a road where you can get up to speed. Making Veirs Mill a perfect candidate for complete streets for the exact reasons its argued that its a bad one.

C: "It's a suburb" is not some magical cantrip you can utter to stop debate on something. If it doesn't work in online comments sections it certainly shouldn't be parroted by actual policy makers.

Posted by: drumz | March 04, 2019 at 09:02 AM

 

Honestly, the County and the State are horrible on pedestrian and cycling issues. And they're surprised that death rates are rising. News flash: you built traffic sewers that run right through densely populated, mixed use areas.

Posted by: Crickey | March 04, 2019 at 09:28 AM

 

This is not very different from the perspective of DDOT engineers. When it's a hard choice between safety and car speeds, car speeds win 9 times out of 10.

As a society, we care much more about driving fast than not killing people.

Posted by: Jacob Mason | March 05, 2019 at 01:28 PM

 

Any consideration of a vehicular underpass with a traffic circle atop?

To help with envisioning such a solution, please look at WDC's DuPont Circle as well as my cir. year 2000 Rt 1/Beltway "Alexandria Orb" proposal.

Posted by: Douglas A. Willinger | March 05, 2019 at 01:36 PM

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So I made the comment that appears at the end of the list of published comments.  OK.  Good.  And I even took the opportunity to fill the box for the commentator's url with that of my blog "A Trip Within The Beltway".

http://wwwtripwithinthebeltway.blogspot.com/

OK.

But when I check on the article about 10 minutes later, my comment is absent.

Why might that be?