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efosmarkon The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Producer

Yep. Here in Portland we also have services like ReachNow & Car2Go which have the cars sprawled out around the city rather than needing to go to a specific place.

As a cyclist, I wish more of these services (Enterprise included) would have cars with bike racks on them. Car2Go did with their Smart-car fleet, but that was phased out.

efosmarkon The United States Is Now the Largest Global Crude Oil Producer

Why not rent a gas car for the one day a year you need that distance?

That's sort of where I'm ending up. Not w/ electric vehicles, but with bicycling. I bike commute year-round & use it for most of my travel, but for the rare case when I need to use my car for longer trips it's nice to have. However, paying the cost of upkeep & monthly insurance for something I use so infrequently is starting to make less sense.

efosmarkon Using FOIA Data and Unix to halve major source of parking tickets

I ride 6 miles to work and pack my work clothes. It only takes me 25-30 minutes. If I arrive to work sweaty, I shower. I know not everyone has the luxury of having a shower at work, but every company I've worked at so far has had one.

On the ride home I change back into my riding clothes and spray sunscreen. Just keep hydrated and you will be fine.

efosmarkon Electronic Circuit Simulator in the Browser

Hey that's cool. Username is efosmark.

efosmarkon Stock Markets Tumble Amid Worries Over Tech Firms and Trade Tensions

That's a great comparison, and is a concept bolstered by the coming GDPR rules in the EU.

efosmarkon Ham radio operators are saving Puerto Rico (2017)

Be sure to also learn best practices & procedures on how to be a good operator if you go this route. The ARRL tech manual is great for this.

This is similar to what I did; I bought the tech manual, and then used hamstudy.org to learn the tests. Once you get your radio and are able to actually get on the air, use the tech manual as a reference on how you should operate.

efosmarkon Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

It really is a hobby so rich & vast it can take a whole lifetime to explore. So much fun. 73, de K7FOS

efosmarkon Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

He's wrong. You don't need to use the internet to talk to someone from Australia. Using HF radio you can talk all over the world just using the Earth's ionosphere.

efosmarkon Amateur Radio on the International Space Station

You can talk to someone in Australia without routing through the internet. Through HF radio (3MHz-30MHz), you can bounce radio signals off of the Earth's ionosphere and talk all around the world.