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This post was created using OpenAI's GPT Based Chatbot. With full acknowledgement that the training of AI model's isn't the most environmentally friendly thing in the world- using them for inference (usually) has a trivial impact- since OpenAI is offering this service in beta for free, my guess is this one is trivial too. The images may have a bit more impact which is why we tried to limit them. I used one pass using DALL-E-2 (also by OpenAI) Article starts here: As a society, we value human life and prioritize the safety of individuals on our roads. That's why it's shocking and unacceptable when a car driver hits and kills a pedestrian. When a driver recklessly or negligently causes the death of a pedestrian, they should be charged with manslaughter. This charge recognizes the gravity of their actions and holds them accountable for their careless behavior. In many cases, drivers who hit pedestrians claim it was an accident or that they didn't see the pedest...

Sorry for the lapse between posts, we’ve been a bit busy on boarding a new Jr. Mechanic, whom we’ll introduce in an upcoming employee spotlight. A couple of weeks ago, I was checking out the Mercedes AMG site for ideas on re-skinning the Electric Elk website and noticed that all of their cars list g/km of carbon footprint.  First of all- well done, this is an awesome step in the right direction for auto manufacturers, and second it got me thinking.  And when I get to thinking, I get to Googling, and then I found this little gem of an article . The article attempts to estimate g/km for bikes and e-bikes AND take into consideration production costs AND unlike AMG, includes carbon footprint for power generation (excess food for calories in the case of biking, and power to charge batteries in the case of ebikes).   The methodology is far from perfect, and since the AMG site disregards carbon footprint from power consumption (and production) you end up with a bit of an a...

So you know when you open a new tab in a web browser and it recommends articles for you to read? It’s like Firefox knows you’re about to embark on some task or side task, and exploits the opportunity to distract you. Well, that happened to me the other day, and I read this great (but admittedly a bit dated) article from the Atlantic on The Absurd Primacy of the Car in American Life and it really resonated with me. So in case you are either paywall blocked from The Atlantic or simply don’t have the time to read the full article here is a bit sized recap. Edward Humes, point blank calls cars “insane” and points to the three major reasons cars are insane, they: Destroy the environment Waste human lives Waste money (above and beyond fuel prices, and killing people) Environment For those who already don’t like cars- this starts to feel like beating a dead horse, so I will be curt in my recap- please read the original article. But there were a couple of salient points. While everyone is com...