pbh-pipes.bsky.social
Old man since 1993. Books everywhere. Tobacco pipes are a way of life worth living. Agrarian political philosophy. DMV is home. Husband, Father, Roman Catholic above all.
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A favorite! Don’t lose the marrow.
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I don’t like opera, but the world needs more opera talk!
Stay the course. And good luck!
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Source?
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Reality?
As the one trying to argue otherwise, the burden is on you to prove it’s possible
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I’ve only ever spent time in Midland/Odessa. If I knew west Texas could look like this, I’d be much more excited to visit.
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Ok. For sure.
How?
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You’re ignoring the other, non/plastic petroleum components in solar, not even taking into consideration production/transportation.
Solar panels will never be carbon neutral. They simply can’t be with the tech currently available.
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Almost. To replace 40% of fossil fuels wouldn’t be practically possible (even with near limitless budgets) for at least 50 years.
The amount of carbon fuel that is needed to make/transport solar and wind means they will never be carbon neutral.
Lithium ion batteries are another blind alley.
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That’s an interesting distinction. I’m not sure you can make one work without the other, because a lot of energy goes into processing crude oil and natural gas into other products. But it might be possible.
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Totally Big Trouble in Little China!
I appreciate a homage to an amazing 80s movie.
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Yes…. However, without petroleum there would be no solar panels or wind farms. As far as I can tell (and my knowledge may be limited here), the only “renewables” that are actually petroleum free are geothermal, nuclear, and hydro.
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What is going to replace petrochemicals? I’m not talking, just, energy. I’m also talking about the 6,000+ everyday products that have petroleum as the base ingredient. Including the phone/computer we used to type this.
Legitimately asking. We don’t have a viable alternative, so what do we do?
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🍄🍄🍄
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Who cares what you think 🤦🏻♂️. What did your daughter think?
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“Humanitarian” doesn’t mean what I think they think it means.
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🤦🏻♂️
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I worry about Armenia.
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The Rolls and Bentleys have the weight and suspension for quad mounted .30 cals
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So specific zoning is bad, but other zoning limits are good?
It was an unfair trap, and I apologize for that.
But the zoning you’re talking about changing seems to be for suburban areas in the first and urban in the second. Two disparate situations with distinct constituencies.
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I didn’t say small town. I said farm or rural property.
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It stretches credulity to believe a liberal from NYC would be happy with a heavy industrial plant opening up across the street from your house/apartment if a developer decided it would be the highest/best use.
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You say, “car = dependent”. I say, “car = freedom”.
To each his/her own.
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Okay, bye!
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The other problems are life-style choices. Sounds more like a desire to change their new surroundings to suit them instead of adapting themselves. Perfectly reasonable, with a fix: try somewhere else?
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This is an excellent point that should be directed to the NY City Council.
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I wouldn’t have pegged you as libertarian. I’m not sure if you’ve read the whole article, but it lays the blame on zoning laws in places like NYC, SF, etc. It says liberals like Sanders and AOC exemplified the urban NIMBY movement that made redevelopment impossible. Falsely blaming “gentrification”
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Can I smoke my pipe? Heaven
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Not if zoning is local
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I bet you can guess my response…. Be a multi-car family
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Great anecdotal and family evidence. Personal experiences will vary. My family had the opposite experience.
Choice & free market is the best.
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I sought my yard out. I want a bigger one. 🤷🏻
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None of my neighbors lament leaving the city, including myself. I’ve only met a few people who felt differently.
If you like the city, great! Enjoy. My oldest is about to graduate and plans to live urban.
I think you’re over-estimating the evil zoning “making” people live suburban.
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Young people, empty-nesters. Urban is perfect for them. It was for me when I was young.
Not at this stage in my life.
The great irony: people who can afford nice urban don’t want it; those who want it can barely afford it.
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Michelle, I think you’re wedded to the high-density solution. As someone who lives in NYC, I get how that sounds attractive.
As office jobs recede and remote work grows…. That’s why exurbs are growing so quickly.
How much is a brownstone in a safe area of Brooklyn? Or a 3 bedroom in Manhattan?
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I agree with you. Private property rights should be nearly inviolable.
Do they want to knock down the existing house and build two, small houses on the same lot?
I think they should be allowed to.
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I can only speak for Virginia. All zoning density is local. It would be very odd for a state government to establish local zoning ordinances.
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Precisely, not a good fit for families. Or people who like their own yards. The limited single family housing available in Clarendon starts above $2 million
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Where those mandates exist, they are through local zoning ordinances. A lot of people prefer low-density grow. Hence the local governments implement voter preferences
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And no one does. It’s generally people who love cities that shit talk people who like cars and space.
And exurbs are the fastest growing areas in the US. No mandate needed.
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Check the definition of “urban”. Could be as few as 5,000 people.
And the fastest growing areas in the US as exurbs (think Loudoun, PW, Stafford, etc.)
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Ok
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80% includes a community as small as 5,000.
The majority of people in the US prefer suburban/rural