this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2024
575 points (86.8% liked)

Funny

6854 readers
268 users here now

General rules:

Exceptions may be made at the discretion of the mods.

founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 
(page 5) 50 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I took the family on vacation to Texas a couple weeks ago. Flew into Houston, stayed there a few nights, then Austin for a few, then Dallas, for a couple then back to Houston for a few more and flew back.

Just mapping out the loop between the three cities is 9.5 hours and 623 miles. Add in slowdowns for poor visibility due to weather, stops to charge and use the restroom (with small kids), it was easily 12 hours, at least, of total road time.

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (3 children)

We should turn the entire desert in Texas into a solar farm, and provide enough electricity for the entire world.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago

Solar and wind power is really big in Texas already. Maybe it could be done!

load more comments (2 replies)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I'm Canadian, I drive 17 hours to get to work everyday.

load more comments (1 replies)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Now do Alaska, Im willing to bet that you could find a route that will take a week even in the summer

load more comments (2 replies)
load more comments
view more: ‹ prev next ›