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30-03-2021 04:41PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

That is a fcuking disgrace

Not really, it has moved from 1920 being reliant on Trains and relatively no roads for cars to motorways and decent secondary roads including dual carriageways.

Cars are embedded into culture because of the freedoms they give. Very few people with cars would leave it behind to travel rail, apart from occasional novelty.

And you're not going to have high speed lines due to cost from Limerick to Galway to Letterkenny. We've moved on.

Alternative take:- Is this an answer to 'What have the Brits ever done for us?'

:pac:

yagan · 30-03-2021 04:47PM

Another thing to remember about railways was that they were mostly private enterprises whose primary revenue was derived not from passengers but from cargo.

Buses were far more adaptable for passenger use providing a far more comprehensive service than trains.

Padre_Pio · 30-03-2021 05:02PM

Map of polar bear distribution

The J Stands for Jay · 30-03-2021 05:58PM

Amirani wrote: »

They're used by pretty much every person in the country every day, and they provide lots of employment; just not by people working on-site.

They should be built with solar panel rooves, with wind turbines sticking out of them (for all I know, they could be already). With the size of them, it seems like a quick win from a cost and sustainability pov.

Seth Brundle · 30-03-2021 06:33PM

McGaggs wrote: »

They should be built with solar panel rooves, with wind turbines sticking out of them (for all I know, they could be already). With the size of them, it seems like a quick win from a cost and sustainability pov.

That would make a miniscule dent in their energy consumption.
I work near a number of them. The roofs are currently covered with air-con units and vents.
This is a Microsoft centre but there are many others in that area...
https://www.google.com/maps/@53.3245085,-6.4544501,141m/data=!3m1!1e3

Gloomtastic! · 30-03-2021 07:28PM

After the bank bailout, wasn't there a competition, sponsored by the Govt., for the best business idea to bring new employment. Data centres was the winning idea I seem to remember. :rolleyes:

magicbastarder · 30-03-2021 08:07PM

i work for a company that runs a fairly large one.
the backup generators to supply it run to 6MW.

cnocbui · 31-03-2021 01:48PM

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

Its nothing to do with preference for cars. The train from Nenagh is useless for commuters. It takes an hour to get to Limerick Junction or Ballybrophy (twice as long as a car) because the train goes at 25mph, and by then it's nearly 9am anyway, and you're still in Ballybrophy or on the edge of Co. Limerick.

It costs as much to run a car anyway. It's like they're trying to turn customers away.

Very few of the world's rail services are profitable. I don't get the love for them. Outdated victorian technology for which there are better options. You need very high population densities and passenger flows before they become a superior choice, like the London underground.

Victor · 31-03-2021 01:54PM

cnocbui wrote: »

Very few of the world's rail services are profitable.

This is on an accounting basis. Most roads are also loss making. Airlines pay a lot less tax than they should.d

On an economic basis, things shift considerably. Each train means thousands of people don't need to spend large amounts of money on cars.

31-03-2021 02:01PM

Victor wrote: »

This is on an accounting basis.

What's the cost of infrastructure plus variable costs per passenger. Roads are going to be more cost effective. Pollution is a different matter.

cdeb · 31-03-2021 02:05PM

Aaaannyway

Map of where photos are taken in the world -

31-03-2021 02:07PM

cdeb wrote: »

Aaaannyway

Map of where photos are taken in the world -

Why would Germany be so popular?

Gregor Samsa · 31-03-2021 02:17PM

It's probably just based on geotag info on Flickr or wherever. Could be Germans just sitting in their houses taking photos of each-other, as opposed to people going out of their way to take photos of a particular landmark or feature.

Edit: if the map is from the sightsmap.com site as linked below, then it's based on data from a photo sharing service called Panoramio that is no longer in operation.

Badly Drunk Boy · 31-03-2021 02:17PM

www.sightsmap.com

Squeeonline · 31-03-2021 02:25PM

It's about 90% also a population density map since so many photos are taken in cities.

chewed · 31-03-2021 02:27PM

Badly Drunk Boy wrote: »

www.sightsmap.com

You can clearly make out Cliffs of Moher and Giant's Causeway!

BonnieSituation · 31-03-2021 02:28PM

And as always, there's an xkcd for that:

https://xkcd.com/1138/

MY BAD · 31-03-2021 06:30PM

Strava heatmap for runners in Ireland.

KevRossi · 31-03-2021 07:20PM

chewed wrote: »

You can clearly make out Cliffs of Moher and Giant's Causeway!

You can also make out Carrick-on-Shannon, pop. 4,000. Bigger towns don't have the same brightness. This is possibly due to the amount of photos taken and uploaded of people on stags and hens. It's one of the most popular towns in Ireland for it and plenty of photos end up on social media or are shared around.

retalivity · 31-03-2021 09:21PM

MY BAD wrote: »

Strava heatmap for runners in Ireland.

For completeness, here's the cycling one

magicbastarder · 31-03-2021 10:19PM

i'd say half the brightness on the mamore gap in inishowen is just from ronan mclaughlin.

Peregrine · 01-04-2021 04:42PM

This could be out of date.

Has anyone got the data for Kosovo?

New Home · 01-04-2021 04:51PM

It's incorrect. What about pregnant women? Or people with two heads? :pac:

01-04-2021 05:23PM

Peregrine wrote: »

This could be out of date.

Has anyone got the data for Kosovo?

what does this mean?

Padre_Pio · 01-04-2021 05:24PM

bubblypop wrote: »

what does this mean?

How many people per people :pac:

cdeb · 01-04-2021 05:33PM

01-04-2021 05:33PM

Padre_Pio wrote: »

How many people per people :pac:

I thought I was missing something!

01-04-2021 05:34PM

countries by what they call Finland

not what the Finnish do anyway!

LarryGraham · 02-04-2021 04:27PM

Each square represents 500k people.

Source: https://www.visualcapitalist.com/massive-world-map-redrawn-based-country-populations/

Professor Moriarty · 02-04-2021 07:52PM

bubblypop wrote: »

countries by what they call Finland

not what the Finnish do anyway!

Why is there a white line down the centre of Ireland?

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