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  • Posts: 7,946 [Deleted User]


    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:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,913 yagan
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,625 Padre_Pio
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    PolarBear%20FINAL1-final.jpg

    Map of polar bear distribution


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,904 The J Stands for Jay
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    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.


  • Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 43,119 Seth Brundle
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    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


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,163 Gloomtastic!
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    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:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,820 magicbastarder
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    i work for a company that runs a fairly large one.
    the backup generators to supply it run to 6MW.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,168 cnocbui
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,732 Victor
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    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.


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    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.


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  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,442 cdeb
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    Aaaannyway

    Map of where photos are taken in the world -

    fun-maps-2-7.jpg


  • Posts: 7,946 [Deleted User]


    cdeb wrote: »
    Aaaannyway

    Map of where photos are taken in the world -

    fun-maps-2-7.jpg

    Why would Germany be so popular?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,140 Gregor Samsa
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,982 Badly Drunk Boy
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,581 Squeeonline
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    It's about 90% also a population density map since so many photos are taken in cities.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,435 chewed
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    You can clearly make out Cliffs of Moher and Giant's Causeway!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,088 BonnieSituation
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    And as always, there's an xkcd for that:

    heatmap_2x.png

    https://xkcd.com/1138/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,208 MY BAD
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    Strava heatmap for runners in Ireland.
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,574 KevRossi
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    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.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,003 retalivity
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    MY BAD wrote: »
    Strava heatmap for runners in Ireland.

    For completeness, here's the cycling one

    fdf4ff7fe8f987a8d55f23ddea4f4b60.png0


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  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,820 magicbastarder
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    i'd say half the brightness on the mamore gap in inishowen is just from ronan mclaughlin.


  • Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 26,405 Peregrine
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    This could be out of date.

    Has anyone got the data for Kosovo?

    XqT0q6kh.jpg


  • Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 78,385 New Home
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    It's incorrect. What about pregnant women? Or people with two heads? :pac:


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    Peregrine wrote: »
    This could be out of date.

    Has anyone got the data for Kosovo?

    XqT0q6kh.jpg

    what does this mean?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,625 Padre_Pio
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    bubblypop wrote: »
    what does this mean?

    How many people per people :pac:


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,442 cdeb
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    Padre_Pio wrote: »
    How many people per people :pac:

    :D
    I thought I was missing something!


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    Wm4nkoW.png

    countries by what they call Finland

    not what the Finnish do anyway!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 118 LarryGraham
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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,394 Professor Moriarty
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    bubblypop wrote: »
    Wm4nkoW.png

    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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