The Patriots

by Staff

Google’s 100% Electric Bus Loses Power, Causes Mayhem on San Francisco Slope (VIDEO)

Google’s Electric Bus Loses Power on Uphill Climb..

As the bus lost power, it began to roll backward, creating a path of mild destruction by colliding with nine vehicles on its way down, according to World Peace Exclusive. … The SFMTA’s Sustainability and Climate Action Program explains that the agency’s greater goal is an all-electric fleet and a carbon-neutral San Francisco by 2040.

Really? It looks like PE = mgh is far stronger than Current (2) x Resistance.  Note that height doesn’t have to increase much to overwhelm the bus’s motive power.

When a thermal overload trips out power you need to have a backup plan. Maybe Google engineers have never heard of USING FAIL SAFE systems. When moving backwards and the vehicle is in anything but reverse mode, brakes should automatically engage. This would prevent the bus from playing pinball with stationary objects.  I bet the insurance companies are losing their minds. Ha! Ha! In reality the electric bus is NOT adequate for this type of service.

NOTE: This is what a city governed by abject stupidity looks like.

by Daniel Greenfield

I'm not up on corporate speak, but is "poor street conditions" a euphemism for wallowing in human waste while being assaulted by crazy people?

Oracle’s OpenWorld conference, one of the biggest annual technology events in San Francisco, is moving to Las Vegas in 2020 and will remain in Sin City for at least three years.

According to an email that the San Francisco Travel Association (SFTA) sent to its members on Monday, Oracle has signed a three-year agreement to bring its flagship event to the Caesars Forum in Las Vegas.

“Oracle stated that their attendee feedback was that San Francisco hotel rates are too high,” the email, which was viewed by CNBC, said. “Poor street conditions was another reason why they made this difficult decision.”

The SFTA, a private nonprofit organization that promotes San Francisco tourism, said it’s issuing a cancellation bulletin, covering five days and over 62,000 room nights in October 2020, October 2021 and September 2022.

“The estimated economic impact of each of the above is $64,000,000, a huge loss for our city,” the email said.

$64 million? What's the big deal? SF is projected to have a $643.9 million budget deficit five years from now. That's just a tenth of it.

Meanwhile San Fran can double down on the disease, the human waste, and catering to the mentally ill and the drug addicts who are its new base.