Still, when you are calculating the per mile cost of operating an electric automobile you do need to consider the cost of the battery pack replacement in the figure.
Do be sure that when calculating the per mile cost on the IC automobile you include the costs of rebuilding the engine/transmission, and the rest of the IC maintenance (timing chains, spark plugs, etc).
the individual doesn't need to be fully mentally involved unless there is something important to them
Then they shouldn't be in the meeting. Here's where the problem is. People calling meetings and including as many people as possible so as to appear important "look how many people I can get to show up", instead of calling the people to which the meeting's content matters. Yes, doing email or making phone calls during a meeting is a bad thing. (Additionally, meetings that just simply go on too long. People who want to rehash the same thing over and over, that sort of thing.)
Since C/C++ is fairly liberal about allowing undefined behavior
No, it's not. The language forbids undefined behavior. If your program invokes undefined behavior, it is no longer well-formed C or C++.
On the other hand, the pollution from the car you drove for 20 years amounts to how much exactly?
Irrelevant to the question at hand. The question was about safety, not the environmental impact.
Don't feel entitled to the same rights as a motorist
IMHO: This one would be easier to achieve if the cyclists behaved like the vehicles that they are classified as. Such as not riding up along the shoulder of the road (where there are not supposed to be any vehicles), or riding between the lanes (where again there are not supposed to be any vehicles), or any of the other rules of the road. I know I'm not irritated by cyclists following the rules, I'll patiently wait behind a cyclist (with a respectable distance between myself and their back tire... they have a far shorter stopping distance than I do...) who is respecting the rules. That cyclist that shot up in the middle of the lane between us... those I get irritated with. (Though they still get the distance... not worth potentially injuring someone over...)
fortune: cpu time/usefulness ratio too high -- core dumped.