[woah]

Why are you so negative about research?

[maxerickson]

Would you pay me to research the practicalities of installing solar panels in my basement?

The arguments about this thing not making any sense aren't so far away from the arguments about my basement not being very sunny.

[sosborn]

>The arguments about this thing not making any sense aren't so far away from the arguments about my basement not being very sunny.

Actually, they are. At its best, getting sunlight in your basement is impossible. For solar bike lanes, the worst possible outcome is that they are impractical. And that is a purely financial consideration. At some point the benefits of solar (regardless of cost) might outweigt the negatives of using fossil fuel.

[maxerickson]

You never know, I might live in a glass house.

That it is observably impractical was the point I was trying to make.