Roboticide

Oh shit, have not heard about this book and need one for my upcoming vacation. Gonna look into this!

Well, kind of.

They showed the interior of the earth with other megafauna, but how exactly Godzilla or Kong are getting their caloric intake satisfied on a regular basis is somewhat of a question regardless.

Godzilla especially… feeds on radiation? But not just like, consuming uranium ore. He can take a full thermonuclear blast to the face and seemingly heals bodily injury. Maybe makes him feel really full too?

It’s handwaved at best, which is fine. Trying to figure out how Kaiju work is like trying to explain The Force with physics. It’s just magic, don’t worry about it.

“Real world Russian capabilities are shown to be lacking, so the Red Menace are now Red Wizards.”

Why should they not? They posted an inquiry, looking for advice. That is their reason for posting.

They do not owe personal information beyond what is required to answer the question. And typically, with regards to anything resembling a legal matter, the less information posted publicly, the better.

Escalators vs elevators is maybe a good example of the concept in theory, but in practice escalators are the worse design of the two, and they don’t necessarily compete anyway.

Escalators are either slightly faster stairs or stairs for the sedentary. Their only practical advantage is clearing high-volume areas quickly, like transit stations. But otherwise, they are worse stairs - costly, narrow, power consuming mechanical stairs that require regular maintenance. Elevators are an accessibility feature. They allow easy movement of the handicapped and large cargo, and can move many, many floors quickly. Nobody is taking escalators to the 57th floor of a building.

Not to say escalators don’t have that advantage of failing in a useful way, just that they don’t do anything stairs don’t already do. Nothing else really does what elevators do.

Better example may be, say, ebikes or hybrid cars, provided they don’t lock up the conventional drive system in the event the electric portion fails.