eliminate poverty

Some actual low-res examples:

https://thedebrief.b-cdn.net/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Screenshot-2023-08-15-at-10.44.44-AM-1024x804.png

Since I read that this isn’t an existential threat I’m feeling much more at ease, much less open to catastrophic outcomes and the narrative that we should throw our hands in the air and give up.

I guess I had considered propaganda to emanate from dishonest sources and took my cooky professor quoting legit sources as not being part of that group, but even facts can be misrepresented. I don’t think the intention of my comments were to elevate coal or any other dirty energy source.

The point of those studies wasn’t to disrupt development of renewables but to prompt engineers and planners to design systems which limit the harmful effects observed in the first generation of windmills. They are good things to review and know about.

It’s hard to bring up complex topics on the internet because we can’t all be experts at everything and it’s easier to lump people into for/against camps. That’s not at all where I’m coming from, but that’s how I’ve been assigned by mentioning “the other side” of a complex topic.

I’m fairly certain there is a documentary or at least a youtube video about this guy because he’s not really what you think. Still nuts.

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Found it, it’s this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=da6_LjiIzXk

My opinion about this comes entirely from a course I took in school a long time ago so you’re making the claim that science is propaganda here and I’m not going to agree with that.

I feel like you don’t actually know that and it’s just your opinion.

I don’t doubt it, but what I was getting at was that I wonder if Kushner hasn’t had more serious investigations into these allegations because it is hard to 100% prove and the article brings that up. Obviously Kushner isn’t going to say anything to the FBI, and Flynn is also being silent so the FBI has to rely on a potentially sketchy source. Not much to stand on given that I’m hoping we get to see Kushner in jail one day.

Wow look at that reaction! You guys think I’m a MAGA or something because I quoted this?

Damn 19C! My apartment is 24 right now and it feels cozy. When I bake it gets to 27. Without heat in the winter it hovers around 16 inside.

I’d consider going somewhere with more extreme day/night cycles like the Northwest territories, but within Canada I’m basically happy where I am. I like the super long days in the summer and I’m also ok living in the dark most of the winter as long as I can stay active.

“according to intercepts of Russian communications that were reviewed by U.S. officials.” !

Wow. Very interesting.

“Russia at times feeds false information into communication streams it suspects are monitored as a way of sowing misinformation and confusion among U.S. analysts.”

That was my thought too.

No that claim isn’t backed up by any sources I could find. Sounds fringe attitude to me. It’s a good thing that people study this as their job and advise the legislative branch because it’s complicated. When I looked up the levelized* cost of energy I had a hard time finding sources that agreed with each other. In particular, the nuclear societies were skewing the data, but the same with certain German think tanks claiming the exact opposite. Debate all around. Hydro FTW.

http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2018/ph241/wang-k2/

https://www.eia.gov/outlooks/aeo/pdf/electricity_generation.pdf

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economics_of_nuclear_power_plants

Work shouldn’t be the primary source of stress in our lives no matter what the job is.

I don’t think conservatism is about being rational it’s about maintaining tradition or maybe morality, however it was defined by the previous generation.

It is nice having a more personal freedom in what I choose to do in my spare time.

Also now I don’t need to smoke I can just have gummies occasionally.

I don’t think any of us should be making assumptions about how many birds/bats are being killed without looking up the numbers. At least back when I was in school and learning about windmills (a decade ago) there were concerns because wind farms were often located along migratory pathways for birds. And it’s not just ‘birds’ that die, it can be an important species within the trophic level that gets decimated, and then there are consequences of that felt within the food web. It’s not as bad as a city, but we’re talking about introducing something new into the environment, and people should talk about the potential issues. We should be able to have both sides arguments about this stuff, since we’re still likely to agree it’s the right choice to replace carbon plants.

If you were an ecologist it wouldn’t be so easy to claim others are ignorant when they bring up concerns about renewable energy harming the natural spaces they are introduced into.

They are being blocked at the border. The Taliban won’t let them leave. The ones who got out and participated in interviews (ie the ones we hear about) talk about how their families back home are being harassed, hiding.

No. The universe just is a thing that exists.

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I’d say that’s part of the reason I still go back to reddit. It’s so easy to pull up any community and be signed in. With lemmy it’s a hassle.

The instance I’m on (eg smaller ones) doesn’t defederate. I see everything. lemmy.ml, beehaw, lemmynsfw. .world isn’t a great instance to home account on. They’ve already blocked like 30 instances https://lemmy.world/instances