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He/Him, Tech, Sci-fi, Ev, cars, Legal IT, Bunny Hugger

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kevinrns , to Random stuff
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Some BS (bovine fecal) AI accounts say there isn't enough land for solar.

Solar, which has fallen in price 98.7% What once cost 'dinner for two with candles and three courses,' now costs 'light bulb,' is so efficient-

How efficient is it?

Solar is so efficient, solar collectors on half the world's roofs, just on the roof, is MORE ELECTRIC ENERGY THAN WE USE, world wide.

World wide.

Build it all now, stop pouring money into the tar pit.

https://theconversation.com/solar-panels-on-half-the-worlds-roofs-could-meet-its-entire-electricity-demand-new-research-169302

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@kevinrns France has mandated all car parks over a certain size must have solar. What’s happening is companies have worked out its making them money so are adding them to car parks of smaller size. Farmers are adding solar to fields with livestock and crops, as they add shade. There’s lots of places you can stick a solar panel without needing more land

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/nov/09/france-to-require-all-large-car-parks-to-be-covered-by-solar-panels

lowqualityfacts , to Random stuff
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Can we please have a feud with musicians from different genres? I want to see Kendrick Lamar verbally dismantle a country singer on a molecular level, and then have them come back with a diss track that's like "Kendrick don't wear jeans, never rode a tractor, that man isn't drinking beer from the can".

richardknott ,
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@lowqualityfacts Charlotte Church fights dirty, wouldn’t be fair.

richardknott , to Hydrogen
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Hydrogen requires ‘rewiring of the market’

https://www.current-news.co.uk/hydrogen-requires-rewiring-of-the-market-fears-around-ammonia-cracking-costs-raised/

richardknott OP ,
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@CrackedWindscreen a lot of the push for hydrogen in road cars is either from the fossil fuel industry or outright disinformation. how many times have you heard "Ev's are a fad, will be replaced by Hydrogen cars"?

rbreich , to Random stuff
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Remember: Almost all of us are the descendants of immigrants who fled persecution, or were brought to America under duress, or simply sought better lives for themselves and their descendants.

Donald Trump wants to stoke so much fear and hatred that people forget this.

Do not.

richardknott ,
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@rbreich King Charles III is the son of an Greek immigrant

GottaLaff , to Random stuff
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I want to puke.

Via Roger Parloff:

Belatedly noticing that 's lawyers, in motions, have begun referring to his presidency as "President Trump's first term."

richardknott ,
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@GottaLaff probably on the instructions of their client. Surprised they didn’t include “and 2nd hand bible salesman”

richardknott , to Random stuff
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In France at the moment, not only is there a legal requirement for car parks over a certain size to have solar panels, supermarkets with smaller car parks are now doing it voluntarily as it makes them money

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TheConversationUS , to Random stuff
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The price of asthma medication has soared in the U.S. over the past decade and a half.

The pharmaceutical company Teva sells QVAR RediHaler, a corticosteroid inhaler, for $286 in the U.S.

In Germany, Teva sells that same inhaler for $9.

https://theconversation.com/asthma-meds-have-become-shockingly-unaffordable-but-relief-may-be-on-the-way-222858

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@TheConversationUS free on the NHS, if you have to pay for prescriptions £9.32, but you can order more than one on the same prescription

petergleick , to Random stuff
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I'm watching Band of Brothers and it's sad to think that during WWII the current Republicans would be rooting for the Nazis and refusing to fund the war effort.

richardknott ,
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@petergleick They did up until Pearl harbour.

davidho , to Random stuff
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Apparently the number of videos denying climate solutions are increasing.

Some “climate solutions“ really are garbage though. Maybe I should start a YouTube channel.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-16/youtube-s-climate-denial-problem-is-growing-and-evolving?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTcwNTQwODY0MywiZXhwIjoxNzA2MDEzNDQzLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTN0NQOEREV1gyUFMwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFMkUzODg2QzgzREM0NTUxOEVFM0M2MDRGN0ZBRTlGMyJ9.putB_sbb5WSG0UUhYOqlseYc8UWwYtCcTzWyervvv_I

richardknott ,
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@davidho Beware the algorithm, I have a friend who does a politics channel and is passionate about climate change change, but every time he brings it up he gets next to no views.
He’s Also doing a rewilding project in France:

https://allshorts.eu/support-for-allshorts/

jerry , to Random stuff
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The Y2K denial threads are amazing. Must be what people who work at NASA in the 60’s and 70’s feel about moon landing hoaxers

richardknott ,
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@jerry I remember a conversation I had with the consultant in charge of Y2K at the place I worked. I asked him where he would be on New years. Visiting family in Barbados, he said, lovely place, bit off the grid. Ah I said, don’t worry he said, everything will be fine…

w7voa , to Random stuff
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Russian President Putin announces his 2024 candidacy for what appears to be a certain re-election. https://iz.ru/1617522/2023-12-08/vladimir-putin-obiavil-o-vydvizhenii-svoei-kandidatury-na-post-prezidenta-rf

richardknott ,
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@w7voa I look forward to the debates 😋

darnell , to Random stuff
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This is incredible! I wonder how 🇵🇹 was able to pull this off‽

Six days without using & relying solely on / is quite an achievement! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

👉🏾 Portugal just ran on 100% renewables for six days in a row https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/portugal-just-ran-on-100-renewables-for-six-days-in-a-row

I am not sure how this could work in the 🇺🇸, but Portugal’s 🇵🇹 real world experiment is promising.

richardknott ,
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@darnell Finand went 89% fossil free last year https://yle.fi/a/74-20058399

lowqualityfacts , to Random stuff
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Good for them.
https://patreon.com/lowqualityfacts

richardknott ,
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@lowqualityfacts I thought it was still Grand Fenwick:

https://youtu.be/5KCA73dnNEM?si=sSuueW8bfnHK8-k8

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