ParksNet

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by ParksNet 4y ago
We should be asking "what exactly is the point of holding BTC"
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Public Transport in the US in not safe due to demographics and failure to imprison criminals: https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/funeral-today-for-danie... Private mass-transit using autonomous busses and auto-r
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by ParksNet 4y ago
We need cheaper EVs. Nissan Leafs have a 5-month waiting list right now. We should temporarily abandon car safety requirements, to reduce weight and complexity and get EVs to people earlier. EVs due to their expense are being purchased main
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by ParksNet 4y ago
We need a new ATX standard with external power bricks and smaller components. Giant ATX cases are unnecessarily huge, but laptops are too small and noisy. There's not much of a middle ground.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
The standard American shower doesn't even have pressure control - a single knob goes from off, to cold, to hot, at constant (high pressure). I'm in a Californian hotel right now, and I need to redirect 75% of the water to the bath
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Once American families get access to European formula, they will demand similar levels of quality from American producers, or parallel import from Europe directly. American manufacturers will need to do better than releasing junk products,
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by ParksNet 4y ago
If you want to cut energy consumption, reduce goods inflation, and increase labor supply, the simplest way to to it is to destroy cryptocurrencies.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
EVs are still too expensive, because the cars are too large and heavy. We need more light electric vehicles with max speeds of 75mph. Bigger than a golf cart and smaller than a Tesla Model 3.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
There are 200,000 people entering America from the Southern Border, each month, illegally. That's a lot of houses 'gotta be built: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/13/migrant-enc...
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Encouraging Crypto to fail, and encouraging politicians to ban exchanges, is the quickest way to cut CO2 emissions and reverse chip shortages.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Stop Soros-funded DAs. Alvin Bragg, DA of New York, was funded by 'Color of Change' PAC, which received a $1million donation from George Soros: https://nypost.com/2022/01/04/alvin-braggs-green-light-
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Because Finland wasn't willing to push all the way to Murmansk to cut off Lend Lease supplies.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
50% of health resources are used in the final 5 years of life. The young should not pay for the healthcare of the elderly. Society should be apportioned into different age categories, and funded separately, with a 'base' tier for
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Enforcing US immigration laws and securing the Southern Border should be pursued from an environmental sustainability angle, at least. Seal the border properly and that's 2million people each year we don't have to feed, house, or
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Or just abandon Income Taxes (57% of US households don't pay any anyway) and embrace Land Value Taxes to fund State and Federal operations. Apply a credit for each child of the owner living in the dwelling to encourage house ownership.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
This is all just a wedge issue to distract from the disastrous management of the US economy, the US border with Mexico, and failed COVID policies. The timing - 6 months before midterms - is deliberate.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Better to spend $1.1b lobbying for a $100/tonne Carbon Tax. Heck, for $1.1b you could probably just buy a US President or their children.
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EU considers banning use of up to 12,000 toxic chemicals(upi.com)
198 points by ParksNet 4y ago|126 comments
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Russia halts gas supplies to Poland(bloomberg.com)
11 points by ParksNet 4y ago|1 comments
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by ParksNet 4y ago
A fairly significant portion of Europe's GDP is dedicated to the healthcare and welfare for non-productive groups: the Retired, and non-Western migrants. Pensions in Italy are 17% of GDP, for example. Europe will need to cut those two
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by ParksNet 4y ago
"The woke mind virus is making Netflix unwatchable" Elon Musk, April 2022. Accurate.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
This is just political targeting of Elon Musk for daring to take on Twitter.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aedes_aegypti The targeted species of mosquito is not native to the USA. It was introduced by Europeans inadvertently.
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CDC mask mandate for travelers struck down by federal judge(cnn.com)
14 points by ParksNet 4y ago|3 comments
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Our modern 'retirement' system is one of the greatest failures of our Civilization. We confiscate a significant portion of the income of the young and productive, and direct it so that a certain generation can sit rich and idle fo
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by ParksNet 4y ago
Why is it acceptable for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to own and control online speech, but not Elon Musk?
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by ParksNet 4y ago
And between income tax, payroll tax, sales tax, you'll be taking a substantial cut in income - for housing which is more expensive, colder weather, and less sunlight.
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by ParksNet 4y ago
It doesn't make sense to emphasize passenger travel over goods transport for rail. Rail's strength is efficient transport of heavy loads at slow speeds. People are light and often want to go at high speeds. Europe should reorient