RetroHippyNimby

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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
This is important context. There's a big difference between "we bought solar elsewhere but still burn fossil fuels for our datacenters" and "we never use fossil fuels to power our data centers".
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
Was this before or after Kissinger killed millions of people?
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
The delivery curve is pretty clearly exponentially increasing, so yes, it would make intuitive sense that delivery is at an all time peak, because delivery is rapidly increasing. It would be much more concerning if the all time peak was h
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
How many tons? I own a forest that was historically used for timber, but I am thinking about making biochar at the small single tons level, and burying it into the soil.
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
Reading both sides is itself a bit of a fallacy. Most problems don't fit neatly into two 'sides'. For example, take gun control -- typically associated with the liberal wing of the democratic party, and opposed by most of the
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
This is very interesting, and makes me wonder if it's analogous to the old joke that the highest bandwidth pipe you could get was a semi full of DVDs. I've been curious if someone would eventually run the numbers on something like
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
This appears to be a reference to Mario's "P-Speed", which indicates that raccoon Mario is running fast enough to fly. Mario, when running at full speed, has a little trill audio.
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
Maybe 'propane tank'?
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
I worry we're replacing polluting ICE cars with just as many, polluting EVs. EVs pollute less than cars, but they produce a lot more tire dust and road wear, since those things scale exponentially with the weight of the vehicle. Tire
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
Why is there a market rate for water? Shouldn't there be a cost for water without a market? We shouldn't be selling water at whatever the market will bear, but whatever the cost is to produce clean water (or less). Whatever amount
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by RetroHippyNimby 3y ago
This is just nimbyism from a group of folks who typically don't have much going on in their back yard. The complaints are, "There are one time construction noises and dust", "This disrupts tortoises temporarily", &q