Zarkonnen

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   by Zarkonnen 17y ago

   Switzerland is actually a very bad example to use. The unusally (for Europe) high number of firearms there is because the members of the militia army keep an assault rifle at home. This is rather different from a handgun or a shotgun, and y
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   by Zarkonnen 17y ago

   IMHO the big elephant in the room is that global warming is just one of the large environmental problems we're facing. There's also eg overfishing, deforestation, ocean acidification. So even if we could "fix" global warming through geoengi
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   by Zarkonnen 17y ago

   Aagh, why is there Javascript on the site that breaks "open in new tab"?
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   by Zarkonnen 17y ago

   TBH, I just found this sufficiently frightening that I wanted to spread the news, and HN came to mind.
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   by Zarkonnen 17y ago

   Well, this is about allegations of toxic waste dumping done on behalf of Trafigura, which has poisoned hundreds and possibly killed some people. I'm sorry if you feel that corporate murder is a boring topic.
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   British Press Banned from Reporting Parliament. Seriously.(spectator.co.uk)

   93 points by Zarkonnen 17y ago|37 comments
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   by Zarkonnen 17y ago

   I have to admit that this article annoyed me. Levitt and Dubner appear to think that the only environmental problem around is global warming. Having decided that it can be solved by geoengineering, they think that people won't have to try a