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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Solar would work on existing ship designs like container ships. Moving through the water is very efficient - if you go slowly enough. If ships travel slower than the hull displacement speed, they could travel on electric motors and solar po
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
The lifetime of a modern ship is only 25-30 years. I think when the parent comment mentioned electrifying bulk cargo shipping,they were referring to building new electric ships, not converting existing ones.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Desalination on a scale sufficient for a city requires an extraordinary amount of power. The plant in Queensland uses: "...around 3.58 kilowatt-hours (kWh) of electricity for every cubic metre (kilolitre) of water it produces"[1]
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
See 35th Ave NE in Seattle.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
You are forgetting the methane emissions from leakage: https://theconversation.com/the-us-natural-gas-industry-is-l...
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Only 60 harvests left (2014)(reuters.com)
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Motor vehicle deaths are on the rise again, mostly due to distracted driving (phones) and larger vehicles on the road (SUVs). https://usa.streetsblog.org/2019/03/01/pedestrian-deaths-rea...
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
It doesn't have to be just the US - the sanctions can be against any country which continues to subsidize fossil fuels, equal to the amount of their subsidies.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Climate is generally defined as an average (of the maximums and minimums) over a 30 year period. So they're right in saying that this heatwave is weather, not climate. This summer will affect the calculated climate, sure, but it could
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
That's one of the reasons I've been looking into aquaponics a lot recently. It's a really cool (almost) closed-loop system where fish waste feeds the vegetables. The only inputs are fish food and replacing water lost by evapo
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Self-driving buses might be great, but there's no point in waiting for them to be invented when there are such large gains to be made today from better and more frequent bus service, and increased efficiency/reduced pollution (fro
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
He seems to travel a lot giving speeches about Free Software. If you get the FSF bulletin, you get updates each quarter, e.g. https://www.fsf.org/bulletin/2018/fall/on-the-road-with-rms
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
DRM has a long history of failing to stop piracy.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
I've given this a serious try a few times, on both phones and tablets, because I am keen for an ultra-portable dev setup. Unfortunately Android falls pretty short, even though Termux is amazing. I've never been able to stick with
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
The UN should apply sanctions to the USA equal to the amount of subsidies they are paying to fossil fuels companies.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Wow this is the first time I've seen this argument used for the USA. "Only" 15% of global emissions - out of 195 countries. It's still the world's second biggest emitter - I think it would slow down global warming a
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
This is why you should always try and save at least 30% from every paycheck. Assuming you start working at 21, you should then have enough invested to live off the passive income by the time you reach 49.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Does wind-power help with removing some of the energy from the atmosphere that global warming is putting in? Or because electricity ends up converted back into heat, does it make no difference?
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Maybe the culture of extremely long work hours alienated the father from his family?
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Until you legally can't, as the parent comment mentioned.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Seattle collects data on bike share usage, available here: https://www.seattle.gov/transportation/projects-and-programs... Seems in the sunnier months they get about 200,000 trips, from a fleet of 10,000 bikes. I think
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
A good reason to seek financial independence early - then at least you have some time to find what gives your life meaning and makes you happy.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
So the banknote lasts about 20 years, then the plastic takes another 1000 or so to break down?
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
For a 3-D modelling course at university we were forced to use software that had no undo mechanism (and only ran on Windows). We very quickly learned to create save files after every single modification, because it was so easy to lose hours
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Exactly right. Every tenth of a degree of warming averted is going to make a big difference to someone down the line.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
I think you might be overestimating the resilience of your food network. It's understandable, everything is currently set-up to insulate you from the origins of your food. Plants, rainfall, and harvests are susceptible to changes in cl
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Also - ride a bike. As well as being emissions-free, it encourages your city to build more bicycling infrastructure, which will make it more possible to get around without a car, and encourage others to ride too.
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Ride a bike!
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
Enough individual action can create a political climate that enables an appropriate governmental response. For example, when every home has roof-top solar, everyone is riding bikes or scooters, growing food locally, not flying, etc. It&#x27
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by fooblitzky 7y ago
No - small 50 person company.

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