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   by formlessentity 2y ago

   All hydrocarbon fuels have mercury and it needs to be scrubbed at the refineries.
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   by formlessentity 2y ago

   Even if it is a typo, isn’t 0.113 above the limit of 0.005? More than 22x the limit. Natural gas has significant levels of mercury in it apparently, so it’d make sense to see levels like this. My other question is how is the environmental r
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   by formlessentity 3y ago

   The bunker may not pay out like call options but still a reasonable investment, especially if it has a bowling alley. Yes they’re probably trying to sell you gold bars for a 20% cut. But they’re no less guilty than the realtor trying to sel
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   by formlessentity 3y ago

   I accept financial collapse, nuclear war and other practical doomerism hypotheses to be concerned about, but I’m putting “sustainability” arguments in with supervolcano. Alien invasion is up right now. And yeah I can attest that there is a
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   by formlessentity 3y ago

   Seems to me waste heat won’t be as big of a problem as waste cooling. The sun is almost pure heat for us right now. By capturing more of that energy with photovoltaics and converting it to, say, plastic, we are cooling the planet. Neither o
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   by formlessentity 3y ago

   The sun is a virtually infinite supply of energy. Solar power is self sustaining at this point, very much so at $0.25/watt. Those panels should be cheaper to manufacture in zero-G (or lunar-G) and capable of providing 24 hours of outpu