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by morsch 3y ago
Supplies 1.5% of total energy consumption in Germany (electrical and some heating); 3.7% of electrical power production. From what I can tell, about 20-40% of domestic waste gets burned, including stuff that's ostensibly recycled but i
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by morsch 3y ago
Compared to dioxine? Well yeah. But you're not wrong and I'm all for dealing with waste another way, primarily by drastically reducing it, but as long as we're burning huge amounts of coal, oil and gas, we might as well burn
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by morsch 3y ago
While that plant may have been a disaster, modern waste to energy plants work fine. No major air emissions issues AFAICT, though the slag is quite toxic.
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by morsch 3y ago
Related https://www.sfchronicle.com/sf/article/sf-sleeping-pods-inve...
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I cannot imagine what system of ethics you are operating from that you would have to ask this question Catholic (-ish) ultra right wing nationalism, would be my guess. Surprisingly popular in some places. You can pretty much read stuff li
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> Apparently personal vehicles are responsible for ~58% of transportation emissions. That's because most people in the world don't fly. If you're flying coast to coast and back once (approx 1t CO2eq), that's already a
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Presumably the idea is that guaranteed student debt is what enables US tuition levels. The schools will already have been paid, but the next generation of students won't be able to get loans for tens of thousands of dollars -- the lend
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by morsch 3y ago
A faulty repair on the exact same component that's the centerpiece of the article, no less: the rear pressure bulkhead. Maybe JAL 123 is why they tend to replace them instead of patching them...
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Both effects could be in place at the same time, in which case you would expect a higher rate of workplace accidents initially, and a lower rate in the mid- to long-term.
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by morsch 3y ago
It works well with Proton, though as always ymmv on PC: https://www.protondb.com/app/482400
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When I searched for this, I found there to be some debate on it (isn't there always?): https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1517943113 https://arstechnica.com/science/2016/01/w
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by morsch 3y ago
SUVs were similarly overrepresented in fatalities relative to the proportion of their involvement in all crashes. SUVs struck 14.7% of the pedestrians and pedalcyclists investigated here, but were involved in 25.4% of the fatalities. https
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by morsch 3y ago
It's just annoying that after decades of copyright-maximalist public policy and corporate PR, it's now time for a sensible application of copyright when it comes to this specific issue.
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Okay, does OpenAI sending you this work as part of your paid ChatGPT subscription constitute selling?
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by morsch 3y ago
> People leave that out, so they get asked (in German) during their appointment. Can't say that ever happened to me.
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by morsch 3y ago
I can get an appointment for a new ID next week. Major city in Germany. Ymmv.
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by morsch 3y ago
Regular school buses appear to be in service around ten to fifteen years. https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-life-span-of-a-sch... https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-average-life-span-of-a-sch...
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by morsch 3y ago
There are loads of total garbage sugary breakfast cereals available that are B. I mean literally stuff with 24% sugar. The label is completely worthless, ignore it, just read the ingredients list and the dietary information. https:/&#
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by morsch 3y ago
About 41000 billions. > The wealthiest 1% of Americans controlled about $41.52 trillion in the first quarter, according to Federal Reserve data released Monday. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/06/23/how-much-weal
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by morsch 3y ago
Why wouldn't you prepare and serve oatmeal cold?
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This has been harmonized across the EU for, I think, 25 years. https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=CEL...
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by morsch 3y ago
The idea is to make it potent enough to affect the behaviour of those 95% of the population that's responsible for 75% of the emissions (I made up that number, happy to be corrected) and whose behavior you can affect with economical
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by morsch 3y ago
Oh, I doubt rich people will care. They're rich, they don't have to care about any monetary incentives for their personal behaviour, if they don't want to. But the tax will still have the effect of moving money from them to p
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by morsch 3y ago
We're not going to fix wealth inequality and climate change at the same time. Meanwhile, we're not going to fix climate change or wealth inequality by only taxing the emissions of the 1%. Although having a carbon tax that's r
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by morsch 3y ago
She might need larger radiators. https://www.heatgeek.com/do-i-need-to-upgrade-my-radiators-f...
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by morsch 3y ago
Ah. Then she was probably in a civil service position (teacher, police, etc) for which for some reason there are entirely different rules. For employees in the private sector, the limit is 6 months: https://www.gesetze-im-interne
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by morsch 3y ago
It's true that you can be fired during the probationary period, for any reason including "excessive" sick leave. But the probationary period is limited to six months, by law.
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No, dashcams that constantly take video while driving are illegal in Germany. Just recording, even if you don't publish it. Courts are still allowed to consider such illegally taken footage when considering a case. That's what the
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You can buy a castle in France, or elsewhere in Europe, but it comes with a renovation bill attached that is more than what you paid in the first place.
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A lot of people have bought crappy AC to help cope with the five to ten days of heatwave a year. They're not running often.

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