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by mrpopo 8y ago
I don't believe Tesla will do any good for the planet overall. The only way we can do good is if we sell less individual cars, not more, whether electric or not. Nowhere in Tesla's vision can I see a plan for more electric buses a
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> Germany is attempting decarbonization on Nightmare Mode difficulty Your comment was very clear about Germany's nuclear v. coal issue, but you cannot call it decarbonization. Germany has no fixed plans phasing out coal. It's d
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by mrpopo 8y ago
About the roof tiles : Other companies already have solar roof tiles on the market. http://www.dyaqua.it/invisiblesolar/_en/ They are popular in areas of Europe where architecture is regulated. Sure they are more
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> Not only that, but it would be destroyed in a storm quite quickly, generating even more marine debris. This was mentioned multiple times, but it's even more daring in your comment. How can it be so insignificant and pointless, but
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Again, being able to live a life of leisure exclusively out of your fortune's interests reaches far higher than "living a comfortable line". You can live very comfortably with a part-time job, or even a full-time job that&#x2
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by mrpopo 8y ago
The article states it comes in a dark silver Carbon Magnesium alloy chassis.
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by mrpopo 8y ago
This laptop is 0.7 inches thick, while the latest Macbook air is 0.61 inches thick. It's just 13% thicker. It's also 6% heavier, and has a much larger screen.
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Nothing is a "90% problem", even on land. Tankers' environmental impact is disastrous, although they actually are comparatively quite CO2-efficient for shipping goods. It's just that there is so many of them now.
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> calling the lack of a tax that has never existed before a subsidy is more than just a stretch, it’s an outright distortion. This is not correct, this is simply finally accounting for the negative carbon externality. Industries pay extr
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by mrpopo 8y ago
I don't really like this. When I am cooking, I am not watching my calorie intake and sodium/cholesterol levels. I want to enjoy cooking with fresh, local, seasonal ingredients. No choice anywhere in the options to choose the regio
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by mrpopo 8y ago
You can't just put all solar panels in Sahara because of so many more important reasons, mainly energy transportation. Power lines will never be that efficient, and battery storage would be prohibitively expensive (and I am not even su
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Apple are the target of criticism because they are making recycling and sustainability a marketing point. http://www.asymco.com/2018/09/13/lasts-longer/
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by mrpopo 8y ago
You're missing the point here. Repairability and fairness isn't worth "it in the current world state". In a true fair world, manufacturers would be charged for all externalities (pollution from mining, paying decent wage
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by mrpopo 8y ago
UV breaking down the fabric, maybe? Certainly less fast than clothes driers. Random google search result comparing wear-and-tear of line-dried and tumbler-dried clothes : https://www.reviewed.com/science/how-dryers-dest
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by mrpopo 8y ago
This has been done by Burger King but didn't get any traction AFAIK. https://burgerking.ca/content/bk-veggie-burger
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Sadly, what you described does indeed fall far below the "repairable" threshold for me. That being said, I will remember to stop criticizing Apple on HN from now on.
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Throttling performance pushes people into replacing their phone just as much as a worn battery. Probably even more so, since a phone shutting down rapidly and randomly is much more symptomatic of a worn battery, and might entice people to r
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Thanks for the context. I am extremely doubtful that a company like Apple is going to commit to durability, parts reuse and recycling. Repairability score of iPhones are not so bad, but the latest MacBooks are unrepairable.
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> On one hand you say your hard work and focus on future got you out of poverty. I think that was just to add to the shock factor. The point was that his hard work would not have taken him anywhere, were it not for the money brought by h
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by mrpopo 8y ago
From the very article you are citing : March 1, 2007: Prime Minister Shinzō Abe stated in a newspaper article that there was no evidence that the Japanese government had kept sex slaves, even though the Japanese government had already admit
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Everything you are talking about regarding Japanese citizenship is true, although you are framing it as if it's something that is written in stone and immutable. Some of the ethnic Koreans in Japan are descendants from the Koreans that
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> You can't blame Google or Chrome for that. Google themselves are building "Chrome-only" websites. https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/4/16805216/google-chrome-onl...
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> I believe they are counted because I still have some confidence in government. Why would you? Don't. The ballot casting system should be inherently safe regardless of trust in any government official. That's how it's don
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> Why should Bill Gates be punished more in the same situation for having put the work in to build a successful company? This would make people equal in front of the law. Why would being wealthy allow you to break the law more often with
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by mrpopo 8y ago
This comes up a lot when talking about recycling, but really the issue here is that the environment is never counted as a financial asset. Carbon/pollution taxes cannot come soon enough.
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Either way (whether Wikileaks is compromised, or they have arguably justifiable preferences for/against specific candidates), I think they should no longer be trusted as they have obviously showed bias.
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> “We have tried everything we can to advertise and promote Palau in China’s tourism market. We spent more than USD$1 million on promoting Palau annually,” the airline’s statement said. A big marketing mistake IMO. This is not the first
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by mrpopo 8y ago
> Show me the evidence that Google was warned about this practice and refused to stop for a long time. In the article : "Google, which can appeal any decision, has rejected the EU’s case since the bloc issued formal charges over two
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by mrpopo 8y ago
Yes. Probably he could have been left alone if he didn't get that much publicity though. There are tons of communities "standing out" in Japan, but they just go by themselves into exile, staying under the radar to survive.
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by mrpopo 9y ago
What makes you think you will be better off with more money, and are you sure that your successful peers are not thinking the opposite from you - wishing they could have explored more subjects instead of jumping straight into a career that

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