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Exxon's year-end Energy Outlook: 700 quadrillion BTUs by 2040
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by newswriter99 10y ago
In an attempt to clarify my previous point, everyone please feel free to examine Exxon's 2040 outlook, which puts Nuclear, solar, wind and other renewable energy sources at only 25% of all energy production by that time: http:/&#
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by newswriter99 10y ago
I'm not doing it to be contrarian, apologies for the tone. I'm just trying to point out that people tend to see political cartoons like the following: https://postimg.org/image/5zi56imjd/ As gospel. With
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by newswriter99 10y ago
Not sustainable or cost-effectively. Not yet anyway. Look at most of the bio-converters in the US. They're expensive, usually down for one reason or another, and half the time they end up killing their microorganisms via failing to fil
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by newswriter99 10y ago
Not one mention of petrochemicals in this thread. The main thing environmentalists (among others) seem to forget is that you can't make plastic out of sunlight. Or air. Or by pedaling a bicycle. Oil (and natural gas, especially in the
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by newswriter99 10y ago
Tried playing the first one a year ago but with the turn-based system and fast-travel being what it is, progress is slow. Which wouldn't be bad when you want to spend your Sunday afternoon in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, but this is n
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by newswriter99 10y ago
The story regards access to social media sites in various countries where such access is blocked, however, I'm sad to see there is little subject given to the number of file-sharing sites which have come under fire in the last few year
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Internet freedom around the world keeps decreasing(helpnetsecurity.com)
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Japanese 3D Porn makers want sexual fantasies to become virtual realities(japantimes.co.jp)
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by newswriter99 10y ago
The Wikipedia goes on to say (also, quoting Wikipedia as a source, kek) that there's no telling how many of the "alt-right" are trolling, how many are dead serious, and how many fall in between. I repeat my previous statement
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by newswriter99 10y ago
"closeted alt-right" Alt-right is just a meaningless catch-all term to describe someone who is sarcastic and "not-liberal." According to this definition, Bill Hicks was alt-right. Thus, the term has zero value.
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Self-powered mobile polymers(plastemart.com)
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by newswriter99 10y ago
"We’re enabling you to mute keywords, phrases, and even entire conversations you don’t want to see notifications about" So, instead of fostering more exchange of ideas and information, we're just going to have a bigger echo c