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by ryathal 6y ago
That's only about half their waste, the other half gets put into man made ash ponds that eventually become superfund sites, or leak into rivers and cause massive damage.
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by ryathal 6y ago
The U.S. can build reactors as well, we just put them in boats.
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by ryathal 6y ago
Arguing for less consumption is a non-starter. It's a tacit admission that the solution to global warming is killing say 30% of the global population, just framed in an indirect manner so it doesn't sound like genocide.
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by ryathal 6y ago
They knew. People like polarizing, that's why Howard Stern got an absurd pay check to go to XM way back.
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by ryathal 6y ago
There should be a distinction between not using by choice and not using under threat of government sanctioned force.
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by ryathal 6y ago
Nuclear would almost definitely provide real results faster than renewables, but renewables provide the illusion of progress. Being able to show progress let's them look a lot better than they actually are.
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by ryathal 6y ago
Net worth is only assets and liabilities. Income doesn't get factored in to that until it's earned.
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by ryathal 6y ago
This is important for way more than just Presidential elections. It helps solve the money in politics problem as well by diluting power and making representatives more accountable.
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by ryathal 6y ago
The Paris agreement was a bout wealth transfer more than it was emissions. Lip service was given to emissions so it could be positioned as a climate focused agreement.
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by ryathal 6y ago
We know that waste is sitting in a pond, it's not set free, it's not capable of magically moving itself. We have no idea where any of those coal emissions ended up, and we still have piles of extremely toxic ash just like the nucl
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by ryathal 6y ago
Any plan that relies on the U.S. shelling out unlimited money to other countries isn't a plan.
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by ryathal 6y ago
The 5% -> 25% was literally the easiest part. The big expensive downsides to renewables really aren't a factor. Intermittency is minor when you can fall back on 75%, if there's only 50% to fall back on that's a problem.
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by ryathal 6y ago
People will absolutely try to take out mortgages they can't afford. Post 2008 rules make giving a mortgage to someone who can't afford the first month nearly impossible, but you can still get a mortgage that will crush you without
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by ryathal 6y ago
Facebook is the one major social network not censoring the right. The left doesn't make the top 10 because they are far too diffuse among other networks, but no less hateful. Reddit is actively working towards censoring anything right
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by ryathal 6y ago
The solutions are simple, but the implementation is not. A lot of places don't have room for a water heater to store a larger amount of hotter water in order to load shift. furthermore, it's not guaranteed that electricity prices
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by ryathal 6y ago
Off label uses of drugs has been common for decades. Trials aren't just spun up without some evidence of anecdotes to support them being worth the effort. If anything a drug with well understood side effects and a plausible method of a
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by ryathal 6y ago
TwoXChromosomes has improved dramatically since it was first made a general sub. I'm sure it drove most of the misandry to other smaller subs. If anything it's a good example that exposing hate and echo chambers to a wider audienc
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by ryathal 6y ago
I think "poach factor" is a more important idiom/risk, naming particular boogeymen isn't all that relevant. It's far more common, and far costlier. As someone who has literally experienced the bus (well car) factor,
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by ryathal 6y ago
The few places I've seen that try to push the benefits/perks angle vastly overestimate their superiority and value of those things. 10-20k a year for 5 years buys a lot of food, gym memberships, tickets, drinks, swag, etc.
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by ryathal 6y ago
Very few reasons for leaving aren't connected to an implicit "and I'm making more money." Very few people take significant pay cuts for reasons that don't boil down to "obscenely toxic workplace." Money an
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by ryathal 6y ago
It sounds like the benefit was in complying with the decades old regulations, not anything that had been added in 2006.
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by ryathal 6y ago
It dismisses their arguments as emotion, because that seems to be the primary argument. Based on the evidence we currently have: >there is little to no danger for the kids themselves >they are unlikely to spread to adults if they are
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by ryathal 6y ago
How many deaths would we have if adults were standing up and being adults? Zero is wishful thinking an not being an adult. Avoiding all risk is just as bad as taking all risk, in this case every choice has lives on the line.
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by ryathal 6y ago
As a society we are increasingly illiterate. Mathematical or statistical knowledge isn't achievable without reading comprehension that is above the average person. The real problem is we aren't teaching kids to read well enough to
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by ryathal 6y ago
Stray bullets cause a lot of harm, generally in the city to innocent bystanders. Even in hunting season when many people take to the woods with guns, stray bullets rarely cause harm, though people who shoot at movement before identifying an
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by ryathal 6y ago
You don't really own the land when it's mortgaged. Selling property to reduce risk is a good strategy in times like this. No rental income on a property is a negative return, that can't be managed for long.
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by ryathal 6y ago
The celebration in banning Stormfront, Alex Jones, or The_Donald would indicate otherwise to me.
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by ryathal 6y ago
The media in the U.S. was doing their absolute best to make them seem like they were. Truth isn't really relevant when spreading fear.
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by ryathal 6y ago
This still helps you. Unless you expect a car that is constantly in the shop the first five years to magically stop needing work after that. Yes it's possible that some of the top cars switch places in the 5-10 range, but its very unli
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by ryathal 6y ago
There is a significant difference between a person deciding to not buy a product or listen to a show than an outrage mob trying to get amazon to not sell a product at all or a network to cancel a show.

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