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by sologoub 3y ago
Looked up imperial valley agriculture statistics, according to the imperial county farm bureau 500k acres are farmable, of which nearly half are alfalfa and bermuda grass (aka lawn grass).[1] Would be interesting if someone knowledgeable in
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by sologoub 3y ago
For California, drought/water shortage is primarily and agricultural problem, but has been externalized to urban areas and consumers - urban uses are 10%, while 40% goes to agricultural uses[1]. “Environmental” is 50%, but it’s a bit o
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by sologoub 3y ago
Before it was demolished, had the chance to swim in the Moskva pool: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moskva_Pool At 6,7m gallons (25k cubic meters) volume it was a bit larger and freshwater. The big deal about it was t
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by sologoub 3y ago
It likely does cause users to be treated differently and that may not always be lawful or in users best interest. I was forced to go to a bank branch likely because my provider doesn’t share the data. Better yet, when I realized my mistake
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by sologoub 3y ago
As article notes, people tend to not take time off unless it’s enforced in US. Early in my career I used to joke that my accumulated vacation time was my severance buffer to at will employment. It’s sad to think that it was both true and su
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by sologoub 3y ago
Seems like similar story is playing out around the world: https://amp.dw.com/en/health-ministry-confronts-germanys-dir...
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by sologoub 3y ago
That position assumes that society is relatively dumb and can be dupped into anything given enough money is spent. While in short term some of this might work, long term people tend to “wake up”, sometimes too late. This is where various ch
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by sologoub 3y ago
While it starts out as an ethical choice, it is ultimately up to the society to define the minimum acceptable standard and prevent the “bad” money from “winning”. Unfortunately, that societal will requires greater societal and ethical cohes
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by sologoub 3y ago
Google has a strong culture of strat (strategy) papers. It reads like a well written one for sure.
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by sologoub 3y ago
That sounds super interesting! Any source you can share to learn more about how that works in Germany?
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by sologoub 3y ago
Agree with you on nuclear, but Germany isn’t the most expensive. While US per kwh is lower, there are so many surcharges and various schemes that the effect rate when you actually need it (day for air conditioning, evening for everything el
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by sologoub 3y ago
I5 passes relatively close to a lot of generation and the land around it in the south is pretty decent for more solar. Haven’t traveled into WA, but I suspect other sources would be better there. In US, I suspect rail crosses large swaths t
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by sologoub 3y ago
Sweden is doing a lot of good functional experiments and practical research leaning on much of existing tech. Like this experiment with electrified roads to help address EV truck range limits: https://www.carscoops.com/2023&
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by sologoub 3y ago
Even though the comparison is hard to take seriously, there is probably nothing we can do at our current societal scale to make the Pacific Ocean into the Dead Sea equivalent. Ocean acidification from all the GHG pollution, now that seems t
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by sologoub 3y ago
> ban use by 2035 For personal vehicles that would hit the sector of population least able to afford an EV. Incentives and cash for clunkers type programs work better than forcing a financial burden on folks. The other problem is that we
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by sologoub 3y ago
They should have a protective case installed (similar to those in museums) and then sell the property. That can’t possibly be as much as $250k. Then have someone clean it periodically. There are probably ways to profit off of it without sel
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by sologoub 3y ago
Thank you and your family for their service and protection to all of us!!! Hopefully one day we get a study that shows the fires end up spewing even more pollutants than any controlled burn, so the net effect of not doing these controlled b
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by sologoub 3y ago
That depends on where you are talking about. In SoCal with the Mediterranean climate and relatively few forests, it would probably work. Brush clearance is already a thing and it’s possible to step it up a lot more and enforce on absentee l
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by sologoub 3y ago
In california you also have to deal with CARB (Air Resource Board) and get allocated burn days. They are so few that even when conditions allow no burns happen because of this logistical nightmare: https://www.kqed.org/scien
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by sologoub 3y ago
Are there any credible studies in the net effects of the added salinity vs how much water is dumped back in from rain run off, reclaimed sewage and other land based sources?
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by sologoub 3y ago
HOAs in CA are frequently above $500, so the $900 HOA won’t skew the payment that much, plus you also have to account for amenities included in the HOA. CA HOA amenities tend to be fairly light and building/lot maintenance focused.
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by sologoub 3y ago
Cost cutting combined with mismanagement at work here. As the saying goes - two is one, one is none… It would make sense to pay for at least 3 or more of these to be open (privately or military operated) at any given time. Hopefully the mil
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by sologoub 3y ago
Summer camp? https://ru.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Летний_лагерь When лагерь is used by itself, it depends on context - could be a prison/labor camp, kids summer camp, a historical military reference to an army camping
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by sologoub 4y ago
Slowing down aging would also slow down evolutionary selection. As others mentioned, it’s very unclear that evolutionary selection, which optimizes for reproduction, would benefit from longevity besides what humans already have - elders liv
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by sologoub 4y ago
Land use also matters - these roof right now are a waste of space and energy because there’s nothing on them doing anything useful except heating up in the summer, requiring more AC and various materials to try and keep them cooler. Using t
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by sologoub 4y ago
This feels like a bit of a BS comparison. Consumers pay many other fees beyond wholesale electricity to actually get power. It would be much more useful to compare what actual households pay (for US by state probably rather than a meaningle
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by sologoub 4y ago
Santa Monica is one of the most desirable areas in greater Los Angeles. I doubt the demand for it is that shallow. However, this helps more people (who are likely well off) to afford it and reduce pressures elsewhere. If your goal is a paid
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by sologoub 4y ago
Thank you for your comment! It spurred another thought of why high income != rich - high new income usually is associated with high loads of debt in US, e.g. a mortgage to buy a house. Such leverage puts the recipient of this new wealth (co
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by sologoub 4y ago
Sadly, communism worked out even worse. When communists realized that NEP worked too well and peasants started to get out of poverty, they instituted terror to “prune” the population and “remind them why they need” those said communists (a
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by sologoub 4y ago
This redistribution already happens with progressive income tax brackets and tax refunds that don’t depend on amounts paid in. This is US tax code today. Might as well have a better safety net in case things go south.

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