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by time_to_smile 5y ago
From the other reply's (very green optimistic) source [0]: > While less than 0.1% of global dedicated hydrogen production today comes from water electrolysis, with declining costs for renewable electricity, in particular from solar
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"most economical" is not just some minor feature. If you were to switch to another means of producing hydrogen the price of the process would rise dramatically. The only non-fossil fuel hydrogen generation process is water electro
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> the enormous increase in agricultural output in the US has been sustained without any significant increase in these two inputs. Land use has stayed roughly flat, while labor has fallen dramatically. That suggests it’s technology that i
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by time_to_smile 5y ago
> Is this a American cultural quirk I'm not understanding? As an American I would say: yes, it is. I suspect it has something to do with the rising neoteny of more recent generations coupled with America's persistent puritanica
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by time_to_smile 5y ago
> as people start to go into the office more, there will be pressure to do so for your career to advance China's "lying flat" movement is already starting to take a hold in the West, and I think as the reality of climate c
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by time_to_smile 5y ago
You could just as easily infer from this anecdata that people that live in cities tend to be very insulated from the infrastructure and larger support systems required to maintain their way of life... ...but Everything is Fine is an equally
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by time_to_smile 5y ago
HN has long declared itself an "Everything is Fine" zone. While you are here it is important to remember that "Everything is Fine". Suggesting that things might not be fine is a good pathway to being flagged or at least