See what? I don't get it.
Big houses kinda suck in many ways. Bigger HVAC system to replace. Bigger roof. More flooring. More paint. More cabinets. More plumbing fixtures. Bigger tax bill. Bigger utility bills. All of that means more time and many to maintain or replace.
Hmm. I have used HAproxy a lot. I doubt that is the issue. If other instances are working fine, my guess it is on their end.
Tax the shit out of AI and crypto currency data centers. Use the proceeds on ending car dependency and various forms of carbon sequestration. Tax the shit out of corporations that have certain occupations commute to a physical office. Tax the shit out of certain goods transported on ships burning bunker oil. Highly specialized stuff like computer processors that aren't large or heavy can get a pass. You all get the idea.
How can we teach the younger generation What is right or wrong if there are no consequences anymore?
I've said it for decades at this point, but we really need to add philosophy to our standard curriculum;
YES!!! I've been saying it too! I'd leave out metaphysics other than an introduction to what it is with an example or two. We are seriously lacking in epistemology. I would focus it mainly on epistemology and ethics though.
speaking on condition of anonymity.
Meaning there is a good chance this information is classified because it lets Russia know to expect anti-personnel mines, which helps their war effort.
Don't forget R Kelly
So what is your solution be since Gaza is so important to you? Do you want to be absolved of your voting decision?
Those are the things you've gone to bat for, that is the realized vision of the Biden-Harris regime.
There's a difference between making the best of a bad situation and going to bat for it. Your choices were someone who there is a chance of reigning in Israel or someone that told them to do whatever they want with weapons we send. The latter is obviously a bad choice unless you agree with Israel.
He is being too nice. He needs to get a lawyer and sue that shitty company for harassment and whatever else.
ETA: The US isn't overly litigious. We are under litigious if anything.
Well, to all the folks arguing with me on how voting for Harris was bad because of Gaza: CONGRATULATIONS! You REALLY made a point there. The Palestinians had a chance under Harris. Instead of voting for a chance for the Palestinians, you did nothing or voted for genocide. You did it from the other side of the world, where you won't have to suffer the consequences.
There aren't good replacements for fossil fuels for military applications. The same thing with aviation. This means we need to phase out everything that has suitable replacements ASAP to give us time to figure out these more difficult uses.
Some militaries say publishing details of their oil and gas consumption could give adversaries insight into their operations.
This is why. Knowing supply requirements helps enemies plan their operations.
At least the US Navy has several nuclear powered vessels and the US DoD acknowledge that climate change is a real problem.
A lot weren't even in the military.
The vast majority were, at least recent ones.
He is only a Major in the national guard. WAY under qualified. This is a job for a general officer. Seasoned O6 at the bare minimum
I am highly regarded there.
NEVER SELL SHORT! NEVER SELL NAKED CALLS!
They have limited up side and infinite down side. If you want to bet against a stock, buy PUT options. If you don't think it will go up, sell covered calls.
But we couldn't vote for Kamala because Gaza (Trump is worse), we didn't get a choice in the primary (With an Incumbent president primaries are a mere formality), prices are too high (inflation had slowed and deflation makes inflation like a trip to Vegas/Disney/Tropica Island/whatever, and a gazillion other excuses. I can forgive someone for being misled for various legit excuses, but those that are in the know or propagated the manipulation, fuck you.
Driving sucks. You have to have a license, insurance, and in many places inspections. You can't or shouldn't do it on meds, alcohol, or sleep deprived. You have buy and register a car. You have to fuel and maintain a car. A few seconds of distraction can completely ruin your life and someone else's. It only takes one person making a mistake to clog up an MTA with millions of people for hours. One in a million will make mistake. You are more likely to have police interactions than almost any other activity. You can only go where roads are. License plate readers can track your movement.
I.e. you pay out the ass to do something stressful and dangerous that opens you up to life altering liability and you can't safely do it if you are impaired in any way. Half of people in the US are all but forced to do this daily and often impaired. Not even negligently impaired, shift workers, emergency workers, parent of new borns are all forced to do this.
The tariffs will tank consumption and possibly reduce greenhouse gas emissions?
Blue states can raise taxes since the fed government will lower taxes and provide a kickass quality of life without funding the red states.
Since they love the 10th amendment, blue states can go hog wild with running things in a sane manner.
Hell, maybe the US will split into 3: Pacifica on the West Coast, magastan, and Atlantica (East Coast)
In the Culdesac part of Tempe, Arizona, residents are the first non-urban community in the U.S. to boast a walkable, car-free neighborhood.
Also a huge number of people in the US travel to places that are walkable:
Small Changes
I am well aware of the problems with car dependent design, that isn't what this is about.
I was driving in my car mandatory suburb and was delayed by a good 10 minutes due to a pair of very poorly timed lights. The main thoroughfare had a left turn lane split off that was backed up onto the main road. The turn light would literally turn green for about 5 seconds. A bit further down the road, a light controls traffic to a neighborhood of SFH with very few cars coming or going. The light on the main road would turn red for literally no cars longer than the other light stayed green with so many cars it caused a backup.
Simply adjusting these traffic lights would save loads of time, fuel, and EMISSIONS. It got me wondering what other things like adjusting those lights could be done that even the thirstiest petroholic can't object to?
My example is a drop in the bucket to the GHG problem, but enough drops will fill the bucket. I will be contacting my city about it. I don't doubt they wil
Portugal just ran on 100 percent renewables for six days in a row
For nearly a week, the country of 10 million met customer needs with wind, hydro and solar — a test run for operating the grid without fossil fuels.
How about some good news today?
Doomerism
I would like to address the doomers.
Just stop. All you are accomplished is dissuading people from trying. Even if we fail, some of us would rather go out feeling good about ourselves knowing that we actually tried. If we succeed, I want to be on the right side of history. If you want to drive a canyonero through a drive through to buy a double cheeseburger on your way to the airport to fly somewhere for a shopping trip: please keep it to yourself.
Doomers are the fossil fuel industry's best friend-- even more than the deniers are. If enough people succumb to it, t
Key US election results
The battle for control of the Virginia legislature is still hanging in the balance, but the first round of returns from Tuesday’s off-year elections delivered one clear message: abortion rights are popular, no matter when or where they are on the ballot.
Good News. Kentucky re-elected Democratic governor. Virginia flipped house of delegates to Democrats, gaining complete control of state legislature.
Kentucky shows is that even in red states, Democrats have the numbers. This shows how critical showing up and voting is.
GOP/Republicans bad for climate change. They deny it, say it isn't humans, etc. Democrats at least acknowledge we need to do something.
For those outside the US, we have first past the post voting, which inevitably leads to two political parties.
State governments hold a lot of power. They are almost completely over sovereign with certain restrictions and reservations of power by our federal government.
GOP (aka Republicans) = Right to far right. I.e. libertarian, fascist, conservative, Christian nationalist.
Democrat = center right to far left. I.e. conservative, progressive, socialist, neoliberal
Democrats have greater numbers by a good margin, but have lower voter turnout and
USA election reminder
Good Morning USA. It is election day. Go vote. That is all.
Democrats are crying foul, suggesting the timing of the rebates is political in nature.
Not a good look...
The Type-D school bus uses a 387 kWh lithium iron phosphate battery.
Ideally, rezoning and infrastructure changes would reduce the need for school buses. We don't have the time though, so this is a win. Hopefully production can ramp up and governments can create incentives for schools to buy these instead of dead dino powered buses.
Clean Energy is Officially “unstoppable” Now
The International Energy Agency has a new forecast for 2030.
TLDR: Fossil fuels are going to all but end sooner or later.
My take, the industry can waste time and money lobbying and wrecking their reputation and the planet even more, or they can get with the program and start transitioning to other operations. I.e. they can choose the redemption arc or the self destruction arc.
Media Should Dedicate Space to Climate Crisis
I wrote a short article asking media to dedicate time or space to climate content. Notice how in the site navigation I have a link to a dedicated climate section. E.g. if you are a general news site, you would have a section called Climate in the same way you have World, Your Country, Weather, etc....
TLDR: Media needs to do more. News outlets should add climate sections along with the rest of their news sections.
I'd like to see more actionable content like how to convince city governments to do stuff. E.g All the stuff a lot of the urbanists talk about are better in almost every way than the car dependency we have in the US. The NIMBYs are relentless in my area. They organized on next door to show up at a zoning meeting in my area to try and prevent a rezone so a developer could build 4 story condos rather than practically useless offices now that most office stuff can be done remotely.
Des Moines Airport is Building New Terminal
They are spending 445 million USD on this.
I wonder how many of these flights are to other Midwest cities that could be easily replaced with HSR?
They could even build the rail station into the airport. It is on the edge of the city so there is ample space.
If I were king of the US, I'd connect all of the Major Midwest cities between the Appalachians and Rockies and then run the lines through the SW desert cities and then north up to Spokane and Seattle. Building through the mountains is expensive, so let's not make perfect the enemy of good and go after the most cost effective locations. It would be feasible to run lines from Miami up to Bangor too. Connect it to the Western system through the deep south cities.
Ever have one of those days?
Days that nothing catastrophic happens, but lots of moderate things happen all in the same day? You wake up not feeling great, so the morning plans are toast. Then afternoon plans fall through. The stuff you do in the meantime doesn't work out well either. To add insult to injury, dinner just doesn't come out right. You feel like you are the butt of the jokes in a crappy comedy movie. Today is one of those days for me.
What the Fossil Fuel Industry Doesn't Want You To Know | Al Gore | TED
Great speech by Al Gore about the fossil fuel industry.
Fight back by lobbying local officials for things that reduce car dependency!
While we all work towards political change, in the mean time we can all focus on our consumption habits.
Aligning purchases with GHG reduction will save you money because you will buy less over time. You will have better stuff. It can even be more convenient. E.g. a nice espresso setup in a car dependent area is cheaper in the long run and more convenient than driving to a coffee shop all the time.
Effective Activism
We often see news about climate protests. What we don't see is how effective or ineffective it is.
Rose Abramoff pointed out how they have had great success delaying, and hopefully eventually stopping the MVP pipeline:
https://climatejustice.rocks/@ultracricket/111035854628921172
Anybody that works in a media outlet, please start drawing attention to activism successes. Make it front and center in the headline or opening paragraph.
If we want to stop global warming, we need EFFECTIVE action. Start spreading the word on what gets results.
Publish how to convince city governments to fix car dependency.
Remember, global warming, if left unchecked could be the worst thing that has happened to humanity. WW2 was pretty bad. American and European imperialism was pretty bad. The black death was pretty bad. Let that sink in.
Creators, start writing and spreading the word on how to fight global warming effectively, within the confines of your local laws of course. Here in the US, you
Americans generally support climate policy, but they think others generally don't
A new study finds that Americans underestimate how many are concerned about climate change as well as support for major climate policies by nearly half, with climate policy supporters significantly outnumbering non-supporters.
My fellow Americans. Get off your asses and vote. In every election. Even in red areas. If we all get off our asses, we will generally win. Run for local office if you are able. Contact local officials and get them to take measures.
Is Peter Piper related to the Pied Piper?
Does the Pied Piper pick peppers too?
How did Peter Piper pick pickled peppers?
Were the peppers already pickled on the plant somehow? Is there a type of pepper called pickled peppers? What is a peck anyway?
Are self-driving cars already safer than human drivers? Answer: It raises a different point
I learned a lot by reading dozens of Waymo and Cruise crash reports.
The fact that self driving cars exist is an admission that driving a car can really suck. Navigating busy suburbs and cities in a car is a stressful experience, especially when people are commuting to or from work.
I don't think cars should be completely eliminated, as they have their place, but the existence of self driving cars is strong evidence of the insanity of the car being the only feasible way to get around some parts of the world.
