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silence7,

To be clear: you only need to replace the final energy from the fuel, not the primary energy. That’s a big deal, because it reduces the amount you need to replace sharply.

silence7,

Yeah, that’s a better definition than final energy

silence7,

Failing to get off fossil fuels is going to be incredibly damaging financially:

https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/f09dc0a3-4c42-4d1b-9cc1-8d2727e3d9b3.webp

Problem is that it’s not a huge-profits-next-quarter kind of thing, which is what capital markets thrive on.

silence7,

Doing something in a new regulatory environment can be a bigger deal than it appears.

Saudi Arabia Is Trying to Block a Global Deal to End Fossil Fuels, Negotiators Say (www.nytimes.com)

The Saudi delegation has flatly opposed any language in a deal that would even mention fossil fuels — the oil, gas and coal that, when burned, create emissions that are dangerously heating the planet. Saudi negotiators have also objected to a provision, endorsed by at least 118 countries, aimed at tripling global renewable...

silence7,

They’ve been doing power purchase agreements for their datacenters for several years as part of a corporate decarbonization program.

silence7,

Militaries already have drones for human eradication. They’re typically described as “loitering munitions”

silence7,

They seem to be doing ok

silence7,

Yeah, whether you can do it or not is going to come down to just how many amps do you need on the heat pump. Larger houses with worse insulation in colder climates will need the 200A circuit.

silence7,

What I’d look at then is demand management - basically software to delay charging the car while you run the oven or run the hot water heater on its fast-heat cycle. That can keep you inside 100A

silence7,

Large parts of the US are quite cold in the winter; the large budget is to allow running a fairly large heat pump at the same time as charging a car and running a bunch of high-energy appliances.

Republicans in New Hampshire Want to Ban Abortion After 15 ... Days | That’s just one day after at-home tests can confirm a pregnancy (www.rollingstone.com)

Republicans currently hold a trifecta in New Hampshire, with GOP majorities in the House and Senate and a Republican occupying the governor’s mansion. But control of the House — the largest in the country with 400 members — sits on a knife’s edge. There are 198 Republicans and 195 Democrats, three independents, and four...

silence7,

Here’s a gift link you can edit into your post so people don’t hit the paywall

silence7,

That was Quaise Energy

How do you have a baby The Solarpunk Way? AKA, without using Amazon?

Weird title, I know. But I’ve recently found out that I’m pregnant with my first child. It’s an equal mix of anxiety, excitement, and anger at just how consumeristic having a goddamn baby is. So I’m curious how my fellow Solarpunks would handle the introduction of a new small mammal into their world....

silence7,

Join a local ‘buy nothing’ group. Kids outgrow stuff. When they’re small, this happens FAST.

Do check to see if items you’re getting used have been recalled. It happens more than you might think.

As a result, there’s a constant stream of parents with slightly older kids giving away stuff that they no longer need.

If people must buy you something, ask for something you’d be buying anyways and which is difficult to get used in your area.

silence7,

The structure of how elections in almost all of the US are conducted, with a plurality determining the winner, means that there’s a huge advantage to choosing to vote for somebody who has a big coalition and whose views are less far from your own than the other big coalition.

Let’s look at three examples:

Example 1:

  • R: 1000 votes
  • D: 1001 votes
  • I/non-vote: 0

Democrat wins

Example 2:

  • R: 1000 votes
  • D: 1000 votes
  • I/non-vote: 1

Election is a tie, with the winner decided by flipping a coin or other game of chance

Example 3:

  • R: 1000 votes
  • D: 999 votes
  • I/non-vote: 2

Republican wins

So long as plurality-take-all is how US elections are run, it makes sense for anybody left-of-center to vote for Biden in the general election.

Getting better policies means not just doing that though, but taking active steps to volunteer for and donate to candidates during primaries, as well as seeking out close house and close senate races in the general election to support Democrats, thereby shifting the balance of power slightly to the left.

silence7,

That kind of thinking is how somebody like George Santos got elected. I’d avoid making any kind of assumption.

silence7,

The problem is that in about half the country, you don’t know with certainty whether you will be in a competitive location. I certainly didn’t expect to see Georgia be close last time around.

silence7,

Sure, but it’s hard to have a local discussion in a global forum

silence7,

The bulk of the US operates with two-stage elections, a primary election where you decide who the party nominee is, and a general election where it’s a contest between parties. The place to not guarantee your vote is in the primary; it’s a smaller election, and each vote there matters much more than in the general election. By turning out in the primary, and choosing a candidate there whom you agree with, you get enormous leverage over policy.

Queers in Palestine: A Liberatory Demand from Queers in Palestine (queersinpalestine.noblogs.org)

We refuse the instrumentalization of our queerness, our bodies, and the violence we face as queer people to demonize and dehumanize our communities, especially in service of imperial and genocidal acts. We refuse that Palestinian sexuality and Palestinian attitudes towards diverse sexualities become parameters for assigning...

silence7,

For anybody wondering what actually happens there: Hamas executes people who are thought to be gay

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