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For my fellow Americans, if you haven’t already voted, get off your ass and vote.
So you are advocating not voting or voting red? Voting absolutely makes a difference at the local level where zoning laws affect car dependency or lack thereof.
What’s your plan?
Considering how many folks here in the US vote based on economics, the choice is obvious in Florida. No government policy will make any kind of property insurance affordable in Florida with how much global warming is kicking their ass. One party will at least pay lip service to to doing something. The other has denied it exists or is a problem.
Part of the problem with increasing fuel prices is the US is super car dependant. I agree, higher prices would drive demand down, but we also need to start building up non car transportion and start updating zoning laws yesterday. I don’t know how anyone else in the US thinks driving all the time is desirable or convenient. It’s $$$$, traffic sucks, it’s dangerous and scary, and people need to get around in states where they shouldn’t be driving. It’s insanity.
Wastewater? Maybe get a job at your local plant or office? They need all sorts of people: customer service, maintenance, engineers, automotive, chemists, IT, etc. The alternative is dumping raw sewage in water ways. They sometimes have apprenticeship programs.
ETA: Best job security in the world. People aren’t going to stop shitting anytime soon. People don’t want rivers of shit. So…
ETA2: I know you said you are coming in unskilled, but a lot of better places to work will pay for education if you wanted to go from say customer service to engineering or something.
2024 resolution. Make 2023 peak oil
Maybe he is the 3 eyed raven? Brandon…
Maybe he is the 3 eyed raven? Brandon…
5·11 months agoUnless you REALLY need color, just buy a Brother BW laser printer. Toner doesn’t dry up. It is all but guaranteed to be the cheapest option. I bought the scanner BW laser printer combo like 8 years ago for $130.
Dozens of other nations: “What they said!”
Another area where electric wins is smoking. My electric smoker is much easier to use and produces superior results to using charcoal. A really nice electric smoker can be purchased for a few hundred dollars. The electricity it uses is cheaper than charcoal too.
I know how a lot of people here feel about eating meat at all, but considering the current situation, anything that is better buys time to make even bigger cuts.
Beef is a big culprit with emissions, and I’ll tell you what, a well smoked humble and cheap chicken drumstick will taste amazing.
ETA: It isn’t just the emissions from burning the charcoal that are saved. It is also the emissions producing and transporting the charcoal to their usage point. High voltage AC is pretty hard to beat in efficient transport of energy.
Wow is that an old version of NGINX. Bad sys admin! If you are going to change your server string, have some fun. Set it to “server 1.0. Today’s special is caramel horse apple”
The poor thing is probably mining bit coins and deploying ransomware!
Government with cancellation of $6b of projects unless they got appropriate legislation.
I’m a yank, so I might be talking out of the wrong hole here. That sounds like an empty threat. If those projects are in their interest, they will do them. Assume corporations will act in their own interest, unless they are organized like Facebook and their management is immune. Otherwise, less principled institutional and large share holders will replace them.
Believe it or not, the woke backlash thing seems to be false:
https://www.truthorfiction.com/pink-floyds-woke-50th-anniversary-rainbow-controversy/
Anybody that is a fan or even old enough to know who Pink Floyd has seen that 50 year old album cover.
Anyone following them where they would see that post is going to be aware of this.
As much as I hate the anti-woke stuff from the right, it appears this is pure sensationalism.
This means two things. One, they (the right in the US) go on about it so much, people don’t bother fact checking. Two, the left isn’t immune to BS.
Coca-Cola did not invent Santa.
Coca-Cola did not invent Santa.
ETA for the down voters:
You don’t get a tax break for personal vehicles. If you use it for business purposes for a business you operate (i.e. own), you can claim it as a business expense.
Cars are subsided by our zoning, minimum parking requirements, and car centric transport infrastructure.
Or a non-US psyop agent, or a GOP supporter