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Biden’s Record Is Full of Climate Wins — So Why Don’t Voters Know It? Environmental groups are making a concerted effort to educate voters about President Joe Biden’s climate policies before election
  • Sure he's got climate wins, but some of the wins are questionable, like giant hydrogen hubs. Hydrogen sounds great on the surface, but the more you dig into it, the more issues crop up. Some of these hubs will end up producing hydrogen by burning fossil fuels, and that isn't a win at all. And speaking of not winning, we are producing more oil and natural gas than ever before. That's why we aren't excited about his "Climate Wins", they are offset if not overcome by losses.

    Having said that, regarding the Climate, pollution, and everything related, Trump is the worst choice. He's already promised Carte Blanche to oil execs if they donate to his campaign. (Not in those words of course, simpler, more incoherent ones.)

  • Denver basic income reduces homelessness, food insecurity
  • And it costs municipalities less money than the problems it prevents, so obviously we shouldn't do this everywhere and raise the standard of living for everybody. Because it wouldn't be fair, somehow.

  • What are the most evil media corporations in the world?
  • Sure, to get them to speak in unison. They did all read from the same script though. It wouldn't be as viscerally creepy without the editing, but I would say the situation is as bad as the video makes it seem.

  • Arm strength is suddenly going down as well as right arm giving out before the other.
  • I am not medically trained in any way, but I would say sudden noticeable losses in strength and endurance in one arm is a good enough reason to make a doctors appointment. So many issues are easier to deal with when caught early, take care of yourself!

  • Aptera secures capital to bring full production online, closing crowdfunding in June
    aptera.us Aptera Engages US Capital for Production Funding, Ending Crowdfunding in June  | Aptera

    Aptera Engages US Capital for Production Funding, Ending Crowdfunding in June  San Diego, CA - - Aptera Motors Corp. (“Aptera” or the “Company”), a leader in solar electric vehicles, is pleased to announce the upcoming end date of |

    Aptera Engages US Capital for Production Funding, Ending Crowdfunding in June  | Aptera

    It is a strange looking vehicle, but there are a lot of things I like about the company's philosophy and approach.

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    Billionaire hasn't heard of Streisand effect
  • Probably worse for Barbra than the picture is this phenomenon being named after her. I was familiar with the the Streisand Effect and who the name came from, but didn't know the backstory and hadn't seen her house.

    For anyone curious.

  • RFK Jr. Says Doctors Found a Dead Worm in His Brain
  • Maybe that was literally the case, he apparently had mercury poisoning at around the same time.

    It's starting to sound like a retelling of the old lady who swallowed the fly.

    Someone needs to invite /u/Poem_for_your_sprog to Lemmy.

  • xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas
  • Well, I just said carbon fiber, but to be more exact it is forged carbon SMC, so yeah, careful engineering involved. Same stuff Lamborghini is using for some structural components, so probably fairly fit to purpose.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forged_composite

  • xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas
  • Well, it has a carbon fiber frame with a crumple zone in the front. They are going to put it through 3rd party safety testing. It won't be as safe as a big SUV, sure, but I think it will be safer than an ebike. It also protects you from weather and has 35 cubic feet of storage in the back. I think ebikes are great too, but this does have more of the advantages of a car.

  • xkcd #2929: Good and Bad Ideas
  • The benefits increase as the efficiency of the car increases though, check out Aptera. They say they get 10 miles per kwh, and they have a lot of surface area for panels. Enough that in ideal conditions they say they get 40 miles per day from solar. It is a bit different looking though.

    https://aptera.us

  • Republicans are pulling out all the stops to reverse EV adoption
  • Growing crops to make ethanol is not particulatly green. In fact, in most existing production loops we would be better off environmentally to just burn pure gasoline than produce the ethanol to mix into it, unfortunately. Too much water, too many tractors and trucks, and way too much electricity into ethanol production to be worth what we get out of it. And the bit of carbon the crops sequester doesn't overcome it. Electric vehicles are by far the greenest option right now.

  • *sweating intensifies*
  • If you are using Firefox, switch your default search engine to DuckDuckGo, haven't gotten a captcha from them once. And right in the search bar you can switch to Google if DDG isn't doing too well on a particular search, I do end up doing that about 5% of the time.

  • Vrbo Damage Quote
  • Thank you! Yeah, I would do this myself at my house. Would tell someone around here to expect $100-150. Thought maybe they would say $100 more.

    I'll tell them they can get a different quote or I can find one. Very glad I have pictures.

  • Vrbo Damage Quote

    We recently attended a wedding in Atlanta, and we and some inlaws stayed at a Vrbo rental. One of the guests lost their balance and ripped the toilet paper holder off the wall. It was fasted with drywall anchors, and the damage is contained to the area under and immediately beside the holder base, less than a 3" circle. The holder is not damaged. We took pictures and sent them to the owner, telling them to let us know what the repair cost. They responded today that they had a quote for $500.

    I am from a much less metropolitan area in a midwestern state, so maybe I'm out of touch with contractor prices there, but that seems very high. Any locals with insight?

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    Exclusive: Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition
  • Last year their revenue from selling cars, powerwalls, and solar tiles was around $90 million. Makes the stock price seem crazy, yes. But then they sold $1.8 billion of carbon credits to other auto manufacturers, and that costs them basically nothing. Still doesn't justify the stock price, but makes it less ridiculous. Selling carbon credits is Tesla's main business at this point, the things they make just provide the justification for it.

  • The Scottish golf courses disappearing into the sea
  • In general I agree with you for sure, we have way too many. But if there are any worth preserving, I'd say it's the old ones in Scotland where golf was invented. And at least there they don't have to be watered constantly.

  • GMG’s Graphene Aluminium-Ion Battery Update: Minimal Temperature Rise Identified While Fast Charging

    Very interesting company. They started with a way to produce graphene at scale, then went looking for something to do with it. Their first idea was to use it as a cement additive. They have since used it as friction reducer in engine oil, and are selling it in Australia, Canada, and soon the US, as a radiator coating to improve HVAC performance.

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