This episode of Engineering With Rosie discusses the wind turbine technologies that are being developed and deployed to prevent bird and bat deaths. But wind turbines caused less than 150 thousand deaths in the US; compared the tens of *millions* to hundreds of millions of birds killed by other hazards, or in the case of
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Americans die younger in conservative states. https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/oct/27/life-expectancy-us-conservative-liberal-states Women, especially women of color have higher maternal mortality rates in conservative states.
A quote from this IEEFA report: << The small modular reactor (SMR) that Oregon-based NuScale Power has been developing since the turn of the century is “too late, too expensive, too risky, and too uncertain,” according to an analysis conducted by an American think tank that recommends the project be abandoned. Best estimates are that
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Facebook deleted the accounts of seven surveillance-for-hire surveillance organizations in several countries. https://www.cbsnews.com/news/meta-facebook-instagram-journalists-activists-targeted/
Climate Change will bring global tension, US intelligence report says. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59004088
The DNI reported that Russia and Iran tried to influence the 2020 election. Quote: << “A key element of Moscow’s strategy this election cycle was its use of proxies linked to Russian intelligence to push influence narratives-including misleading or unsubstantiated allegations against President Biden,” the U.S. intelligence community report states. >> https://www.cyberscoop.com/russia-iran-influence-2020-elections-intelligence-community-report/
FB is full of Trump apologists trying to claim that he was no worse than Obama or Bush. From FB comment Greg Swan Said, “Obama separated plenty of families at the border…” You asserted plenty of families. Not what the link said. No where near the amounts of the zero tolerance Trump administration. I’m sick
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Read what Sir David Attenborough has to say about this in his book A Life On Our Planet. As resources get stretched out between more and more people, the people will suffer and die. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/sex-murder-and-the-meaning-life/202009/the-psychology-denying-overpopulation
So many uninformed people advocate nuclear power, repeating the mantra “it’s the safest form of power.” Meanwhile, since the 1950s, the Portsmouth, Ohio “Ports” uranium processing plant has been releasing toxic radioactive wastes into the environment, “causing clusters of cancer” locally. This article tells of a whistleblower complaint and RICO lawsuit against the facility. The
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Black Lives Matter does not matter to blacks. I’m not sure why there are so many ‘blacktivist’ protesters on the street. They carry signs that say things like “Silence is Compliance” or “White Silence is Violence!” Maybe they just want to be seen on the News. Most black homicides are caused by blacks killing blacks.
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