Also posted to CleanTechnica comment to article with “amirite” in title on Mar 14 The world needs to ‘catch up’ by ending use of fossil fuels ASAP, and substituting hydrogen in their place. If we don’t, that 1.5 degree warming goal will be overshot, and things will be exceedingly difficult. The renewables generated hydrogen can
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In China, industries burned coal and people burned coal for cooking and heating. In cities like Beijing the air pollution was so bad that it was hard to see the stop lights and pedestrians had to wear facemasks. The pollution killed estimated millions of people with lung problems. China realized this and has done a
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Why are Costco, Target, etc. running out of toilet paper? Are people using it for facemasks? Are they using it instead of kleenex? Very strange. Time Magazine has an article about how the US healthcare system is not good for preventing the Coronavirus epidemic. More than 150 cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in
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We went out to Hennessey’s in downtown San Juan Capistrano, and I talked to a guy who is waiting on a list for a kidney. In the meantime he goes to a dialysis center for treatment three times a week for four hours, brings his laptop and watches movies. It costs his insurance $7,400.00 per
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This false claim is being spread around the Web by conspiracy theorists, one being David Icke. There has never been any evidence linking the two. Be aware that these articles use pseudoscientific terms that attempt to make the reader believe the claims are based in fact, but they’re not. Don’t be tempted to go over
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From FB comment. If you don’t vote for change, the whole world’s going to go to hell. We had better change the way we live, and cut back on fossil fuels, and change to renewables, or else there’s not going to be any livable world for the future generations! If your relatives moved out of
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The problem with CoViD19 isn’t the ARDS (acute respiratory disease syndrome), it’s the inability of the health care system to respond to an overwhelming number of cases. It’s treatable *if* there are enough staff, facilities, equipment and supplies to treat every patient. You had better hope you catch it and get adequate treatment before the
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From FB group Vintage Transistor Radios Last week I bid on a boy’s radio, $26 which lasted up until near the end. But as usual I was outbid at the last minute. I think the demand exceeds the supply, and the prices go up too high. Looks like I’ll be getting one that no one
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So many ideas about the future promises of nuclear fusion power, how it will affect the world. Will nuclear fusion ever become a reality? It remains to be seen. In the meantime we will have to make do with renewable energy, mostly wind and solar. The goal is to greatly reduce use of fossil fuels
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A good Politifact article re: SEO hacking and trying to track down a fake news author/exploiter. https://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/article/2020/jan/23/one-most-popular-false-news-sites-facebook-part-pa/ “It’s absurdly lucrative, almost like printing money,” said David Carroll, an associate professor of media design at the New School’s Parsons School of Design. “Facebook targeting makes it so easy to buy access to audiences that engage with
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