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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility15·20 hours agoThe Republican dream


silence7@slrpnk.netOPto World News@lemmy.world•Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power ProjectsEnglish1·1 day agoYou’re assuming that the world is covered in server racks. I don’t expect anything like that, even with significant increases in datacenter construction.
Let’s assume 1kw per person. 10 billion people at peak population some time hence. So about 150 billion m2 to provide 1kw per person 24/7. The earth’s surface area is 510.1 trillion m², of which about 1/3 is land. So we’re probably just fine on renewables.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics | The company has invoked the murder of an executive last year to complain about coverage in news outlets, on streaming services and on social media.4·1 day agoNah. They bought off the feds, so they’ve got years to go. Also, it’s a lot more profitable for shareholders to find a greater fool to sell to than it is to exit the business.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•DOJ Describes Plan To Denaturalize Citizens on Scale That Has Never Been Tried1·2 days agoI agree that it would have been better for people to figure things out a lot sooner. Its really hard for folks who are either listening to the right wing propaganda machine or tuned out from the news. I’ll take late over never any day.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Thinks He Can Take Away Citizenship From Anyone He Doesn’t Like | The president is now musing about trying to revoke Rosie O'Donnell’s birthright citizenship because he doesn’t like her26·2 days agoThree options:
- Go to every embassy or consulate you can and try to get a visa
- Live illegally in another country
- End up in a concentration camp
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto World News@lemmy.world•Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power ProjectsEnglish62·2 days agoNothing people do has zero impact. But pretty much everything else has a bigger one. Coal will utterly destroy the land, and the gases emitted after it burns will destroy far more.
Solar like this on a few percent of the land will supply all the electricity people need. So it looks huge, but is surprisingly low-impact compared with other options, or things like raising cattle
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Climate activist arrested over a hat1·2 days agoWhat I’m seeing is that I get a paywall the instant I scroll past the end of the article. Is that what’s happening for you?
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•DOJ Describes Plan To Denaturalize Citizens on Scale That Has Never Been Tried64·2 days agoI prefer to give people space to change who they are and how they vote.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•The Colorado River’s top climate expert is worried3·2 days agoMissed the link on the post; fixed now.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•US Energy Department to Gut Funding for Solar and Wind Projects2·3 days agoThey know who butters their bread
Though I’ll note that the dependence is somewhat limited; the US has been a net oil exporter for several years.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Climate activist arrested over a hat12·3 days agoI only see the paywall on other articles. Does your browser or lemmy instance remove the token from the URL?
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Climate activist arrested over a hat12·3 days agoDo you have a browser extension or lemmy instance which strips the token out of the URL? Because I’m definitely not hitting it
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Climate activist arrested over a hat36·3 days agoTop-level link is a gift link, so you shouldn’t be hitting the paywall to begin with.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•US State Department fires remaining employees who worked on climate change1·3 days agoThey’re nutty, but not quite that nutty
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•I’m a Climate Scientist in Texas. Here’s What the Floods Tell Us2·3 days agoThere are ice vests for workers already. Not fun to have to use .
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. Says1·3 days agoPeople hear about the chemtrails conspiracy theory, look up, see contrails, and then blame them for their cat doing something weird, being attracted to the same sex, headaches, etc because of the conspiracy theory. Some basic knowledge helps avoid that, hence the website describing contrails.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. Says1·3 days agoI prefer to figure out what’s true and not based on the strength of the evidence. Baseless conspiracy theories are baseless no matter who promotes or debunks them.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Government must slash electricity prices to boost green tech1·3 days agoYou could of course have a pricing policy that gives out enough to run a heat pump and normal household activities for each household for near-nothing, subsidized by industry.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•No, Chemtrails Are Not Real or Causing Floods, E.P.A. Says5·3 days agoNot every article is going to cover everything
Or…people who might actually change policy as they act.