Sotuanduso

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[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 24 points 2 years ago (8 children)

Autism causes vaccines.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 12 points 2 years ago

Censoring a slur doesn't really make it less of a slur.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Well, "Everyone I disagree with is a Nazi" is usually a right-wing strawman. Usually.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Does your country run on green energy? If so, cool. Go for it.

If not, it's better to switch from existing fossil fuel plants to green energy. Running a carbon scrubber on fossil fuels puts out more carbon than it saves. It's like casting heals from HP when they cost more than they heal. There might be a time for that, but it's not during combat.

Even if the scrubber itself is on green energy, if the whole grid isn't green, the energy it's using could have gone to replace fossil fuel consumption, so it's the same cost.

If you want to sequester CO2 without putting out more than you take, plant trees.

We are not on the brink of death. We may be on the brink of the point of no return (or past it depending who you ask,) but that's not immediate death. The world isn't going to die of heat in the next 10 years. There's no need to rush to something that sounds good but does more harm.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Yes, I was going to mention trees too, but I wasn't sure of the impact.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

If you're on the brink of death, yes. If you can take another round, better to take out more enemies first.

But that's not the way our situation works. Until the whole grid is green, carbon scrubbers just give corporations a way to virtue signal without having to make changes to their supply line, and actually do more harm than good. Because the power it takes to run them puts out more carbon than they collect.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And it'd probably be a lot more convincing if my experience with vegans outside the past year or so weren't composed entirely of people pushing it on the basis of "killing animals is wrong."

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Burn a barrel of oil in your backyard. Run the AC with the doors and windows open. Buy a heavy truck and take a cross-country joyride.

Before you downvote me, reread the comment two back in this chain.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago

Just... y'know, take action.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Carbon extraction isn't a viable solution until its whole area is running on green energy. With current technology, at least, running it on a green power source will make less of an impact than hooking that green power source up to replace some fossil fuels.

In other words, don't rely on heal spells until the battle's over. They'll never outpace incoming damage.

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 7 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Hehe, calling it "X/Twitter" now. Nice way to address the complaints while keeping reference to the new branding.

I still prefer Twitter, but I can respect that.

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