koper

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[–] koper@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

This could be true if the damage of carbon emissions and water use were actually priced in. But they are not, the entire society will bear those costs.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That would be a solution. Public trading of energy by power companies throughout the day has existed for decades (see e.g. EPEX spot). It's just a matter of exposing these dynamic prices to consumers. This already exists in the Netherlands.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago

Even if it's predictable, it's still a big strain on energy production and transportation.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This news outlet is known for spreading propaganda, here is a better source.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

OIP is just a branch of Elbit, so yes 100% of profits go to a company fueling genocide. I don't see you dispute that.

OIP doesn't even claim that these protestors destroyed equipment destined for Ukraine (nor is there any corroborating evidence), only that it was delayed.

[–] koper@feddit.nl -3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

... according to Israeli genocide-supporting arms manufacturer.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Many wikis of works of fiction have this policy. The idea is to use the same tense everywhere as it decouples the fictional timeline from our time. Since a story takes place over a period of time, there is no singular in-universe 'now'. For consistency they choose to write everything from the perspective of an observer in the far future.

https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Tardis:In-universe_perspective

[–] koper@feddit.nl 2 points 1 month ago

More likely they would overthrow governments that refuse to let them extract natural resources, as they have done in the past.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

They directly add cost, both for handling and fuel. Why should that be subsidized? Flying is already too cheap compared to other, more sustainable forms of transport.

[–] koper@feddit.nl 14 points 1 month ago (3 children)

By buying American aircraft?

[–] koper@feddit.nl 28 points 1 month ago

Moon's haunted.

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