The carbon tax is supposed to (partially) go towards credits for EVs

All the IPCC models assume massive amounts of sequestration, I believe

It’s a necessity at this point, even if all fossil fuel use stops globally tomorrow

If the overall goal is to increase the human population, it actually makes total sense

If the goal is to prevent murders, then no, it doesn’t make sense

There’s plenty of EVs with 300+ miles of range now. Shouldn’t be an issue.

carbon sequestration is not ever going to work

I don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s a thing that is currently being done. Not some future hypothetical tech.

But yes it is too expensive for now. Costs are coming down hopefully that continues to be the case.

And yes, the best, cheapest, most efficient way to reduce ghg is to eliminate fossil fuels.

Instead of offsets, companies should be pursuing direct carbon sequestration like with https://climeworks.com/

No estimates, no accounting magic. Just a direct measure of physical, measurable tons of carbon directly removed from the atmosphere.

Surveillance state.

For California at least, residential use is about 10% of all water usage iirc. So if data centers are dwarfed by that…not a big concern in the big picture.

The issue I guess is when data center usage sucks up all the local supply. State and region wide they don’t use much but they do use a lot in one small area.

Water is extremely important in most large scale cooling systems, whether it be swamp coolers (aka evaporative cooling) or traditional HVAC (aka chillers).

Not to mention a much higher carbon footprint.

The reason evaporative coolers are cheap is because they use a fraction of the electricity that chillers do.

And note that the majority of data center water usage is indirect via power generation, so using less water on site but more indirectly by consuming more power is both more expensive and less efficient.

Unfortunately, evaporative coolers are the best way to go, for now.

Screw data centers, I want to see desalination combined with nuclear power plants. They literally generate power by boiling water, it’s a match made in heaven.

We just need a few more advances in technology to remove impurities from brine and we’d also corner the table salt market.

I hate the fact that those dna samples will 100% end up in a government database of bioanalytics used to further spy on citizens.

Eh there’s really only 2 players in the browser game right now

Sure, from a European perspective, but one is center-right and the other is far-right (farther right than any of your parties).

No, I suspect the real change is performative anti gun bullshit.

It’s a legit problem when you look at the sum effect of all these local activists trying to “fix” local problems that should be waaaaaay down on the priority list. It pretty much paralyzed all grassroots activist groups for a good decade or so and let Trump run rampant most of his first term.

https://theintercept.com/2022/06/13/progressive-organizing-infighting-callout-culture/

As per my previous message

lol

cope

more

How else would you drive without getting in a wreck most days?

…what? Have you ever driven before? This behavior causes wrecks ALL THE TIME, it’s probably the #1 cause of wrecks. It’s definitely one of the most dangerous things a driver can do. Same applies to cyclists.

She plays it for 3 hours a night

“wtf are you on about? Oranges have been banned for 10 years.”

“I’m eating one right now.”

“You’re a liar, prove it.”

“I’m not going to take a picture of myself for you. What kind of idiot thinks oranges are banned?”

“Oh yeah, prove they’re not.”

“Prove oranges aren’t banned by the government? How the fuck?”

“See, I rest my case”

“You fucking idiot…[3 hours of research and case law into it being legal to eat an orange] here you happy?”

“Oh well they banned them in my country (of 6 people).”