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More likely it’s because the title rule was broken. The original title was not used, and the new title is unclear.

The closing of Hormuz caused fuel prices to go up around the globe. Voting differently in the US could have prevented it. So yeah, random shit far away can have significant effects…

Only millionaires were driving Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts?

Isn’t GDP pretty easy to boost with deregulation and government overspending, at least in the short term? Neither of which benefits the people.

Value, performance, quality, and not being associated with Elon.

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I've had LLMs regurgitate satire as fact many, many times.

Then again, she probably loves the idea of tractors with poor fuel efficiency and no exhaust cleaning tech.

Comparing primary energy is VERY misleading. From Marc Jacobson: The use of primary energy on the vertical axis is an old trick by the fossil fuel industry to mislead people into t…

Yet another good reason for at-home solar and storage.

Burning fossil fuels also raises the global temperature, reduces air quality, and people still have to pay more at the pump.

China’s move toward solar and wind seems more prescient than ever.

The main driver of this is human-produced CO2, and there are meaningful ways to reduce usage. -Switch to an electric vehicle -Migrate from gas appliances (range, furnace, water hea…

Holy shit this is fast. It generated a legible, original, two-paragraph story on given topics in 0.025s.

No, but neither is Greenland.

Every time I see homeopathic medicine on the shelves in a pharmacy, I think we’re not taking it far enough.

I have roof top solar. I have never had to clean or maintain them in any way. Same with my friends who have roof top solar. The worst I’ve heard of is a microinverter failing, whic…

Some provincial grants remain ($5k in BC last time I checked), but yes - Canada can and should do more. Balcony solar seems like such an easy win. Hopefully tariffs get dropped now…

Solar panels can also help, as BC gets long sunny days when the reservoirs are low.

Shouldn’t job openings always trend upwards with increasing population?

This. The fossil fuel industry continues to overflow the tub with CO2, but instead of turning off the tap, we keep trying to invent a better sponge. We need carbon taxes, tariffs o…

But cars are useful.