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"First, they selected 20 rich-world cities with a population of at least 2.5m"... What about people that live outside the big cities? Almost everyone I know does.

Here in Michigan there are large industrial facilities that most locals have no idea what is done inside. There's noise, electric usage, trucks coming in and out, but most people t…

It's effectively xenophobic to comment such as you did about "Americans" without addressing the points by the author, which deal with real, structural issues.

Moreover, because the warming is global and the whole world needs to be part of the solution, we need all the governments of the world to agree to some universal plan of action. Th…

You also turned off nuclear power and stayed with lignite, the dirtiest of coals. Soon you'll stop using coal since you won't have much industry left to power. Germany seems confus…

It would be one thing if Europe immediately stopped using coal, drastically reduced airline usage, quit building gasoline cars, but if anything it is only marginally better than th…

I live in an area with mostly a grid road pattern. It's very quiet, mostly the sounds of nature. But about a mile away from my house there's a very nice road with great curves and …

There were no critical weapons supplied to Ukraine until after the Russians retreated from Kiyv.

From Wikipedia: "Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the 5th to late 15th centuries" The Huguenots really became a thing at the end of 15th century. They were …

There are a bunch of CarPlay devices on Amazon, for example, with all kinds of screens, designed for Tesla and other cars that don't support it, that cost about $200 for a nice one…

There's no insulin that is 100 years old that diabetics use. The insulin used is of many types and all these types have been developed over the 100 years you seem to ignore, and ne…

"Our new waveguide uses billions of invisibly small nanostructures, so small that more than 10,000 can fit on the tip of a single hair. SPECS use the same advanced technology found…

Many cars do this. Typically they point the mirrors in and down when the car is set into reverse, so you can see the curb.

Here in Michigan, people are all for auto factories, but the polluting, energy intensive, and job taking data centers are a big no no. They use electricity, they look ugly, and the…

The person should also work for minimum wage, since that is a sign that the welfare of the community is more important than the employee's own. Perhaps weekly self immolation sessi…

You don't get beer after brewing. You get wart. Beer you get after fermentation. Since it's alcoholic, it'll last more than one day.

Most of the countries and coalitions you're alluding to have no functional militaries or actual interest in doing something about the war. They do strongly condemn.

"The world" cares about some more than others. That's why the plight of the Palestinians is daily on the news, while that of the Yazidis or Druze is not.

This war is not even known about by the general public. The question is why not? I believe the actors of the war nobody hates or loves outside of Africa. Nobody knows them. If it w…

There's also the third option that's usually taken: condemnation of the trajectory.

Hate is a bad phenomenon. I even see signs in my neighborhood saying stuff like "hate has no home here". Maybe try to tamper it down a bit?

I've been seeing headlines of this sort last few weeks. It points to Europe preparing for the next time the Hormuz is blocked off. But are there actual actions taken beyond those t…

They're commonly foraged, and naturally present a curious question of whether they're a vegan food since they're carnivorous.

What are you comparing to? The Irish military?

You may be right, but I think it's important to realize that there is no IHL and what these experts say doesn't change anything in practice. Pointing to some law that doesn't exist…