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user_uno t1_j1zj16u wrote

Reply to comment by ccurry84 in Some day soon we might be making popcorn with infrared poppers | It's fast, energy efficient, environmentally friendly compared to conventional heating by chrisdh79

If we in the First World are down to how to make a bowl of popcorn safer for the environment, it would appear we've done very well on all of the bigger issues.

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LostMyKarmaElSegundo t1_j1zpoaw wrote

Yep. We must have decommissioned all coal-fired plants and installed renewables with storage at a massive scale. We accomplished a lot since I went to sleep last night!

/s

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user_uno t1_j2123rt wrote

Renewables? I'm using fusion that was announced last week. And have high cap, high temp super capacitors in my cell phone cars now!

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skankingmike t1_j20jq66 wrote

Coal plants can be and most are made with scrubbers that don’t cause much if any air pollution. The issue is mining coal not burning it in America. Around 95% of the air is pure. It’s not obviously the best and we shouldn’t be burning coal in 2023 in America but this is what happens when you need jobs for people in areas people moved too for them etc

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OhMrAnger t1_j21f6z5 wrote

Scrubbers do nothing for carbon dioxide though, so from a climate change point of view burning coal is the worst thing you can do to make energy.

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user_uno t1_j211rkp wrote

[cough] and [cough again]

Looking at you China and India.

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skankingmike t1_j2120aw wrote

Ok but do they have regulations requiring it? No right so cough cough yourself. It’s idiotic to compare america to India or China. Like it’s not even a conversation to have. They don’t give two shits about the environment but love agreeing to shit they’ll never meet to make america look stupid.

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user_uno t1_j216f4d wrote

Ok course they have NO regulations or agreements to curtail. Every global warming and energy conference gives them a full pass. Like China is a not a global economic powerhouse.

They laugh at the Western economies. We are stupid. Especially with the CCP who is bullying the rest of the world including militarily.

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