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Jakeinspace t1_j90j05a wrote
Reply to comment by atchijov in Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases. by MistWeaver80
I'm no economist but the way I see it, when the supply of fuel is restricted or limited, we can either completely run out or invoke a rationing system. I'm pretty sure it would be political suicide for any western polititian to suggest war-time era fuel rationing, so it's rationed by price - supply and demand - the price goes up untill people can't afford to use it.
Governments are also making record amounts of money from the rise in fuel prices. In the UK a good chunk of what we pay at the pump is in fuel tax. At one point last year the government knocked ~5% off the fuel price to help reduce the cost of living crisis, even then they were making more money from fuel tax than before the start of the Ukraine-Russsia war due to the increased overall prices of fuel.
In my opinion, we should certainly be imposing a windfall tax on these energy companies. They've indirectly made a lot of money at the expense of millions of people's quality of life. (And thousands of people's actual lives)
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Reply to comment by mjh2901 in Ukraine plans $550 million drone investment in 2023 - defense minister by MijTinmol
Back when I had a DJI phantom 1, the general rule of thumb was that it would lose 1 second of flight time for every 1 gram of equipment added. That was about 10 years ago, so things may have changed since then.
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Reply to comment by morphballganon in How to fix a leaning brick column? by Noonien
This is probably your cheapest option OP. Just bear in mind that as the column continues to sink, the angle between the gatepost and the bricks will get more and more obvious.
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Reply to comment by throwawaytrash6990 in NYPD is refusing to comply with NYC’s new surveillance tech laws by homothebrave
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