MyPacman
MyPacman t1_j1fnt1v wrote
Reply to comment by Spaceseeds in Exxon’s bad reputation got in the way of its industry-wide carbon capture proposal by Sorin61
> hybrids are way better than long range evs
Not in a country that sources its electricity from over 80% renewable energy. And not when it is more efficient to generate your electricity at a power station instead of a few thousand ICE engines.
MyPacman t1_j1fm0fs wrote
Reply to comment by JayGeeCanuck22 in Exxon’s bad reputation got in the way of its industry-wide carbon capture proposal by Sorin61
Except sometimes the timing for the renewable energy isn't ideal. Being able to siphon that energy into storage would be one solution.
Another is pumping the water back up into the reservoir. But that only works if it isn't already full.
MyPacman t1_ixtmvqg wrote
Reply to comment by opeth10657 in Caterpillar Successfully Tests First All-Electric Large Mining Truck by Sorin61
>Our current battery tech is pretty limiting
An incremental improvement is better than no improvement. These are a better choice, and what comes after them will be an improvement too.
MyPacman t1_iuakywh wrote
Reply to comment by BarrySix in Microsoft’s first median pay report shows racial gaps in top jobs by AP24inMumbai
Being on the rung below is not equality of opportunity.
When the outcome regularly has the guy who works 80+ Hours, goes golfing with the boss, or has some other 'in' to socialising with him, then that is not equality of opportunity.
MyPacman t1_iuakjn1 wrote
Reply to comment by sex_is_immutabl in Microsoft’s first median pay report shows racial gaps in top jobs by AP24inMumbai
> and very few women actually put in the hours the top males do.
I would imagine this would be a problem for parents who want to spend more time with their kids too. Did you consider the environment is unsuitable, and that forcing people to work long hours is actually a problem for everybody (except the workaholics who put everything else to one side and live/breath their job)
MyPacman t1_j1kzk25 wrote
Reply to comment by aclownandherdolly in This is an excerpt from Cixin Liu's book "The Dark Forest", describing what happens to people when they lose all hope in Humanity by RobleViejo
> I struggle with it deeply because the effects of climate change are so obvious now.
To anyone paying attention, it was obvious in the 1980s too. We all go through that depressing realisation that we are but a pebble or a drop of water. But mountains are built from pebbles, and oceans from drops of water. Every generation is getting louder, I just need them to also get more political. Vote. Speak. Protest. And not just about the environment, but also social needs, like education, health, poverty, excess. Because if people are barely surviving, they will struggle to have the resources to face the bigger problems.
We aren't going to die out. So we need to deal with our weaknesses as best we can, individually and together.