SexyOldHobo
SexyOldHobo t1_j7hnhem wrote
Reply to comment by GlockAF in Rolls-Royce Nuclear Engine Could Power Quick Trips to the Moon and Mars by darthatheos
I personally have my suspicions that the anti-nuclear “movement” is ultimately funded by fossil fuel interests gaslighting as environmentalists
SexyOldHobo t1_j7gr857 wrote
Reply to Current climate policies lead the world to less than a 5 percent likelihood of phasing out coal by mid-century ,new study shows by 9273629397759992
I blame voters for constantly electing fossil fuel executives into our government, who then nominate more people with fossil fuel ties to the judiciary.
Not only are current policies inadequate, at least in America, I bet it will be illegal to attempt to close power plants by 2050, and we will most certainly be using our military and international presence to keep the world using our products.
Pretty much the same situation we have now, just with more judicial precedent preventing any civil or public action against the fossil industry.
Voters have shown they do not want change, so there will be none
SexyOldHobo t1_j5y5aqk wrote
Reply to US Life Expectancy in 2021 Lowest Since 1996, according to recent article in JAMA by Dying-gaul
Well we just passed that $800B military bill, maybe we can bring everyone else down to our level
SexyOldHobo t1_j5vnelc wrote
Reply to comment by MatrioticMuckraker in Researchers unveil the least costly carbon capture system to date - down to $39 per metric ton. by PNNL
Trees also exist at the whim of whoever manages that property. A lot can happen in 50 years, you can’t guarantee favorable political winds or rule out accidents.
Just look what Bolsonaro did to the Amazon in a short amount of time. Additionally, as global warming increases the severity of droughts, we should be expecting more forest fires.
Unfortunately I don’t think trees alone will be enough, although we should definitely be doing it anyways
SexyOldHobo t1_j2t6f81 wrote
What if I told you communists were interested in planetary science?
SexyOldHobo t1_j2kgcbz wrote
Reply to comment by farrowsharrows in An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
Pretty biased study with a narrow scope
SexyOldHobo t1_j2k8k2l wrote
Reply to An analysis of data from 30 survey projects spanning 137 countries found that 75% of people in liberal democracies hold a negative view of China, and 87% hold a negative view of Russia. However, for the rest of the world, 70% feel positively towards China, and 66% feel positively towards Russia. by glawgii
China never had the brutal imperialism that defined western economics the past few centuries, so they have a blank slate. They certainly have their problems, but violence in the recent centuries has been largely domestic, they didn’t have a recent slave trade and certainly weren’t aggressors in WWII. They’ve always been insular
SexyOldHobo t1_j1ht12c wrote
Reply to Despite improvements in insulin formulations and delivery over the last 30 years, diabetes control has not improved among US adults, and disparities for minority and uninsured adults worsens by Ordinarymangodoctor
We’ve done nothing and we’re all out of ideas!
The “formulation” is probably one of the least important aspects of improving this issue on a national scale. Diet and consumer access to healthy food options is the most important, that’s what hits certain communities who aren’t well served. Next is the cost of insulin, which has sky-rocketed, that hits poor and uninsured people the hardest. When people start rationing their insulin, all your optimization and catered treatments go out the window.
We need green spaces with gardens, quality markets, places to exercise, affordable access to cheap medicine. Things everyone wants, but becoming less and less accessible
I’d argue stop subsidizing corn and find an alternative national beverage to soda, that’s not diet soda.
Until we pull ourselves out of our cultural tailspin and establish an improving baseline, any benefits of further drug developments will disappear into the statistical background of deeper social problems
SexyOldHobo t1_iyf7op0 wrote
I find this humorous considering Yales graduates include titans of industry that sculpted the 20th century and they did it by being stone cold killers when compelled.
SexyOldHobo t1_iy65nr9 wrote
Reply to comment by StraightFroggin in Twitter searches for China protests bombarded by spam and porn, raising alarms among researchers | CNN Business by irkli
Hey bud, I’m one of those communists. We like upvoting, it’s solidarity
SexyOldHobo t1_iy5nasi wrote
Reply to Twitter searches for China protests bombarded by spam and porn, raising alarms among researchers | CNN Business by irkli
Or as Elon calls it when hes exposing himself on an airplane or being Reply Guy roflcopter on his catered online experience, it’s “freedom of speech”.
SexyOldHobo t1_ixrduep wrote
Reply to Polarization around climate change is growing on Twitter. Since COP21, engagement with climate sceptics has grown 4 times faster than pro-climate content. At the same time, criticism of the COP summits as a failure has grown 5-fold. by fractalfalcon
The side of climate denial will always have a lot of money behind it. Just about every point of action we make within our economy releases greenhouse gasses, so conversely, we need less economic action. We can do that by consuming less or by having less people. Most products are ultimately mined, with a carbon intensive processing and logistic networks behind them. Asking the people who built globalization and profit at every stage of the global capitalist economy to fix this is preposterous. We need a radically different economy which means we need radical changes which are incapable of coming up from within, and will be difficult and alienating to all kinds of people.
SexyOldHobo t1_iv2arxp wrote
Reply to Ukraine suffered a comms outage when 1,300 SpaceX satellite units went offline over funding issues by thatoneguy889
Maybe these will get auctioned to someone more responsible after the repo men show up at Elons door
SexyOldHobo t1_iuwi68c wrote
Reply to comment by Hobbit_Feet45 in UN: Global warming to melt major glaciers by 2050, including Yosemite's by BollocksAsBalls
The current administration invited Exxon lobbyists to write the infrastructure legislation that congress passed.
Yeah democrats are “better”, but it’s still just running down the train tracks as opposed to republicans who deny there’s a train
SexyOldHobo t1_iurvzpg wrote
Reply to comment by hepakrese in White House announces $13.5 bln funding to help households with energy bills by Cyberdragofinale
Literally all our government does is reap the profits from stolen land and siphon it off to the wealthy.
Edit: Sorry, we also try to bomb poor people to pieces, sometimes that doesn’t work though
SexyOldHobo t1_itzugwp wrote
Reply to comment by Darkmetroidz in World facing 'first truly global energy crisis', report says by zsreport
Nice. I’m an electrician and used to do service for solar. Those things will provide you energy for the rest of your life. I’ve seen 30 year old panels producing like they’re a week old
SexyOldHobo t1_itzn6u5 wrote
Unfortunately so many of the worlds governments were taken over by fossil fuel cabals in the 20th century and they built economies they could dominate, which means dependence on their products.
People are going to have to start counting their kWs and the only people who will have surplus energy are the ones who invest in renewables
SexyOldHobo t1_itutoq9 wrote
Reply to comment by FirstnameLastnamePKA in Hu Jintao: Fresh China congress footage deepens mystery over exit by eager_to_hear
Genocide is a pretty strong word and I don’t feel it is accurate, the UN hasn’t called it that either. Yeah they aren’t being very respectful to their cultural sensitivities, but they are also preserving it in their own way.
I feel like you’re purposely evoking images of Nazi Germany which I think is little disingenuous and doesn’t reflect the reality of the situation because frankly, people aren’t being murdered
SexyOldHobo t1_itrbowm wrote
Reply to comment by TheDankerGod in Hu Jintao: Fresh China congress footage deepens mystery over exit by eager_to_hear
You think that’s about to happen?
SexyOldHobo t1_isz9l94 wrote
How entire agriculture industry is a scam. We need a new homestead act, especially considering it’s so hard for anyone to find housing.
SexyOldHobo t1_isp6ffs wrote
Reply to comment by Bilbog_Fettywop in Hong Kong protester dragged into Manchester Chinese consulate grounds and beaten up by AlxIp
There’s a reason the communists have the mainland and the US backed regime is isolated on a little island.
Like it or not, China had a revolution one way, it’s was massively successful, and millions of people in China have been lifted out pf poverty since then. Modern China is a stable state the successfully meets the needs of its citizens
Also the Qing dynasty was weakened by a century of extreme violence (much of it directed by the British against the Chinese during the opium wars), hardly the actions of one man
SexyOldHobo t1_is6b7x1 wrote
Reply to comment by Apprehensive-Worry44 in Methane Emissions From Oil and Gas Wells Are Much Higher Than Thought, Study Shows by raulbloodwurth
I think we should bioengineer some kind of bacteria or maybe even self replicating robots that are capable of destroying oil and make it impossible to refine. Something that would just take one person slipping it in the well.
People support the oil lords with religious fervor, whether it’s the Saudi kings (decedents of Muhammad) or the US Supreme Court (Evangelicals), so I don’t think seizing the supplies through direct conflict is feasible, as conservatives across the world would view it as a holy war challenging Gods graces
SexyOldHobo t1_is60drx wrote
Reply to comment by Guilty_Perception_35 in Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research by Additional-Two-7312
This country already socialized agriculture once, it was called “the homestead act”.
Socializing agriculture would mean breaking up big farms and then subsidizing and paying individuals to grow food.
Our current system of spraying a layer of pesticides multiple times a year over large swaths of the country so we can have as much corn syrup pumping through our blood as possible is terrifying to me. That’s why I’m offering solutions
Socializing agriculture would literally mean paying people to eat healthier choices from their gardens and it would give more property to more people
SexyOldHobo t1_irvgove wrote
Reply to comment by Totimon in Insects today are causing unprecedented levels of damage to plants, even as insect numbers decline, according to new research by Additional-Two-7312
Hey, I’m totally down to socialize agriculture after we socialize healthcare and overthrow the worlds oil kings
SexyOldHobo t1_j7hosyu wrote
Reply to comment by OrangeHatsnFeralCats in Current climate policies lead the world to less than a 5 percent likelihood of phasing out coal by mid-century ,new study shows by 9273629397759992
Actually most candidates are pretty open about their energy policies.
You can’t vote for Biden then complain he’s not Bernie