xoverthirtyx
xoverthirtyx t1_jcxb3ui wrote
Reply to comment by Zyxyx in Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy by fleepglerblebloop
Not even. Now that you mention it, pharmaceutical and gas/oil companies would be a better example.
Let’s take a step back, though, are you bothered that I would suggest that certain interests in the US wouldn’t want a new, revolutionary energy source to the be easily available to its citizens if it were discovered here?
Hope not. Take care!
xoverthirtyx t1_jcx5jz5 wrote
Reply to comment by Zyxyx in Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy by fleepglerblebloop
If this were in the US it would be given to a defense contractor to develop and the public wouldn’t reap any benefits of it imho.
xoverthirtyx t1_jcwvwol wrote
Reply to Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy by fleepglerblebloop
Thank god the Aussies found it and not the US. Probably actually get to put it into civilian use in my grandkids lifetimes that way haha
xoverthirtyx t1_j1os0fl wrote
Reply to comment by Ground2ChairMissile in TIL about Saturnalia - a Roman Holiday held between 17 - 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere. by TurboBennett
“Yoink!”
xoverthirtyx t1_j1oqlch wrote
Reply to comment by Jaded_Prompt_15 in TIL about Saturnalia - a Roman Holiday held between 17 - 23 December. The holiday was celebrated with a sacrifice at the Temple of Saturn, in the Roman Forum, and a public banquet, followed by private gift-giving, continual partying, and a carnival atmosphere. by TurboBennett
I mean, the Romans (Constantine) did deal with the uptick in Christian’s by basically absorbing it. And everywhere it spread in Europe the same thing happened with the indigenous population hence all the correlations with pagan rituals.
xoverthirtyx t1_j1iux7o wrote
Reply to Where history has been fought by RedTomatoSauce
Where the freedom braveries.
xoverthirtyx t1_iy997j1 wrote
Reply to Punk sitting next to a Volkspolizei officer on the East Berlin U-Bahn, 1986 by swishswooshSwiss
Really though? Punk in East Germany was cracked down on HARD. I can imagine this scenario happening in ‘86.
xoverthirtyx t1_ixsz7qt wrote
Reply to comment by Storm_nor5280 in NASA’s Orion Sends Back New Views of Moon’s Surface by Maxcactus
No kidding, it had no problem sending crispy shots of Orion with a nice Earth rise, but behind a blurry dull moon.
xoverthirtyx t1_ixsz78e wrote
Reply to comment by Storm_nor5280 in NASA’s Orion Sends Back New Views of Moon’s Surface by Maxcactus
No kidding, it had no problem sending crispy shots of Orion with a nice Earth rise, but behind a blurry dull moon.
xoverthirtyx t1_isvrpjk wrote
Reply to comment by TechnologicalDarkage in First known map of night sky found hidden in Medieval parchment by TechnologicalDarkage
Ancient mariners used to copy older maps to make newer, better maps. I wonder if the same could apply here.
xoverthirtyx t1_is3ml5q wrote
Always wild to think about how an entire building important enough to have a mosaic floor of that quality was built there and eventually disappeared under 8 ft of earth. Like, how?
xoverthirtyx t1_jcyc6y4 wrote
Reply to comment by Zyxyx in Newly discovered enzyme that turns air into electricity, providing a new clean source of energy by fleepglerblebloop
If you're trying to tell me that advances made in energy, transportation, and medicine aren't/wouldn't be stymied in the US by the corporations who control the laws governing their use and availability to its citizens, then you might know something about the world that I don't, but it's not this world.