angeredkitten

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I think what the other responses are not pointing out is that frame of thinking is blame shifting the ecological issues onto the people themselves rather than those in power making the decisions despite valid alternatives.

Blaming the people en masse leads to thinking that one can decrease their environmental footprint to the point where they will put themselves in danger for minimal societal benefit. Refrigeration and A/C when it comes to residential usage is a necessity.

The changes need to be made in a grander scheme in order to have an actual effect that is in the best interest of everyone.

Honestly, it's not a great take from low-tech magazine.

This does not replace what solar panels do, which is to be an almost entirely passive way to collect/generate clean energy. It requires a fuel source, produces dirty emissions, requires actively monitoring while in use, and generates very little energy relative to what it is exposed to.

It's potentially good for reusing waste heat as a small amount of electricity but it's very little compared to other methods of reclamation like a hot water heater or an actual steam engine.

It was absolutely a way to show they were working on green technologies that likely wouldn't pan out. There was very little adoption in the mid-2000s and they persisted over a decade later trying to push the same fuel with no infrastructure in place. It was designed to flop.

on Your own Garden · c/vegan · 2 pts · 1y

I started to appreciate tomatoes more recently after making homemade sauce for pasta. It's so much better having fresh ingredients!

on Your own Garden · c/vegan · 1 pts · 1y

Cherry tomatoes and chill peppers sound good too.

A greenhouse would be great to have. How did you end up building yours?

on Your own Garden · c/vegan · 2 pts · 1y

Thanks for the insight. It sounds like you've worked on your garden for a while.

I didn't even think of using pots for various plants and moving them around, that's a good idea. I wonder how far you could take it.

on Your own Garden · c/vegan · 1 pts · 1y

I'll check it out! It sounds delicious from what you've described.

I don't agree with this article unless they're solely talking about living in a disaster-prone area like Florida. There's going to be risks with homeownership just like there's going to be risks with owning anything, especially thanks to climate change and increasing natural disasters.

Honestly, this article leans more on the side of the mentality of landlords, since it essentially is saying 'the world is risky, let landlords shoulder this burden' and doesn't even acknowledge that you gain no future equity from renting. You can walk away from a rental with nothing but at least you can sell a house and regain some, if not all, of its value.

Leasing businesses and local landlords have bought up so many houses that people would've normally been able to afford and now want you to rent them instead of buy them. We don't need more reasons for renting to be the only option some have.

Occidental says the captured carbon will be stored in rock deep underground, but its website also refers to the company’s use of captured carbon in a process called “enhanced oil recovery.”

Oh yes, let's just hedge our bets and use projects with the guise of being a climate solution to actually help oil companies scrape the bottom of the barrel. What the hell.

I think Frog and silence are right. The amount of time, effort, and money that is required to set up nuclear plants at this point in time has far passed the equivalent in solar or wind projects. Add the fact that the sooner any project is finished, the less CO2 and CH4 is potentially released from nearby coal and gas plants; and since we're already in passing up goals for global warming, the earlier the better.