standeven

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by standeven 5d ago
Right, but global CO2 is still a massive problem. A data center drawing 5 GW is the equivalent power of 278,000 cars driving at highway speed. Even if these gas generators are cleaner (we don’t know because they are not regulated or measu
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by standeven 5d ago
CO2, the stuff that has been buried for millions of years, and we're releasing all at once into the atmosphere? The stuff that is warming our planet faster than we, or nature, can adapt to? The stuff that is worsening global wildfires,
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by standeven 5d ago
The pollution is the immense amount of exhaust from the power generation equipment being installed on site at data centres. The article is from Capital B, which focuses on news affecting the Black community.
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by standeven 15d ago
I think a lot of people are desperate for tech giants to stand up to the current US administration.
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by standeven 18d ago
This is like building a gas powered car with a refinery attached to the roof. Batteries exist. Solar panels add weight and design constraints. Why is this a thing? What am I missing?
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by standeven 1mo ago
The US will just do what they did with Chinese EVs: ban the superior technology to protect US companies.
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by standeven 2mo ago
More likely it’s because the title rule was broken. The original title was not used, and the new title is unclear.
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No Systemd(nosystemd.org)
29 points by standeven 3mo ago|19 comments
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by standeven 3mo ago
The closing of Hormuz caused fuel prices to go up around the globe. Voting differently in the US could have prevented it. So yeah, random shit far away can have significant effects, and sometimes you can do things about it. That said, focus
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by standeven 3mo ago
Only millionaires were driving Nissan Leafs and Chevy Volts?
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Trump Mobile announces T1 phones will begin shipping this week(twitter.com)
5 points by standeven 4mo ago|0 comments
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by standeven 4mo ago
Isn’t GDP pretty easy to boost with deregulation and government overspending, at least in the short term? Neither of which benefits the people.
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by standeven 4mo ago
Value, performance, quality, and not being associated with Elon.
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by standeven 5mo ago
I've had LLMs regurgitate satire as fact many, many times.
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by standeven 5mo ago
Then again, she probably loves the idea of tractors with poor fuel efficiency and no exhaust cleaning tech.
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by standeven 5mo ago
Comparing primary energy is VERY misleading. From Marc Jacobson: The use of primary energy on the vertical axis is an old trick by the fossil fuel industry to mislead people into thinking that one unit of fossils = one unit of renewables. I
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by standeven 6mo ago
Yet another good reason for at-home solar and storage.
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by standeven 6mo ago
Burning fossil fuels also raises the global temperature, reduces air quality, and people still have to pay more at the pump.
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by standeven 6mo ago
China’s move toward solar and wind seems more prescient than ever.
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by standeven 6mo ago
The main driver of this is human-produced CO2, and there are meaningful ways to reduce usage. -Switch to an electric vehicle -Migrate from gas appliances (range, furnace, water heater) to electric (induction, heat pumps) -If your power grid
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Why MAGA suddenly loves solar power(washingtonpost.com)
5 points by standeven 7mo ago|0 comments
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by standeven 7mo ago
Holy shit this is fast. It generated a legible, original, two-paragraph story on given topics in 0.025s.
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by standeven 7mo ago
No, but neither is Greenland.
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by standeven 8mo ago
Every time I see homeopathic medicine on the shelves in a pharmacy, I think we’re not taking it far enough.
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by standeven 8mo ago
I have roof top solar. I have never had to clean or maintain them in any way. Same with my friends who have roof top solar. The worst I’ve heard of is a microinverter failing, which was covered by warranty. My gut response to your post was
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by standeven 8mo ago
Some provincial grants remain ($5k in BC last time I checked), but yes - Canada can and should do more. Balcony solar seems like such an easy win. Hopefully tariffs get dropped now that we’re talking to China again. And federal Liberals cou
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by standeven 8mo ago
Solar panels can also help, as BC gets long sunny days when the reservoirs are low.
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by standeven 8mo ago
Shouldn’t job openings always trend upwards with increasing population?
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by standeven 9mo ago
This. The fossil fuel industry continues to overflow the tub with CO2, but instead of turning off the tap, we keep trying to invent a better sponge. We need carbon taxes, tariffs on high-emitting countries and products, and support for adop
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by standeven 9mo ago
But cars are useful.

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