hnov · HackerTrans

Possibly a new Prius, which should be less environmentally destructive to produce given its lower price (this is kinda disingenuous since price is only a rough predictor of env impact, there’s economies of scale, taxes and subsidies, etc) than an EV. Here’s another question though, in a state like CA which wants to shut down its last nuclear plant, has a bad outlook for hydro in the near future, where would you charge this EV? During the day at work?

hnov

4 年前議論

You could be running gas through fuel cells if you want, still not as efficient as amortizing existing infrastructure. This reminds of the EV debacle, you should be buying a used Prius or walking places if you care about the environment, everything else is just posturing.

hnov

4 年前議論

Gas and (real) rangetop extraction are definitely things that I consider, but I do love to cook. An inductive stove-top would be fine, but a resistive one would be a huge negative for me.

hnov

4 年前議論

How's ripping out and replacing existing infrastructure going to reverse climate change? Not to mention that CA is about to have a lot of electricity shortages that will likely necessitate the burning of gas to generate it.

hnov

4 年前議論

I've noticed people with kids tend to share this position, while those without prefer DST.

hnov

4 年前議論

Flipside to that is the sun setting at 4:30 in the winter. I think this also makes solar ever slightly more viable sans storage.

hnov

4 年前議論

I grew up without running water, electricity or heat in the 90s. I've had to read by candlelight, breathed kerosene fumes indoors to stay warm and burned old newspapers to climb up to the 10th floor apartment where we lived in complete darkness. I know exactly what I'm talking about.

It's pure hypocrisy that you want the other side to suffer now, but you want to roll off your reliance on Gazprom on a timescale of a decade as to not be inconvenienced.

hnov

4 年前議論

Are the existing gas pipelines shut off? Europeans could become the change they want to see and endure a couple of cold years and stop buying gas from places like Russia and Azerbaijan.

hnov

4 年前議論

Right, you can’t say (paraphrasing here) “ordinary Russians must suffer for change to occur” while you’re literally paying a Russian state-owned entity to keep the heat on. Your government’s complacency partially funded this war and if you want to see people on the other side be punished for their mistakes you’d better own up to yours as well.

hnov

4 年前議論

Maybe as a person living in the Baltics you need to endure the cold and not fund the Russian war machine through natural gas. An unfortunate reality really

hnov

4 年前議論

Thoughts and prayers aren’t going to do much when you’re getting beaten to death in the basement at Lubyanka.

hnov

4 年前議論

I think people miss that the world is largely zero-sum and a subdued Russia is good for the status quo

hnov

4 年前議論

When is the world going to come down on us western passport holders? It’s no coincidence we have the standard of life we do, we took it from the marginalized and the weak over the past centuries

hnov

4 年前議論

If the international community wants to hold Russia accountable, it should pressure Western Europe to stop buying Russian gas. Infrastructure companies grandstanding is idiotic.

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