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silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Democrats’ Path to Power Is ‘Climate Populism’, US Representative Says1·10 hours agoNo. But its important to make the improvement in cost and peoples lives that can come with well-done decarbonization tangible for people
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Trump Corruptly Targets Schiff With Criminal Investigation14·10 hours agoThe point of the false accusations was to normalize malicious prosecution and create Republican support for doing it.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Democrats’ Path to Power Is ‘Climate Populism’, US Representative Says1·12 hours agoHer definition — making electricity cheap by taking advantage of the way wind and solar are now cheaper than fossil fuels, doesn’t seem like “further left”
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Nasa data reveals dramatic rise in intensity of weather events1·14 hours agoWe’re going to need to hold power first — and that likely means a meaningful restructuring of the US government.




silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•California police are killing fewer people. The opposite is happening in red states5·24 hours agoPeople being threatened while experiencing some sort of mental health crisis don’t do that. Cops need to not just shout orders and threaten people, but actively deescalate to prevent unnecessary shootings.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•California police are killing fewer people. The opposite is happening in red states141·1 day agoThere is a long history of most police killings being situations where officers could have deescalated but chose to shoot, or being mistaken about the presence of a gun other than their own.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•The IRS Is Building a Vast System to Share Millions of Taxpayers’ Data With ICE361·1 day agoThe plan has always been to deport huge numbers of US citizens who aren’t white enough for Vance & Miller
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•How Texas Bullied Big Banks Into Dropping Their Climate Commitments | Big banks are “all deathly afraid of being sued,” a top deputy to Texas A.G. Ken Paxton told conservatives in secret audio2·1 day agoI care about the consequences of financing the fossil fuels industry. Having the banks stop would limit extraction and burning.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Why Trump Can’t Make the Epstein Story Go Away | His brainwashing powers are finite.8·1 day agoThe non-release is creating a pool of people who no longer trust Trump. That helps
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto California@lemmy.world•California reaches new record clean energy milestone | Solar, wind, and other renewable and carbon-free sources hit new peak4·1 day agoCAISO has real-time data, but electricity imported from out of state does not have real-time analysis.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Vietnam will ban fossil-fuel motorcycles from central Hanoi over pollution concerns3·2 days agoI think the plan is electric scooters and motorcycles. They work really well with battery swap stations, since the batteries are small enough for a person to pick up and stick in a charging station.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised11·2 days agoMaking it hard to learn the details is one of many actions they’re taking. People in general are really confused about what is needed, which makes meaningful action harder.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Trump administration says it won't publish major climate change reports on NASA website as promised18·2 days agoYes but it’s a lot harder for people to find, which means that essentially nobody will every look at it.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•‘Profound concern’ as scientists say extreme heat ‘now the norm’ in UK | Increasing frequency of heatwaves and flooding raises fears over health, infrastructure and how society functions2·2 days agoWe may well have locked in meaningful change, but that doesn’t mean the fight is over: the bulk of fossil fuels are still in the ground.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPMto Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Climate denial is fueling federal policy. But these Colorado kids still hope to save the planet.4·3 days agoOr…people who might actually change policy as they act.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto politics @lemmy.world•Congresswoman tracks down U.S. citizen children detained at Ferndale facility17·3 days agoThe Republican dream
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto World News@lemmy.world•Photos: The Scale of China’s Solar-Power ProjectsEnglish1·3 days agoYou’re assuming that the world is covered in server racks. I don’t expect anything like that, even with significant increases in datacenter construction.
Let’s assume 1kw per person. 10 billion people at peak population some time hence. So about 150 billion m2 to provide 1kw per person 24/7. The earth’s surface area is 510.1 trillion m², of which about 1/3 is land. So we’re probably just fine on renewables.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto News@lemmy.world•UnitedHealth’s Campaign to Quiet Critics | The company has invoked the murder of an executive last year to complain about coverage in news outlets, on streaming services and on social media.4·3 days agoNah. They bought off the feds, so they’ve got years to go. Also, it’s a lot more profitable for shareholders to find a greater fool to sell to than it is to exit the business.
silence7@slrpnk.netOPto Podcasts@slrpnk.net•The ocean's currents are shifting. Why.English1·4 days agoWe dont end up with no currents in the sea or no wind in the air. We end up with a modified circulation pattern which affects where people can live or grow food.
You need watershed-level forecasts for flash floods, like a list of huc12s that will be impacted