silence7

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[–] silence7 11 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It doesn't matter if it's pandering or they know it's a lie if they then turn the lie into policy. The rest of us take the risk of death from it just the same

[–] silence7 3 points 3 weeks ago

Stockholm syndrome?

[–] silence7 8 points 3 weeks ago

You can definitely run the machine out of the paper and ink it uses. May take postal workers a bit to refill it, especially when there is a big line of people clamoring for the the prettier pre-printed stamps.

[–] silence7 1 points 3 weeks ago

This is a repost, removing for that reason.

[–] silence7 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's "a shipload full of solar panels can provide the same amount of energy over 25 years as the many ships of LNG or coal would when burned"

I included the context quote making this sort-of clear quite intentionally.

[–] silence7 1 points 3 weeks ago
[–] silence7 8 points 3 weeks ago

About 40% of shipping by tonnage today is moving fossil fuels around. If we move to renewables, this pretty much goes away.

[–] silence7 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, there have been a string of these recently. It's an interesting approach to activism.

[–] silence7 1 points 3 weeks ago

It's unfortunately not possible to tell the difference between this kind of sarcasm and the outright serious denial that the fossil fuels industry pays to put in front of people.

[–] silence7 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)
[–] silence7 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The problem is that idle time is something the rich have aplenty, but the poor don't.

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