Just evil
Readit Newscharlie90 commented on Global warming has accelerated significantly researchsquare.com/articl... · Posted by u/morsch
> US citizens still emit over 50% more CO2 each
The problem the US has per-capita is lower population density. The majority of the US population lives in suburban or rural areas without mass transit and changing that on the relevant timescale is not feasible. It also has major population centers in areas that experience winter and thereby have higher energy costs for heating, exacerbated by the lower population density (more square feet of indoor space to heat per capita), with the same infeasible timescale for changing that.
As a result, the only way to fix it is to switch to other forms of energy rather than having any real hope of significantly reducing consumption in terms of GWh. Use more electric cars and hybrids, generate electricity using solar, wind and nuclear, switch from fossil fuels to electric heat pumps for heating, etc. But that's largely what's happening. The percentage of hybrid vehicles goes up, despite Trump's posturing nobody actually wants coal, ~100% of net new generation capacity in recent years is solar and wind and even when new natural gas plants are built, they're displacing old coal fired ones, which results in a net reduction in CO2. It would be nice if this would happen faster, but at least the number is going in the right direction.
The problem China has is that they've been building brand new coal fired power plants at scale. WTF.
Assume the avg. home will last 50 years. Limit construction on new suburban developments, problem solved in 50+ years. It would be unpopular, but you claimed it wouldn't be possible, very different. The latter is denying agency in the situation.
charlie90 commented on Does that use a lot of energy? hannahritchie.github.io/e... · Posted by u/speckx
Its always interesting how complex electronics uses little energy. But its the simple stuff like heating water or turning a motors that use magnitudes more.
Physically, it makes sense, but its sort of counter intuitive in terms of utility. You might imagine the tools with the most utility use the most energy.I think thats how many people think of it.
Maybe Im missing something, but the US armed forces had a budget of $850B last year, so thats already $2.3B a day baseline in peace time.
Texans often try to regulate these industries at the local level. The state government has tried to put a stop to most of that by passing the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act which took away the ability of local communities to protect themselves. The state has ruled that Texans will be exploited by industry in order to protect profits and the citizens aren't allowed to vote to save themselves.
Who votes for the state government?
charlie90 commented on Why isn't LA repaving streets? lapublicpress.org/2026/02... · Posted by u/speckx
I think they built the majority of the Eisenhower Interstate System in 15 years. Now we cant figure out how to pave roads.
Its easy to build when your goal is just to build the thing. But theres so much code and regulation crap (like ADA). I know someone building a small residential home, they have literally 1000s of pages of documents to be submitted for every tiny thing you can imagine. Regulations have completely spiraled out of control in this country. Nobody is keeping any of them in check.
charlie90 commented on I'm a developer for a major food delivery app old.reddit.com/r/confessi... · Posted by u/apayan
LLM writing style. Including obvious em-dashes.
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charlie90 commented on South Korea – A cautionary tale for the rest of humanity worksinprogress.co/issue/... · Posted by u/barry-cotter
Why not have dedicated facilities that handle raising children professionally?
Who pays for it? How often can the parents see the kids? How much influence can the parents have on the kids? How does this differ from schools?
There will likely be no parents in this future scenario. Artificial wombs will be used.
The people doing the most to actually improve material conditions in the third world are constantly poo-pooed by people who profit off these places remaining impoverished.
I think the NRxers are right here you need to go in there and crack skulls. Few will invest in long term skills if they aren't valuable. The simple fact: In these next 10 years Haiti will see more growth than the last 40 years, thanks in large part to this partnership.
humans have only had their hands on atomic bombs for 80 years. Its very hard to imagine it not being used in the next 1000 years.