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Comment Re:A plant that burns nonexistent hydrogen. (Score 1) 76

Storing/transporting hydrogen at scale has significant negative climate impacts. it's much harder to store and inevitably has leakage. Let alone the increased maintenance of embrittlement. There may be niche uses that outweigh it's negatives but 'at scale' it's not a viable solution.

The latest science suggests that
hydrogen emissions are 30-40 times more powerful at trapping
heat over the following 20 years than carbon dioxide for equal
mass, and 8-12 times more powerful over a 100-year period.

linky

Comment Re:Sadly, I'm over it, nope, not me (Score 1) 167

You mean the house with geothermal heating?

The house with solar installed *decades* before it was cool or fashionable?

The house that he pays a *premium* on his electric bill to promote renewable sources?

He buys from renewable sources to offset the CO2 release. Something every major corporation also does.

Is it big? Sure. Even has a heated pool! He's rich as are most people in national politics.

He used *his* money and invested in making it as green as possible.

Comment Re:Great (Score 1) 167

The only potential silver lining is 'politics as usual' wasn't getting even close to solving the problem in the US. Biden's efforts were welcome but looking at the scale of the problem we face, the 'Manchin problem' held far too much back.

Trump and company will make things exponentially worse.

And the masses may need that 'worse' before starting to vote in favor of real and effective solutions. Assuming Trump doesn't bumble us into WW III.

Comment Re:Incorrect (Score 1) 167

China is installing more renewable energy every year than we have ever installed.

China has installed 20-30,000 miles of true high speed rail in just the last 20 years.

Both are massive investments in a carbon free economy.

They also installed a huge amount of coal in just the last couple of years. Plants that are *already* being idled 30% of the time b/c they have enough energy. They're also the more efficient types our 'clean coal!' morons claim are totally fine.

https://cleantechnica.com/2023...

Reality isn't all or nothing but multiple steps and *progress* towards a goal.

China is walking that walk, while the US is actively running backwards.

Comment Re:Incorrect (Score 1) 167

Native American's have flood myths far starters. It's a very widespread concept.

https://mythologyworldwide.com...

Ancient flood myths are far more likely due to 2 things:

1. Floods happen everywhere
2. Baths are cleansing

Humans make up stories to explain and control societal behavior.

Comment Re:Under no circumstances (Score 1) 225

A guarantee is not a demand, it is something society agrees to pay for. No one has anything taken if the resource is provided by the gov't.

A healthy, housed and fed populace is *good* for the gov't AND its people.

What I'm saying literally prevents the situation here where a landlord is most definitely damaged by tenants who can't pay.

Be it moving to public housing built by the gov't for housing people down on their luck or victims of natural disaster. We already do this for storms...why not for someone being laid off in a bad job market?

Or via actual rent payment, etc.

The gov't can remove the damage being done to the landlord in a multitude of ways that are far cheaper than the long trial and eviction process. That also don't end up with people being put out on the street.

But as I said, we don't live in an intelligent society.

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