I'm saying, and I quote, "China and India are environmentally destructive." No exoneration, and full responsibility. But they didn't start out that way: they just took over what we gave them. And, yes, they *could have* been more environmentally conscious when setting up their plants. Absolutely; that's on them. What I'm saying is that American corporations exploited a desperate Chinese and Indian people to shift pollution from our back yard to theirs. Would they have created their own pollution? Possibly. We could've helped them get setup and maintain environmental responsibility, but we didn't. Now that they have funds and know better, they should absolutely improve things. But, again, their pollution, initially, was a direct result of American influence.

Maybe the right-wing bots are busy elsewhere. And /. should have a general lean to the left. It's a site for smart people, who tend to be reasonable, and not unhinged, gratuitous, hateful assholes on social topics.

Oh, this is cute. We didn't have to "force" them. Sure, they have "agency," but shove a truck full of money in just about anyone's face, and tell me they won't do what you want them to. Especially when their people are desperate. We see similar behavior every election cycle: rich people promise Republican politicians a ton of money, and Republicans in office sell the rest of us out. As a four-digit-ID person, you should be well aware that people can be easily bought.

I've had my own business for nearly 25 years, profitable to various levels - currently $0, because I don't feel like it - but I've never been not "employed."

You do realize that China and India are environmentally destructive because America sent its environmentally destructive business there, right? I mean, at some point, they picked up their own bad habits, but we (America) started that fire, as Billy Joel might sing.

We need a Framework - https://frame.work/ - for cars.

Trump and the Republicans. By himself, Trump couldn't accomplish shit. The Republicans are complicit in this self-destruction.

It wasn't the American people that sent jobs overseas in the first place: business executives did that, because they could make more profit by paying less in labor costs to folks in developing countries. Unless the American people take over the executive suites, I don't see how they're going to make decisions to bring those jobs back.

But I can see Trump's regime making inroads in the environmental aspect, because he'll lower water and air safety standards to the point where pollution is acceptable. That'll lower tangential costs, if manufacturers don't have to worry about keeping their processes "clean."

That would require growth. He hasn't evolved past a first grade level, and he admits as much himself.

It would be ignored as the pointless hot air it is if people were more critical in their thinking.

We need more billionaires doing this. Not a lot, really: just about 10 to 15 should do.

Spinal meningitis at age 17, three days before I was scheduled for a special review of my case by the Army. I'd failed MEPS because of missing bones in my left ear; never could hear in that ear, and hoped I'd be able to fake it. After that, I had surgery to correct it, and could hear perfectly but the Army still said Nope. My mother badgered our representative's office, and they badgered the Army to review the surgery. Three days before the review, I got sick, and when I woke up from a coma a week later, I'd lost all my hearing. Guess I wasn't meant to go Army after all. I have a cochlear implant, now.

I'm already deaf, you insensitive clods! Having said that, loud enough noises can hurt the eardrums, but they won't affect my hearing.

Oh. So, I shouldn't ask *AI how to do something nefarious, like "how do I euthanize someone without their knowledge?" A query like that might backfire? Huh...

Isn't this essentially how diesel locomotives work? A diesel powered engine to generate electricity to power batteries that drive the train?