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Comment No reason exists to use Hawaii. (Score 1) 123

Hawaii does not need the telescope and American scientists don't need it to be in such an expensive location should they choose to visit. There is no reason to want that hardware to be in Hawaii which will only become more crowded and more expensive to visit and live in.

Isolation on the Canary Islands is pure win for all concerned.

Comment Re:For us non-metric countries (Score 0) 78

I just checked, and it's 2:17AM in Seoul. It's 86F with 85% humidity! Heat index is currently at 103F, at fucking 2AM.

That's just a middling summer day in New Orleans.

Bump that humidity up a bit and then you get closer to common average days here in summer.

Mind you, my AC turns on basically end of April and usually is on till first part of November.

Comment Re:Well gee wiz! (Score 1) 78

Do these structures have windows? If so, you can hang window units on them, or at the very least have floor units and vent out the window.

AC does not necessarily mean Central AC systems....geez.

The US has tons of old homes without central AC that sill have AC with portable units, or window units, etc.

This is not rocket surgery.

Comment Tiny PCs are easily shipped every day. (Score 1) 132

Still overkill but not remotely impractical. Sending a "whole computer" would be no more difficult than shipping tiny PCs to Ebay buyers who often buy several at once for our "home lab" style setups.

A typical tiny PC plus power brick and its cord easily fits in a flat rate box (though for Important Stuff best sent next day air).

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Instead of focusing on sacrifice, are there solutions that improve quality of life while dramatically reducing petroleum consumption? Sharing resources, growing food, shortening supply chains, and building stronger local communities can reduce thousands of gallons of petroleum use each year, demonstrating that regenerative living can be both more resilient and more rewarding.


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