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Comment Re:Thats impossible (Score 1) 158

Although Norway currently has a problem, they don't have enough transmission capacity to keep up with the ever increasing demand of electricity due to the electrification and are now supposedly going to buy transmission capacity from the neighboring country of Sweden which itself has had problems with transmission capacity between the north and south parts mostly due to lack of investment in new transmission capacity for decades since they could always "buy electricity from the neighboring countries if the need arise". Sounds like a good idea until you factor in that Sweden shuttered some nuclear reactors, all located in the south, and then the war in Ukraine came along with a water shortage shortly thereafter and suddenly there was an energy crisis in Europe.

Electricity exports from Norway reached 25,792 gigawatt-hours in 2022. By comparison, the electricity imports to Norway amounted to 13,270 gigawatt-hours that year.

Comment Re:Stil nuclear fission poses greater risks. (Score 1) 89

>>>"We can't get to anything close to a net zero CO2 economy without nuclear fission. Those that tried have failed. There's been studies done by government agencies, and private research entities, that show us there's no getting away from fossil fuels without nuclear power or a severe energy shortage."

Over 99% of the electricity production in mainland Norway is from 31 GW hydropower plants (86 TWh reservoir capacity, storing water from summer to winter.
We want to export more electricity, and build more renewable. But the nuclear supporters work against that, and say we need reactors.
That technology is something we do not have, so it would take a long time to get.

They stall the building of more and faster electricity sources.

Most of the oil and gas we export goes to transportation and heating in Europe and UK. They have not done the electrification of transport we have done. In 2023, 82.38 percent of new cars sold in Norway were EVs. Research on planes and ships are still needed, Most of the heating of houses in Norway comes from electricity, and Europe needs to do that transition or similar also.

Comment Re: Did the influx stop? (Score 5, Informative) 106

"To rid the oceans of plastic, we need not only to clean up what is already out there but also stop new plastic from entering the ocean – we need to close the tap. Working together with government leaders, individuals, and private corporations, our goal is to tackle these 1000 most polluting rivers all over the world." https://theoceancleanup.com/ri...

Comment Re:definitely due to the rise of the populist righ (Score 0) 693

yes

and obviously it's ignorant

americans are feeding crony financial parasites and getting nothing in return "because capitalism" when it's not capitalism at all

and never can be capitalism: capitalism is pretty wonderful but only works in certain economic sectors. it's not magic unicorn farts you sprinkle on anything and then everything is fixed because magic, which is unfortunately the extent of many americans' understanding of capitalism

Comment definitely due to the rise of the populist right (Score 0, Troll) 693

like you see with trump in the usa

and, like trump, it's financially and politically retarded

scotland will leave, and northern ireland may, and britain will suffer a number of financial costs it has to pay now

so now britain is significantly poorer and weaker

all because some old morons don't like immigrants

the real issue is why these people are so angry, and the obvious answer is they feel poor while they perceive immigrants as coddled

and they are poor... because of plutocratic abuses, not immigrants

plutocratic abuses the political *left* has answers to

but the old morons reject the left for various stupid and propagandistic reasons

like americans rejecting universal healthcare, even though it's far cheaper and equal or higher quality. because "capitalism." when it's just cronyism

old poor morons like plutocrats to have gold toilets i guess, and are too fucking stupid to see how or why that's all their uneducated opinions lead to

Comment Re:punishment versus rehabilitation (Score 1) 292

I think that if you're 20 and you had sex with a 17 year old, or if you took a piss in some bushes near a playground, you're innocent. Your "crime" is being dumb, and you shouldn't be punished at all, at least any more than a severe reprimand. And you certainly shouldn't have some scarlet letter hanging over your head your whole life.

At the same time, if you're 28 and you actively sought to have sex with an 8 year old, you are dealing with someone with a deeply psychologically rooted paraphilia that is not going to go away upon the completion of the punishment for your crime. You really should go on a list, or be an outcast, because you are a high risk of re-offending.

The problem is with people say "you go on a list" and the rest of us think about the adult who had sex with the 17 year old.

Or the problem is with people who say "you should have your record cleared and forgotten" and the rest of us think about the adult who had sex with the 8 year old.

Before anyone says anything, you have to define your terminology well, or it will be taken the wrong way. We start by qualifying underage sex crimes in terms of legality such that sex with the 17 year old is VERY different than sex with the 8 year old.

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