You could look at this and see it as pandering, which it is, but I also take it as a decent sign that they have to at least pay lip service to renewables since fossil fuels have become a significant liability in many eyes.

Yeah, individuals make decisions within the structures that exist around them. Asking people to heroically sacrifice their own financial or career opportunities as opposed to changing those structures just won't succeed.

They actually had an industrial policy for the last forty years, unlike the United States or Europe, which both abdicated their interests to those of giant corporations whose only goals are reducing costs and increasing profits.

"I'm not trying to bring anyone down, I'm just trying to bring them down"

God I'm always accidentally causing warcrimes my bad

Don't worry guys I'm sure with one more shipment of weapons they'll feel secure enough to stop doing all this horrible stuff

But his username is mentally healthy so how could he need a therapist?

At least its a slight movement in the right direction, but until the flow is cut off entirely we need to hold his feet to the fire.

Yeah, tanks have mostly been big juicy targets in Ukraine so far. I guess if you had complete air superiority you could defend them better against drones but it seems like a losing battle to try and gain that kind of completely clear sky when a four man team can put up a UAV and detrack a tank at any point within a few km

Regulation could work, we just need the political will to give these agencies teeth and goals that align with reality

I keep clicking the link that says "free crypto in your account claim now" and its not doing anything except making my screen go black randomly. I need one of my grandchildren to help me when they visit in a month

Someone said "are you thinking of wrapping this up soon?" While handing over more ordinance

We need to just stop digging stuff out of the ground and burning it for energy. Until that fundamental realization sets in, we're stuck with an increasingly worsening climate crisis.

"Who the hell is putting my quotes on the internet" - Vladimir Lenin

Ah yeah, kind of a dick move to make fun of someone's appearance though.

It was used to close one of the doors of the building they occupied

They must have been in hamas

Their solution will be to ban the competition, not offer something better

Well, there's always the second strike nuclear submarines even if you did that. There's a reason the triad is the keystone of nuclear power.