Arguing for everyone to go out and scrap their current car just to buy a new one isn’t going to do anything for emissions.

Literally no one said that everyone should get a new car.

The commenter above is claiming that we’re all going to die if we can’t all go buy a new Chinese EV for $10k

No they're saying market fairness doesn't matter if you end up dead from climate change. Like the roughly 250,000 people a year who's deaths can be attributed to it. Climate change is already on track to kill us, we need to actively stop it, no one thinks not being able to buy a Chinese car is going to kill them. It's the thing that's already killing them that we want to stop. A cheaper EV gives those who would otherwise be buying another ICE car a better option. They shouldn't have to wait for arbitrary reasons to be able to make greener choices.

Tell it to who said it. I just think it better than offing yourself.

Perhaps making the highest monetary ROI isn't the only thing to consider when it comes to energy generation during a climate crisis?

No party has held the white house with consecutive different nominees in a long time. Meaning to say even if Biden gets 8 years the Dems will likely lose the election after that to either Trump again or a smarter quieter fascist. Thats a trend that I dont think has been bucked since HW Bush came after Reagan. Last time we had two Dems back to back was JFK into Lyndon Johnson. It's literally just a matter of time and how a small handful of swing states feel about current events before we're stuck with one again.

They dont know anyone being genocided personally. But losing elections, well that could happen to them personally. Sick fucks far too removed from the people they lord over to feel anything a human being may describe as compassion.

If the alternative is suicide then I'd argue it is productive.

Yeah this whole conspiracy line has gotta be based on a movie making fun of NASCAR drivers. You don't make that phrase with that verbiage without that movie. I'm not sure the guy who said it knows it's from a movie or not, but I know the guy he heard it from must.

No single thing short of abolishing the entire US Military (the singles largest polluter in the world) isn't going to be the thing to save is. It's about taking ALL the steps you can to make the world able to be saved. Not a great lens to evaluate personal decisions bases on if it solves the whole problem right away or not.

Windmil blades need to be replaced far more often than anything even half that expensive at nuclear facilities and require huge costs in chemicals and transportation. Off shore blades need even more frequent replacement. The best gelcoats in the world arent going to stave off salty air and water spray for long, and as soon as water gets in one small spot, the entire composite begins to delaminate. You don't pay as much down the line with nuclear and you dont have to worry about offsetting the carbon output of manufacturing new blades so frequently.

Cyanide is used extensively in precious metal recycling too. So even reclaiming resources has a harsh chemical cost. Meeting workers from there I was surprised to say the least about how 'casually' they work with Cyanide. Clearly they have safty protocall but nothing like what I imagined something like Cyanide would call for.

The US has couped and attempted coups of better nations for worse reasons and yet they give this genocidal maniac all the leeway and weapons he could ask for. This is who the US is. There's simply no money to be made saving victims of genocide so they will go unsaved.

They're the same country but ones wrapepd in religous propaganda and backed but the US and the others wrapped in Leftist propaganda and tolerated by the Chinese.

There's a literal world of space between appeasing Putin and putting foreign soldiers on the battlefield. It's not an either or.

I don't think what the soldiers end up doing makes it less international of a conflict. The point was there's going to be sizesble amounts of foreign boots on the groun on both sides. That necessarily increases the international scope of the conflict beyond funding a proxy war.

We're getting a lot closer to a bigger global conflict as NK troops and American Military contractors begin to enter the fray. Anyone else feel like were inching closer to World War than we've been since the last one ended?

When push comes to shove, democrats move rightward.

Dem leadership silently smiling and counting their money.

Shocking the guy who was 'playing' a dumass ragelord 'character' turned out to be a POS in real life.

Yes all places of worship should be taxed, but starting with only the minority organization is quite literally just a form of religious supremecy. Shocking from Israel I know.

I'm sure simply continuing to live will show me more about possible great filters than most teachers could unfortunately.