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Antifar posted...

The creation of more fossil fuel infrastructure will lock us in to decades of emissions down the road; companies aren't building these just to shut them down in 10 years.

We will be using fossil fuel for at LEAST a few more decades. There is no sense in making it worse than it is. We simply do NOT have the infrastructure, technology, etc. to 'switch off' any time soon. By building pipelines, we are able to reduce the emissions of production and transportation substantially, allowing us more time to research new methodologies.

I live in a 'oil-rich' area... the amount of trains I see hauling oil is INSANE. Trains go by here at least 4 times a day, several KM long, hauling nothing but oil tankers. The amount of energy used to move this is outrageous, not to mention the amount of vehicles sitting idling waiting for the trains.

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Antifar posted...

You're misleadingly conflating separate issues that are only tangentially related in that they're both about the environment. Greta's concern is climate change; while trash or train derailments are bad, they generally aren't responsible for putting greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. It's like being upset that cancer researchers aren't also researching heart disease because both are diseases.

Then why was she protesting pipelines? Pipelines would reduce emissions substantially - but she is opposed to them.

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TommyG663513 posted...

You see this is what a reasonable response to climate change questions looks like. These are the discussions that need to happen.

Stop being so alarmist to motivate people to action. We can't take every single vehicle off of the road. We need to be realistic and figure out what actually can or should happen.

EXACTLY! We cannot make these drastic changes that are being 'forced' upon us. We DO have time.

That said, a lot of those who cite '97% of scientists agree' that climate change is a real threat is very misleading. Looking into the study, it shows that 97% of a smaller portion of climate scientists who agree we are the sole cause of climate change believe this.

Cook et al. examined 11,944 abstracts from the peer-reviewed scientific literature from 19912011 that matched the topics 'global climate change' or 'global warming'.[13] They found that, while 66.4% of them expressed no position on anthropogenic global warming (AGW), of those that did, 97.1% endorsed the consensus position that humans are contributing to global warming. They also invited authors to rate their own papers and found that, while 35.5% rated their paper as expressing no position on AGW, 97.2% of the rest endorsed the consensus.

So 97% of 34.6% of 11,944 papers state this. That is a far cry from 97% of ALL scientists.

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Fuparulez posted...

Salty? Nah, we just think it's kind of disappointing that our supposed pilitical rivals hold up an emotional teenager as the spokeswoman for their cause. We thought the left was better than that.

"How DARE you!"

Come on, watching a poor child freak out in the name of a political cause is cringy as hell. Kid has been brainwashed into thinking that everyone's literally going to die in eleven years, propped as a puppet, sorry if we frown on that.

She has even stated that her parents told her that. She is a smart girl who has a lot of potential, but she is being controlled because of her fear.

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I think she has the right idea - but her methods are not realistic.

That said, as long as it benefits her or her team, she doesn't care about the environment. Also, whenever there is something that affects the environment but is NOT related to oil, she is no where to be seen.

https://nationalpost.com/news/world/no-injuries-in-b-c-train-derailment-environmental-crews-assessing-impacts-cn No mention of this ANYWHERE despite the fact that it could completely destroy an entire eco-system.

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/final-cleanup-begins-at-dakota-access-pipeline-protest-camp-1.3301202 This should be a huge concern given the amount of trash removed - no mention again.

Basically, she is clearly selective in what she protests or targets. Even if we go further into her activities, she has denied ever wanting to speak to/with foreign governments which are actually causing environmental problems - instead, she sends her message to those who ultimately ARE working to reduce emissions. We cannot ever possibly go back to previous emissions levels - but we can reduce the impact of our existence.

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Antifar posted...

As was laid out earlier in the topic, the edit was made in 2014 so they could air more ads

More ads, on a station that is government funded. I would've hoped with the handouts the station gets that they could keep content in full.

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SomeGuyUO posted...

They don't have a collective culture.

Nor do other races though. Ever 'race' has subcultures - not one race has a uniform culture.

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Xenozoa425 posted...

Have to hard disagree with this mentality. An overweight body is nowhere close to an indication of good overall health. If you're fat, you either eat way too many carbs, you never exercise, you have hormone imbalances (insulin, testosterone, estrogen, cortisol), you drink too much alcohol, or any combination of those together.

How do you determine what is overweight? BMI is not accurate, nor are weight scales in terms of body composition. Everyone has a different 'ideal' size, which is why it is difficult to know how much a person has to weigh, consume, or exercise. Typical 'ideal' measurements are just the average 'ideal,' - not the ideal per person.

For example, I am a bigger person. Even before I gained weight, I was still larger framed - I was able to keep up physically with others who had 'ideal' BMI's in activities, despite weighing much more than them. My father is the same way, as was his father.

With that, I will mention that since adopting a more sedimentary life style, I have gained weight and am overweight currently.

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Regardless of the healthiness of them (its a burger, after all), they still do not taste like a real burger. Close, but not quite.

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LightHawKnight posted...

Trump is senile as well, so what?

Trump isn't senile... he's just not smart.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

In the end, it's self-defeating.
Relocate the factories to where the cheap labor is, labor movement happens, repeat.
The planet is only so big.

Some places will unlikely never have a labour movement or big changes to government for quite some time.

That, and the fact that there WILL ALWAYS be disparity of some sort, resulting in at least someone being exploited.

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Questionmarktarius posted...

It's actually the other way around.
Factories built in Bangladesh and Mexico didn't cause disparity, but brazenly exploited it.

I guess that is true - but the fact is that these multi-national corporations continue to feed on it. Paying workers pennies a day is never going to help and only make things worse.

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konokonohamaru posted...

Globalisation hasn't worked out for most people

Globalization is one of the biggest causes of social disparity in the world.

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Depending on the situation, I would absolutely represent myself.

I sat in on docket for quite a few months and a few other trials during that period, and I have a rough understand of how the system works.

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Now we need a good leader - Rona Ambrose did an awesome job as interim leader.

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I took finance in high school (balancing budgets, taxes, etc.).

In post secondary, I took micro and macro economics as options.

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YellowMustard69 posted...

Why dont we have way lower cost options that have less features?

One word. Government.

The government deemed necessary 'safety' items that add up costs and weight. The government also added emissions requirements adding to costs and weight.

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Malcrasternus posted...

Why do slush-box automatics need a gear shifter that only serves to get in the way.

Column shifters are fine. I HATE the dials... they have no 'real' connection to the transmission as they are all electric. No cable or anything.

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008Zulu posted...

Anger is what you resort to, what you show, when you don't have intelligence.

Republicans are angry all the time.

Anger is passion, and shows you care.

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AvantgardeAClue posted...

Thanks yall

It's a 2009 Hyundai Tucson

It doesn't need synthetic, I just use it because it's at around 125K miles and I want it to age gracefully

You can use whatever type of oil then. Try to get the same weight though.
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I forgot to mention - I switch oil types, weights and brands all the time. As all modern oils are regulated and follow strict guidelines, it is rare for one brand to be 'better' than another provided they have the same certifications.
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It depends on the vehicle. A more 'modern' car has tighter tolerances and typically needs the synthetic. A not-so-new one can go back and forth without problem.

What sort of car?

EDIT: A synthetic blend for your vehicle? Chances are that you would be fine going for non-synthetic as I do not know of any manufacturer that recommends synthetic blend.
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Trumpo posted...

Left handed threads exist

Yeah, there are a LOT of things that are left hand threads.
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DrizztLink posted...

MaverickXeo posted...

That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave.

The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion.

This one.

Gonna make the next one a hell of a lot more likely.

That is true. The NEXT one could be a result of his policies.
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LightHawKnight posted...

MaverickXeo posted...

If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway.

Or if he enforced it more, sent inspectors, they might have caught it before it exploded.

That's true, but these sort of operations have ways of 'hiding' bad activities until the inspectors leave.

The simple fact is that Trump easing the regulations had nothing to do with the explosion.
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Alucard188 posted...

I usually use 'indigenous people', though the official nomenclature is 'First Nations'.

First Nations applies to one part of the Indigenous population - although I do not know what is recognized in the USA, but the others are Inuit and Metis.
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WalkingLobsters posted...

Wii_Shaker posted...

What would you have the government even do?

Homelessness is a problem in every major city.

it's called not succumbing to stupid nimby demands and building skyscrapers.

This right here. If it was more acceptable for shelters to open up in large centers, then these individuals would have a place to stay - but these shelters are seen as a 'bad thing.'
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If people read the article, it states this was not Trump's fault at all - it just ties him in to get the 'views'. They violated the regulations before they were 'removed,' so removed or not, this would've happened anyway.
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Indigenous
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cloudrivera posted...

To everybody who thinks this is stupid, just know that there IS a black Superman. Michael could be playing him and not Clark Kent

Is there? I know next to nothing of DC.
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UnfairRepresent posted...

I don't get why taking iconic characters and changing their sex or race is seen as progressive.

It's regressive if anything to me. Why not just make new great characters?

"Here's Superman but black now, heres ghostbusters but they're chicks now, here's Jesus but he's a white Italian for some reason now."

I just don't get it.

I agree.

Some characters have done well. The Spiderverse is one such example. Creating new characters does way more to be progressive than just gender/race swapping.

In other words, it is better to create a new character using in universe logic than it is to 'recreate' the character to fit a different role.

Create a character rather than fit the character.
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FF_Redux posted...

Only when there is an annoying shitty slow driver in front.

I don't tailgate, but I get closer in this situation. There is no reason to be doing 60km/hour in a 100km/hour zone in dry conditions...
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How are people breaking phones so often?
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When my contract ends. I keep my phones in great condition so I am able to resell them for a decent chunk of their initial price.

I use my phone for work, so I have to have a good one.
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I find that I use it more than I have, but I still don't use it often (if I use it, its when I'm transporting clients as I tend to speed otherwise). I prefer my own control - and thats with me putting on 1000+KM a week.
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Questionmarktarius posted...

MaverickXeo posted...

That said, we need to invest in nuclear.

https://www.cbc.ca/news2/background/science/thorium.html

I've never heard of that stuff, but thats interesting that Nuclear is STILL being invested in.
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ModLogic posted...

scorpion41 posted...

equality thing liberals are always wanting...

lmfao liberals wanting equality

thats a good one

They do; and that's the problem. Equity is the true answer.
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They state that they will save almost $800 million in doing so. Whether that is true or not, these projects should've been put on hold from the start.

That said, we need to invest in nuclear. Way more efficient, less space, and less emissions than even that of windmills (especially in the region's climate).
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31; and I am too busy between work, school, and volunteering to get into a relationship. I have dating profiles, but I normally only send one message and disappear due to getting busy and forgetting.
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gunplagirl posted...

MaverickXeo posted...

There are more than just the Olympics in terms of sports. There are at least a few cases of Transgenders competing and coming in the top brackets.

Keep in mind, the total population of people with gender disphoria is 0.002% of the population at best (at most, there are 140,000 people worldwide diagnosed). The total amount of male-to-female is even smaller, and the amount of those who transition is even smaller.

In short, the amount of male-to-female transgender athletes is a very, very, very, very small population. Of the ones who are in the public, most have either come in top placements or win sporting events.

140,000? Yikes, what a fucking joke your post is. I don't like jokes.

My number is a little off; the number is more like 0.005%. Still only about 320,000.
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PleaseClap posted...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT_demographics_of_the_United_States

The demographics of sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States have been studied in the social sciences in recent decades. A 2017 Gallup poll concluded that 4.5% of adult Americans identified as LGBT with 5.1% of women identifying as LGBT, compared with 3.9% of men.[1] A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6% of U.S. adults identify as transgender.[2]

Which means that there's at least 1.5 million trans adults in the US alone

For one, a self-survey is not a diagnosis. Also, a self-survey can also be easily misled, as they only were able to interview people interested in being interview (meaning those who do the survey are more likely to fit in the category they were after - those who believe they are transgender; those who refused to complete it or refused to release the data are not counted). The study was also only done in 19 states, yet it is claimed to be that they are showing percentages for every state, and only 150,000 people answered the question out of the possible 400,000 who took the survey.
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Loud_Pipes posted...

MaverickXeo posted...

In 5+ years, it's time for a new battery. A new battery pack that costs well over $5k.

In short, these Teslas right now are nothing but a waste. No one in their right mind is going to buy a Tesla and put that kind of money into a what is essentially a new motor. Heck, if a combustion engine only lasted 5+ years, there would be mass complaints.

The batteries will last a lot longer than 5 years. Even after 100,000 miles, battery degradation is minimal.

Depending on use. They are only warrantied for 70% up to 100,000 miles.

That said, they are a Lithium-Ion battery - which means the lose life more so over time than mileage. A car that gets driven 10 miles a day is going to need a battery replacement around the same time as someone who does 100 miles a day, essentially. A combustion engine, however, does not really have this problem. They are almost exclusively 'measured' by mileage. No one selling or buying combustion engine does so based on manufacture date.
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gunplagirl posted...

HerpToTheDerp posted...

oop. pack it in folks. gunplas here to argue literal science with nothing but semantics

I mean if the literal Olympic committee has allowed transgender people who meet strict requirements to compete and there's none who have, I hate to break it to you but maybe they aren't "smashing records" or whatever.

Or heck, Rachel McKinnon who lost several times to the women she finally beat last year. Let's see, she... Set records for women in the 35-44 bracket. The time for the bracket of competitors 34 and below is nominally better. :l Gosh. So you aren't even talking about the best athletes, just "the best within an age range where results begin incrementally falling off with every 10 years you go down the bracket" hmmmm. Okay. So you aren't even talking about the actual best female cyclist alive. And you're accusing me of playing semantics?

There are more than just the Olympics in terms of sports. There are at least a few cases of Transgenders competing and coming in the top brackets.

Keep in mind, the total population of people with gender disphoria is 0.002% of the population at best (at most, there are 140,000 people worldwide diagnosed). The total amount of male-to-female is even smaller, and the amount of those who transition is even smaller.

In short, the amount of male-to-female transgender athletes is a very, very, very, very small population. Of the ones who are in the public, most have either come in top placements or win sporting events.
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I worked in a summer day camp where we took the kids to a corn maze. Two of them decided to eat the raw corn, and also run through it.

It was so hard to tell their parents about it without laughing.
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emblem boy posted...

CableZL posted...

emblem boy posted...

CableZL posted...

emblem boy posted...

Krojen posted...

ZevLoveDOOM posted...

looks like it was lifted off one of those cyberpunk sci-fi movies...

either way, it must be expensive as hell. call me when you guys release an electric car that's actually affordable Elon!

This truck is 39k and the model 3 is 34k. And that's before price reduction from incentives and factoring in how much you'll save not buying gas.

Pshh, who actually buys the basic basic Tesla's models without the upgrades

Na, but for real, the cars have lowered in price. If you're someone that's looking to buy a luxury car, a Tesla should be considered.

You'd be surprised. There are a number of Teslas I see that are the base models. Can't tell whether they have the FSD upgrade included from the outside of course, but lots of people get the base models.

Which one are you going for?

@emblem_boy
Model S Long Range

If I get this new job, I'll probably have enough saved to make it a comfortable purchase either this summer or some time shortly after that. There are also rumors of that tri-motor thing they showed for the Cybertruck making its way to the Model S next summer.

You planning on keeping it long term?

I ask because when people bring up the economics of a Tesla, such as gas, maintenance, etc, they talk about long term costs. And in my head I'm thinking how the people who do buy Tesla's, aren't really the people I imagine driving the same cars for like 5+ years

In 5+ years, it's time for a new battery. A new battery pack that costs well over $5k.

In short, these Teslas right now are nothing but a waste. No one in their right mind is going to buy a Tesla and put that kind of money into a what is essentially a new motor. Heck, if a combustion engine only lasted 5+ years, there would be mass complaints.
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