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Off-Topic Discussion - Natural Gas (methane) Is Scamming America#1

And the entire world to be frank. Even progressives, even environmentalists are falling for the false promise of a supposed "bridge fuel". Well, actually they already did. But we can still do somethin…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Biden releases 1 million gallons gasoline from US strategic reserves to ease gas prices.#20

I sincerely hope that the following (summary/TL;DR below) doesn't come across as a lecture, that's not at all what I had in mind. Rather, it's supposed to be an outside perspective from a continent ac…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Biden releases 1 million gallons gasoline from US strategic reserves to ease gas prices.#18

@verylate said in #6: > I like to believe this, because if he actually believes in any of the snake oil that his particular team of policy advisors come up with, then he is no different than his prede…


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Off-Topic Discussion - why people still don't live on mars?#49

@HiramHolliday said in #31: > #29. Methinks thee protest too much sirrah. And the sire doth misquote Shakespeare too much, methinks. You seem to be unwilling to even entertain the idea that the landin…


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Off-Topic Discussion - why people still don't live on mars?#29

@HiramHolliday said in #26: > The same reason we don’t live on the moon....We’ve never been there. You may not have personally been there. However, humanity as a whole has put 12 people on the moon an…


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Off-Topic Discussion - why people still don't live on mars?#18

@Marakuya said in #1: > why don't people still don't live on mars since earth and mars have a lot in common. Other than being rocky planets with similar axial tilt and moon(s)? Not all that much: Mars…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Solar Energy#33

@Rainbow_Pink_Lover said in #31: > pls explain in short! Short bullet points (even shorter version below): - solar power today is not as bad as it was in the 1980s. - solar cells can convert an increa…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Solar Energy#32

I said in #22: > Currently PV module costs go down 75% per decade (exponential decay of the costs). CORRECTION: The first part is true, the part in parentheses is false due to a mistake I made. In a l…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Solar Energy#28

@dstne said in #26: > If solar panels are truly much superior, then why aren’t we trying to convert it all. If they truly were more energy efficient and cost efficient why aren’t big businesses trying…


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Off-Topic Discussion - Solar Energy#27

@Oliver131313 said in #24: > More reliable would be a better way to say it. Yes, both solar and wind power are weather dependent. On their own. Solar power generation can also only happen during dayti…


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