Coffee Talk VI: The Undiscovered Country

[forty_three]

I stopped reading at this point…


That cleared a path for Majewski, who previously worked in the nuclear power industry and dabbled in politics as a pro-Trump hip-hop performer

Yeah, if you want to know how white NE Ohio is - that guy is what a hip-hop performer looks like up there.

 

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[buffhockey]

 

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Remember the show "Between Two Ferns"? The flowers are starring in "Between Two Frauds".

 

[forty_three]

With the day he had yesterday, it stands to reason he would need an extra large diaper.

 

[mattola]

 

[mattola]

 

[dash]

This whole mess could have likely been avoided if we actually would have been able to view Trump's tax returns prior to him winning the Republican nomination in 2015. I'm just spitballin' here, but maybe that should be a prerequisite going forward to avoid this in the future.

 

[forty_three]

This whole mess could have likely been avoided if we actually would have been able to view Trump's tax returns prior to him winning the Republican nomination in 2015. I'm just spitballin' here, but maybe that should be a prerequisite going forward to avoid this in the future.

Are you saying that he would have lost any supporters if they knew what he was truly about? I am not so sure about that.

All of this would have been avoided if the other side ran literally anyone but Hillary. In fact, I think he wanted Hillary to win. Actually winning made the grift easier, but the consequences higher. No one will convince me he actually wanted it.

 

[sbb122]

This whole mess could have likely been avoided if we actually would have been able to view Trump's tax returns prior to him winning the Republican nomination in 2015. I'm just spitballin' here, but maybe that should be a prerequisite going forward to avoid this in the future.

The whole mess could’ve been avoided if he would’ve stayed being a fucking con man in his normal life and not running for President of the United States. But you know, ego and all.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

I'm going to be puffing a cigar laughing when all of these "go fully electric" deadlines start coming up and 75% of vehicles on the road are still fossil fueled.

There's nothing in the pipeline right now that could even replace 5% of long-haul rigs with zero-emission. They're just getting started on last mile vehicles. To say nothing about infrastructure - CA just spent a month telling EV owners not to charge their Tesla 3's lol

California seeks to ban sales of diesel big rigs in a bold bid to cut pollution

The California Air Resources Board proposal would require all new medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2040.

www.latimes.com

 

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I'm going to be puffing a cigar laughing when all of these "go fully electric" deadlines start coming up and 75% of vehicles on the road are still fossil fueled.

 

[puckhead]

I'm going to be puffing a cigar laughing when all of these "go fully electric" deadlines start coming up and 75% of vehicles on the road are still fossil fueled.

There's nothing in the pipeline right now that could even replace 5% of long-haul rigs with zero-emission. They're just getting started on last mile vehicles. To say nothing about infrastructure - CA just spent a month telling EV owners not to charge their Tesla 3's lol

California seeks to ban sales of diesel big rigs in a bold bid to cut pollution

The California Air Resources Board proposal would require all new medium- and heavy-duty trucks sold in the state to be zero-emission by 2040.

www.latimes.com

also, we (Canada, US, or anywhere that I am aware of) do not produce near enough electricity to power a fully electric vehicle society.
so if that's the future, best get cracking on some mega power plant infrastructure. Any make sure it's green, i guess or we're going in circles.

 

[mattola]

This whole mess could have likely been avoided if we actually would have been able to view Trump's tax returns prior to him winning the Republican nomination in 2015. I'm just spitballin' here, but maybe that should be a prerequisite going forward to avoid this in the future.

It's not like he HAS EVER hidden his true nature either ... God he's vomit inducing

 

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also, we (Canada, US, or anywhere that I am aware of) do not produce near enough electricity to power a fully electric vehicle society.
so if that's the future, best get cracking on some mega power plant infrastructure. Any make sure it's green, i guess or we're going in circles.

The other thing is we still live in a pretty cold country (November through February at least) and the range of electric vehicles goes way down as the temp goes down. I think a hybrid solution of electric vehicles and carbon capture is required.

 

[buffhockey]

Migrants Promised a Flight to Delaware Were Instead Abandoned at a Motel

A group of migrants abandoned at a motel in Texas after Ron DeSantis canceled a flight to Delaware at the last minute, the Miami Herald reports.

www.rollingstone.com

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/immigration/article266089771.html


Desantis is really an asshole..

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Yeah except I'll also be paying 3x as much for stuff just like everybody else.

I get that we can't stop the movement toward renewables but the strategy of doing so by creating an ever more unaffordable life seems like one of those things that lead to revolutions.

 

[blindbaby]

The other thing is we still live in a pretty cold country (November through February at least) and the range of electric vehicles goes way down as the temp goes down. I think a hybrid solution of electric vehicles and carbon capture is required.

Yup.

Until we come up with either a nuclear solution or until we get better at harnessing things like solar power, we'll need a hybrid solution.

I just hate it when people *cough, the far right* want to poopoo green energy because it's not up to what their expectations of how it should be -- it will get there, no doubt.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

also, we (Canada, US, or anywhere that I am aware of) do not produce near enough electricity to power a fully electric vehicle society.
so if that's the future, best get cracking on some mega power plant infrastructure. Any make sure it's green, i guess or we're going in circles.

The funny thing is we're actually more fucked than anybody is acknowledging regarding power generation - old nukes are nearing the end of their lifespan and building new ones is insanely expensive, the dams built by the US Corps of Engineers and the Dept. of Reclamation are filling with silt or sitting on rivers that are drying the fuck up, coal is bad so bye bye, the gas plants we replaced those with are also bad so bye bye, solar still isn't good enough to power en masse, neither is wind...

 

[forty_three]

also, we (Canada, US, or anywhere that I am aware of) do not produce near enough electricity to power a fully electric vehicle society.
so if that's the future, best get cracking on some mega power plant infrastructure. Any make sure it's green, i guess or we're going in circles.

What is the prevailing attitude toward investment in renewables and greener energy?

Down here there is irrational, nearly violent opposition to wind power with the main argument being "turbines spoil natural beauty". Like the natural beauty of the flat, endless cornfields of NW Ohio or the Strip mined mountains of Western MD.

The other thing is we still live in a pretty cold country (November through February at least) and the range of electric vehicles goes way down as the temp goes down. I think a hybrid solution of electric vehicles and carbon capture is required.

Which is why I am going to buy a diesel mid 90's Land Rover to drive in the winter when I buy my ID4.

Only half kidding. If bio diesel was more easily found it becomes less of a joke.