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  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Nah. To my knowledge we have the second highest tax on energy worldwide. Has always been this way. It’s a tax thing.

    Idk about the tax rates but Germany also decided to become dependent on Russian gas, which is a major factor tax or no tax.

    The article is written by a left leaning press. So if you allow yourself to suggest non-neutrality, then they should be in favour of your argument.

    1. I’m not ‘left-leaning’, that term is too broad to mean anything at this point.
    2. I looked up the author and all his books are titled something along the lines of ‘In Defence of Capitalism’ so idk man

    That dude is actively trying to shape the opinion of people for his own interest. I am confident that this is work to him. He already did this with crypto or with the Tesla stock price. It’s marketing and marketing is work as well. All the political left are already supporting the idea of electric vehicles. Now it’s time for the conservatives. And musk is luring them towards his company.

    If you want to believe his shitposting and constant man-child meltdowns are part of a galaxy-brained plan to convince conservatives to buy electric cars, have fun with that. In reality, he’s just a self-obsessed guy seeking more and more attention and that’s plainly obvious.

    So I guess you are not building something yourself? You just work a well paying job? I can’t rly believe that.

    You’ve never heard of self-employed contractors? If you have a valuable enough skill, people pay quite well for specific projects. Once the project (or your part in it) is done, you can just chill with your money, or accept a new one. It’s pretty straightforward. Won’t earn me billions but is good enough to have a chill life.

    An ideal system does not exist. The one we have is fairly reactive.

    Who said anything about an ideal system? I want a better one. Mainly one that doesn’t burn down the planet I live on. We need to be working on developing new systems, but that won’t happpen if we keep chanting ‘Capitalism good, Communism bad’.

    there is no system resilient against fraud Yet.

    Resilience is not a binary. We could make a system that’s relatively more resilient against fraud and/or short-term thinking.

    I’m sure it’s within the capacity of humanity to improve upon Capitalism. The only question is: will we do it in time to survive the 21st Century?

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I’m actually in favour of replacing most jet airliners with rail and maybe electric airships. Most short-haul flights can be replaced by rail; it’s much more pleasant than flying anyway. Jets can be reserved for long-distance journeys. Being able to hop on a blimp would be cool, even if it’s slower. We can make them much better and safer with today’s tech.

    I don’t like the ‘green offset’ thing because it makes it look like we’re ‘doing something’ when it’s actually not doing much at all. If you want to be a utilitarian, it would be much more effective to just donate to an effective charity every time you fly.

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Just read the German article.

    It’s interesting, but I have to point out that some of the evidence they use is stuff like manufacturers relocating to China, which happens regardless of tax rates.

    The stuff about energy costs is also nothing to do with taxes but rather Germany’s energy policy missteps.

    Also the author randomly referring to “Genderforschern” und “Gleichstellungsbeauftragten” at the end damages the credibility of the article a lot - seems very culture-war motivated.

    I agree that the way in which the taxes are implemented and how the bureaucracy works has a major impact though. But this doesn’t mean taxing the rich is imppssible, just needs to be done right, like all policy.

    I do. Because you are still here. Arguing on the internet, a cesspool of morons, you and I included.

    Rich people waste time arguing with morons on the internet all the time! Have you seen Musk’s Twitter feed lately?

    In fact the only reason I am doing this is because I have time to kill; and that’s only possible thanks to the fact that I am wealthy enough to take days off work pretty much whenever I want, without fearing starvation. Unlike ~90% of people globally who live paycheck to paycheck.

    The idea that rich people are always busy being productive is simply wrong. I know enough of them personally to know that most of their ‘working’ hours aren’t very strenuous to say the least.

    https://www.readthemaple.com/i-was-born-wealthy-and-know-rich-people-dont-work-harder-than-you/

    Because events, such as Corona and the ausraube war temporarily lower the estimated gains. Losses are expected. So the value weds to be corrected according to those losses.

    Have you heard of the 2008 crash? Dot com bubble? SVB, FTX and other crypto crap, etc? Markets crash regularly regardless of Corona or wars.

    Also the fact that markets fail to consider wars and pandemics, whereas experts were warning about these for years before they happened, is further evidence that we can do better than relying on markets for everything.

    There must be some way to develop a system of knowledge aggregation, decisionmaking, and resource allocation that isn’t prone to ignoring very obvious risks.

    Greenwashing is only done in media. Company winnings and numbers don’t lie. (Except if they do. Fuck wirecard)

    Company winnings and numbers lie all the time. https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Wx51CffrBIg https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Y9KPcQqG0ao

    There are countless cases of companies making shit up and markets and investors falling for it.

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Yes, unfortunately I am extremely stubborn. Sorry.

    Fair, you do you mate

    Because rockets are boring. Bubble and stuff is just extraordinary craftsmanship and black matter will take some time. And I overall hate relativity theory. I am hoping for gravitons. Wave functions rock.

    Well, have fun with that, I will stop arguing.

    Not stupid. Some sciences simply are idiotic. Do you have any idea how much I hate biologists. Entitled brats. Some of them have an extreme superiority complex. And don’t get my talking about physicists. Buch of weirdos. You should see physicists interact with biologists. It like two different species encountering each other. But communication attempts are futile.

    llmaooo you should do science-themed standup

    I only know three biologists and they are lovely people. Never seen them interact with physicists though so you may be right.

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Sure, I like the idea of space megaprojects. I doubt sunsails in orbit would be profitable though. How would you monetise it? Put massive ads on them? Charge everyone a subscription fee?

    Now, governments could probably do something like that, and I wouldn’t be against it if safety and unintended consequences were taken into account somehow.

    Also, I thought you believed space exploration tech was useless.

    I agree there are many solutions. I don’t think markets and capital are going to make them happen.

    We can probably buy time with tech solutions. Long-term solutions will have to involve major fundamental sociopolitical change.

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Won’t dispute that European housing is sturdier. And yes insulation works both ways - however, you need good ventilation. And shading etc. AFAIK insulation optimised for heat retention is different to that optimised for keeping cool.

    If you have a study or something that compares Mediterranean vs other European house designs, please send it to me and I’ll change my mind if I’m wrong.

    As a German you should know that heatwaves have killed thousands of people in Germany as well.

    Swedes, Germans, and French are also wealthier and have less extreme heat to deal with than Italy, Spain or Greece. You can’t attribute that to house design. Again, if you have a study comparing these, send it to me and prove me wrong.

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Firstly, that isn’t ‘already done’. It’s a PR statement from the Chinese government about plans. The stuff they have already done, like reducing hail etc., is nowhere near the same level to what is needed to stop climate change.

    Secondly,

    Radical solutions such as seeding the atmosphere with reflective particles could theoretically help reduce temperatures, but could also have major unforeseen consequences, and many experts fear what could happen were a country to experiment with such techniques.

    This is from your source ^

    So is this:

    In a paper last year, researchers at National Taiwan University said that the “lack of proper coordination of weather modification activity (could) lead to charges of ‘rain stealing’ between neighboring regions,” both within China and with other countries. They also pointed to the lack of a “system of checks and balances to facilitate the implementation of potentially controversial projects.”

    Think of the geopolitical mess this kind of thing would create. If it works that is.

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    None of those links are about Chemistry or Physics. The demos link is Economics, The Entrepreneurial State. The youtube link is about the history of the internet. Maybe try learning something that isn’t STEM. Might broaden your way of thinking.

    I’ll respond to the rest of your comment later, although I’m not sure I want to anymore since you clearly have no interest in taking into account new information.

    Also how the fuck can you be interested in technology and say something like this:

    Because most of it was useless. What kind of innovation did. space exploration bring to humans?

    If you know anything about any science you should know how stupid of a point this is

  • Void_Reader@lemmy.worldtoWorld News@lemmy.world•The hottest 14 days ever recorded are the last 2 weeksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The first one is about how wet bulb temperatures and extreme heat work. The second one is about Europe. Whether or not they are ‘more’ resilient doesn’t matter.

    Also I don’t think you know what Europe is. Scandinavian, Central European and British houses are mostly made to keep heat in during cold winters. They’re not good for heatwaves.

    Mediterranean style housing is definitely better for heat. But that doesn’t stop Italy, Spain, and France from having deadly heatwaves.