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We need to think about how to transition away from fossil fuels over the next couple of decades, and making sure all new construction uses electricity instead of natural gas would set us on the right path

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TIL Boeing, NASA, and United Airlines test sustainable aviation fuel
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    ViciousTangerine
    1y ago 100%

    At least it's hypothetically possible to create with less net carbon impact than fossil fuels. It still has a long way to go, but we've got to invest in things that aren't practical right now if we ever want aviation to decarbonize.

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  • Scientists Find Success With New Direct Ocean Carbon Capture Technology
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    ViciousTangerine
    1y ago 100%

    To build on this, the oceans absorb carbon from the air. As we remove CO2 from the ocean that differential becomes higher and more CO2 comes out of the air.

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  • Condemning Palestinians is contemptible
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    ViciousTangerine
    1y ago 64%

    Refusing to condemn Hamas when they intentionally target civilians for atrocities won't win Palestinians any supporters outside largely irrelevant internet communities. Israel does things that are clearly in the wrong all the time, and so does Hamas. It would be nice if people could hold the extremists on their own side to a minimal standard, even when it's uncomfortable, but that lack of accountability is why we're here.

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  • Common Plastic Additive Linked to Autism And ADHD, Scientists Discover
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    ViciousTangerine
    1y ago 100%

    Could we stop creating chemicals and dumping them everywhere without knowing what they do? Or at least only use ones that break down relatively quickly instead of becoming ubiquitous in the air and water before we realize they're terrible for us...

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    Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect
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    ViciousTangerine
    1y ago 80%

    It's hypothetically possible that we could hack biology enough to become functionally immortal, but do you really want that? Considering the impact 90 year old Senators are having I'm just imagining an ever more out of touch gerantocracy. Imagine young people being born into a world where no one ever retires or dies, and their opinions are fixed based on what they experienced 100 years ago. Change is good.

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  • Living to 120 is becoming an imaginable prospect
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    ViciousTangerine
    1y ago 88%

    Soon it will be possible to cling to the broken shell of what you once were, a mere vessel for arthritis pain and bittersweet memories of a time when you used to be able to walk to the bathroom. Hooray!

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  • Congressman ‘Caught on Camera’ Pulling Fire Alarm to in Apparent Attempt to Delay Vote to Avoid Shutdown
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    ViciousTangerine
    1y ago 33%

    I don't think most people who hear the "fire in a crowded theater" line are going to think it's about protesting war. It's an example when speech can have an immediate harmful effect that seems to have a lot more relevance to the discussion of limitations on expression.

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