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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by sjwright on Saturday May 25, 2019 @07:21PM (#20012116)
None of those are distant benefits.

The person who dies for “ideals” are mostly driven by false claims[0] about the nature of the afterlife.

Improving your child’s outcomes is a biologically preset desire.

Saving for retirement is still ultimately in one’s immediate self interest.

Producing theoretical research has the immediate benefit of recognition in their fields and the possibility of a “lottery win” outcome.

Saving for retirement is

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Re:100% renewables doesn’t equal zero-carbon energy, and the... by sjwright on Sunday May 26, 2019 @07:53AM (#20014429)
Oops, don't know how I managed to submit that without finishing it. Oh well, I'll throw in my footnote anyway:

[0] More precisely, claims they can't know to be true. (And are also almost certainly false.)

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