Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starting in early September

Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by throwaway2037 on Thursday June 03, 2021 @10:25AM (#27381825)

I'm confused by the second part <<funding a new natural gas pipeline>>. I assume you are talking about Nord Stream 2.

Switching from brown coal to natural gas can reduce carbon footprint by about 50%. This is a good stepping stone to reduce the huge amount of brown coal that Germany uses for power. Also, the reduction in NOx and SOx is huge by switching from brown coal to natural gas. Another big win for public health.

Do I misunderstand your point?

Germany has limited places to harvest wind (North Sea) and limited solar resources. How else can they reduce their carbon footprint? I guess they can build massive solar arrays in Libya and then build the world's largest long-range DC power line to Munich? (No joke: Singapore might do this with Australia.)

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by read_if_gay_ on Thursday June 03, 2021 @04:42PM (#27387034)

It seems you argue it’s a stepping stone, then you argue there’s no other way. Both of these can’t be true.

But if you ask me, the long term answer is nuclear. I know it’s controversial but many of the issues are blown out of proportion.

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Re:Apple asks staff to return to office 3 days a week starti... by daddylongstroke on Friday June 04, 2021 @10:11AM (#27393781)

I would argue, that when you take a holistic view of the complete environment, including the soils and subsoils where our food largely comes from, the only long term answer you're left with is to de-civilize and go back to hand tools, local living, and animal transport for the rare times it's needed.

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