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Re:Belarus turned off the internet – citizens hot-wired it on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:45PM (#24289936)
I am looking forward to LEO satellite networks that are connected to the Internet. Won't be easy to suppres yoir people then.
Re:‘Altered Carbon’ Canceled After Two Seasons at Netflix on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @11:41PM (#24289917)
Just be happy that the first season happened, and look forward to Cyberpunk 2077.
It's not necessarily the amount of waste that is the problem, it's the incredibly long duration of its radioactivity. At some point we will need super long term storage, and it's true that there is no viable solution out there yet. Even the most sophisticated facilities can not guarantee that no leakage will contaminate the surroundings at some point. But as I said, I think finding a solution for this should not be our main priority.
You are right about the waste, it really sucks. But I still feel like abandoning nuclear energy now would be incredibly bad timing, given the urgence of reducing our carbon footprint. It's kind of ok not have a 100k years storage facility yet since it is a long term problem. Climate change is a problem we should have started tackling decades ago, and abandoning nuclear power might worsen it dramatically.
I agree. For me, the article absolutely did not deliver on what was said in the title. They declare efficiency as itself dangerous, where it is the narrow application of efficiency that really results in problens.
Re:Covid-19 is awful. Climate change could be worse on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:59AM (#24117859)
Sorry I did not mean you specifically. But the HN readers. And i meant the IPCC, not ICCP
Re:Covid-19 is awful. Climate change could be worse on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @02:57AM (#24117848)
If you are so critical of the big media, then don't read them! There is plenty of other information that comes directly from scientists and is written for policymakers so anyone on HN should understand it. For example: read the summaries of ICCP Reports and please finally start taking climate change seriously.
It makes sense to phrase it like that when politics worldwilde neglected the issue presumably hoping for best case scenarios.
It makes sense to phrase it like that when politics worldwilde neglected the issue presumably hoping for best case scenarios.