Dean @dean@librem.one
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I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
@Snoro I take all short term trends in the EV space with a large grain of salt. We are in the early turbulent years. Even the good sales trends in Australia. It will reduce then go back up.
@Snoro the article touched on a few points but never got to the real trends. EVs used to hold their value well because they were rare. Now new EVs are dropping their price, their deprecation curve is becoming similar to ICE vehicles. The China 'issue' is very different. They had 100 brands and were reduced to a few dozen so there was a lot of product for models that didn't sell.
@sam I've seen coils/wire wrapped in plastic (small motor that won't melt it) or hot glue, and I think the cord is better.
@sam just spectating, I think that'll help reduce shocks so the components don't break.
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I wrote about the genocide in Palestine, and how tech has been silent and complicit.
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1. The balkanization of literally every industry and it's subsequent cognitive load.
On the first day of Christmas my true love gave to me...five apps to make online payments, six apps to watch tv, four apps for food delivery, seventeen apps for shopping and eighteen BILLION accounts to have a profile on every fucking website I have to visit...
@Snoro that article is a load of crap. The fracking industry relied on low interest rates and low environmental regulation! You cannot compare 2019 prices with 2023 prices when the CPI increases were caused by oil and gas windfall profits. Renewables are still cheaper than 5 years ago, this is only a blip. All energy sources in China have increased but renewables have increased faster (EIA China Country Analysis Brief 2023).
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I had low expectations for COP28—oil emirate?—but to hear petrostates (that's US) crow about the statement to "move away" from fossil fuels as "historic" & not the utter minimum... well, that's fucking revealing.
Business as Usual will fight to the death.
Our death.
We aren't doomed, but we're in deep trouble. The only way out is together.
1—vote green
2—organize
3—change a high carbon usage to low carbon TODAY
4—keep going
Any action gets you started & we don't have any time to lose.
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Large plume of dust, and fires flaring up🔥, in strong offshore southeasterly winds along the Western Australia🇦🇺 coast southwest of #Broome along 80 Mile Beach seen by #Himawari9 🛰️on 10 December. #bushfires #duststorm
@alcinnz years ago a friend wanted to make a car ad. So they walked down the street taking photos, stitched them together and superimposed a car over the top. This technique would have made it look like a video and not stop-motion.
@Snoro I take that back, they'll need $500 billion. Australia's Clean Energy Finance Corporation has USD $20 billion doing the same thing.
"We have access to AUD $30.5 billion in investment capital from the Australian Government"
@Snoro $30 billion is a good amount in Australia but globally it's nothing. I would be impressed with $100 billion.
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2 months of Australian bushfires and smoke. Made by Peter Atwood for #30DayMapChallenge. 4K version: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxPYYKMudOE
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These haunting underwater photos portray climate change in a new way
The stunning portrait is one in a series of images in “SINK / RISE,” the latest project from fine art photographer Nick Brandt. The photos feature South Pacific islanders representing people who are on the brink of losing their homes, lands and livelihoods due to climate change
https://www.cnn.com/interactive/2023/11/world/underwater-portraits-climate-cec-cnnphotos/
#MassExtinction #pollution #ecology #environment #climate #PacificIslands
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@Snoro I got a new hot water heat pump. I didn't know there were different types of refrigerants I could get and mine has R-410A. The next refrigerant unit I get I'll try and get a CO2 one.
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Refrigeration chemicals are a nightmare for the climate. Experts say alternatives must spread fast
Cars are another source of these super pollutants, says Eckhard Groll, an expert in refrigeration and head of mechanical engineering at Purdue University. AC systems in gas-powered vehicles are “prone to leaking” and on average approximately 25% of refrigerant from all cars leak out every year
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A rundown of some of the heartbreaking updates out of Palestine today:
- According to the Gaza Health Ministry, at least 2,215 Palestinians have been killed, including 724 children, and 8,714 wounded since October 7.
- Overwhelmed, the al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir el-Balah has begun using ice cream trucks as morgues.
- In the occupied West Bank, including East Jerusalem, 54 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli forces and settlers, with more than 1,100 wounded.
- According to the Palestinian Health Minister, 28 health care workers have been killed by Israel since October 7. 15 medical centers have been damaged by Israeli strikes, with Beit Hanoun Hospital and Al-Durrah Children's Hospital being rendered out of commission. As well, 23 ambulances “have been damaged and rendered inoperable.”
- The Jordan Field Hospital has also shut down due to Israeli attacks. It “used to provide free medical services to about 1,000-1,200 people daily.”
- Since October 12, most Palestinians no longer have access to drinking water through the tap. According to OCHA, “As a last resort, people are consuming brackish water from agricultural wells, triggering serious concerns about the spread of waterborne diseases.”
- Since October 7, in the West Bank, OCHA has tallied 63 settler attacks against Palestinians, including some cases where Israeli forces were involved. “This represents an average of nine incidents per day, compared with a daily average of three incidents since the beginning of this year.”
Sources: https://www.ochaopt.org/content/hostilities-gaza-strip-and-israel-flash-update-7
https://edition.cnn.com/middleeast/live-news/israel-news-hamas-war-10-14-23/index.html
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2023/10/13/israel-hamas-live-dozens-killed-while-fleeing-to-southern-gaza
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The Israeli government has cut off food, water, and fuel to 2 million people inside Gaza as part of its campaign to stamp out Hamas terrorism. Collective punishment is not only contrary to international law, it is inhumane and illogical. It is what my community once endured in World War II, all because of the actions of others who happened to share our ethnicity. Have we learned nothing? How will this possibly help deescalate the violence rather than radicalize many more? It is madness.
- Country
- Australia
I am into science and climate activism. I love to learn about social issues and to challenge my own perspectives. I'm also into free and open-source software and I am back in University studying computer science.
Joined Jun 2019
