[-] cqst 9 points 1 month ago

Some people are working on ladybird atleast.

Another permissively licensed toy.

[-] cqst 6 points 3 months ago

Dell E6400 can be flashed with libreboot without tools and is easily obtainable from Ebay.

https://libreboot.org/

[-] cqst 9 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You can't overproduce electricity. You have to match the load.

[-] cqst 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

100% renew

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_renewable_electricity_production

All the countries that manage 100% renewable power use high levels of hydropower. Which is not an option for many countries and has it's own ecological problems associated with it.

Also, these 100% renewable countries have very little electricity requirements.

https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/electricity/electricity-in-the-us-generation-capacity-and-sales.php

The United States produces at least produces four million Gigawatt hours of electricity per year. Compare that to some of these "100% renewable" countries.

[-] cqst 7 points 5 months ago

with the incredible advancements in solar and wind it’s no longer the best option.

I haven't heard of any advancement that makes solar generate energy when the sun doesn't shine and wind generate energy when the wind isn't blowing.

[-] cqst 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)
[-] cqst 11 points 6 months ago

If nuclear waste DID pollute water, it would still help combat climate change, specifically the warming of the earth. It doesn't pollute water, and nuclear waste can be stored deep underground or reused. But we are out of time to find a "perfect solution" nuclear power is the ONLY option to provide renewable and carbon neutral base load power that other forms of "green electricity" will NEVER be able to compete with.

It's coal or nukes. You better figure out which one you want fast.

[-] cqst 4 points 6 months ago

It's uh, from the link I was replying to. By start, it really means choose to engage in. I don't think the US started WW2 but a democrat is who got us involved in it.

[-] cqst 6 points 6 months ago

Please explain your alternative to liberal democracy that "pushes the hole-drillers overboard". I'm happy to hear how it's different from fascism. This is the price we pay for living for living in a liberal democracy that allows dissent.

[-] cqst 9 points 6 months ago

All modern political parties in liberal democracies are fine with state violence on college protestors. It's kind of the nature of having a state that exercises police power. There is no one arguing against that.

[-] cqst 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

You should vote in primaries where there are many more candidates to choose from.

[-] cqst 5 points 6 months ago

In the war of rhetoric, people like to use terms to try and bias you to their side.

liberal actually just means "free" and so there are many types of liberalism: social liberalism economic liberalism (as in free market economics) political liberalism etc...

In the USA liberals tend to be highly socially liberal and highly political liberal. Social liberalism tends to be associated with the political left, and when using liberal as a pejorative, it's usually meant to claim that the opponent is "too socially liberal."

US liberals also tend to be associated with the creation and maintaing of a welfare state which is commonly seen as being a left wing concept.

In the US, there is also a large history of debate between what the size and scope of government should be, and how the government should be run. This debate can somewhat be characterized as "liberal democracy vs populism", i.e good governance based on institutions rules and ideas versus well, populism, a decent example is Donald Trumps rhetoric about "draining the swamp." US liberals tend to be associated with institutionalism and supposed "good governance", and populism is commonly seen more as a right wing ideal, so in this area US liberals are considered on the political left as well.

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