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  1. General news thread

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    4 minutes ago, Alzoc said:

    Simply because the higher the density of population is, the more efficient it is to sustain a set number of people.

    That is if the objective is to make room for a growing population while the resources are shrinking.

     

    I'm gonna go out on a limb and say you've never farmed large scale before. 

     

    Tomatoes in your back yard are like solar panels on your roof. It's nifty and I support it but it's does not scale well at all. 

     

    Also, what's with you Europeans and need to "sustain a set number of people"? By force if necessary, eh? ;)

  3. General news thread

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    "If you take France for example, completely emptying rural area would mean leaving a lot of historical and cultural heritage to rot which would be significant loss"

     

    Agriculture much?

    The last person who attempted to reorganize a country ended up killing 60 million people. For what it's worth.

     

  7. General news thread

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    https://climatechangedispatch.com/germanys-wind-energy-mess-as-subsidies-expire-thousands-of-turbines-to-close/amp/

     

    Germany’s Wind Energy Mess: As Subsidies Expire, Thousands Of Turbines To Close

    ccdeditor On April 24, 2018

    wind-turbine-broke.jpg?resize=350%2C238&As older turbines see subsidies expire, thousands are expected to be taken offline due to lack of profitability.

    Green nightmare: Wind park operators eye shipping thousands of tons of wind turbine litter to third world countries – and leaving their concrete rubbish in the ground.

    The Swiss national daily Baseler Zeitung here recently reported how Germany’s wind industry is facing a potential “abandonment”.

    Approvals tougher to get

    This is yet another blow to Germany’s Energiewende (transition to green energies). A few days ago, I reported here how the German solar industry had seen a monumental jobs’ bloodbath and investments have been slashed to a tiny fraction of what they once were.

    Over the years, Germany has made approvals for new wind parks more difficult as the country reels from an unstable power grid and growing protests against the blighted landscapes and health hazards.

    Now that the wind energy boom has ended, the Baseler Zeitung reports that “the shutdown of numerous wind turbines could soon lead to a drop in production” after having seen years of ruddy growth.

    Subsidies for old turbines run out

    Today a large number of Germany’s 29,000 total turbines nationwide are approaching 20-years-old and for the most part, they are outdated.

    Worse: the generous subsidies granted at the time of their installation are slated to expire soon and thus make them unprofitable.

    After 2020, thousands of these turbines will lose their subsidies with each passing year, which means they will be taken offline and mothballed.

    The Baseler Zeitung writes:

    The Baseler Zeitung adds that some 5,700 turbines with an installed capacity of 45 MW will see their subsidies run out by 2020.

    The Swiss daily reports further:

    So with new turbines coming online only slowly, it’s entirely possible that wind energy output in Germany will recede in the coming years, thus making the country appear even less serious about climate protection.

    Wind turbine dump in Africa?

    So what happens to the old turbines that will get taken offline?

    Wind park owners hope to send their scrapped wind turbine clunkers to third-world buyers, Africa for example. But if these buyers instead opt for new energy systems, then German wind park operators will be forced to dismantle and recycle them – a costly endeavor, reports the Baseler Zeitung.

    Impossible to recycle composite materials

    The problem here is the large blades, which are made of fiberglass composite materials and whose components cannot be separated from each other.  Burning the blades is extremely difficult, toxic, and energy-intensive.

    So naturally, there’s a huge incentive for German wind park operators to dump the old contraptions onto third-world countries, and to let them deal later with the garbage.

    Sweeping garbage under the rug

    Next, the Baseler Zeitung brings up the disposal of the massive 3,000-tonne reinforced concrete turbine base, which according to German law must be removed.

    Some of these concrete bases reach depths of 20 meters and penetrate multiple ground layers, the Baseler Zeitung reports, adding:

    Already wind park operators are circumventing this huge expense by only removing the top two meters of the concrete and steel base, and then hiding the rest with a layer of soil, the Baseler writes.

    In the end, most of the concrete base will remain as garbage buried in the ground, and the above-ground turbine litter will likely get shipped to third-world countries.

    That’s Germany’s Energiewende and contribution to protecting the environment and climate!

  21. Post Election Thread: Democracy Dies In Darkness And You Can Help

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    1 hour ago, Collimatrix said:

    I personally theorize that Trump lured Lindsey Graham into his office on some pretext.

     

    Suddenly, three of Trump's old WWE wrestler buddies sprang out and locked the door.  Then they put Graham into a sleeper hold and suplexed him into the floor.  Then, for good measure, they hit him with folding chairs for a while.

     

    Then two held him down on the ground while one of them yelled in his face.  "DO YOU FEEL WEAK?!  ARE YOU ANGRY YET?!  AM I GOING TO HAVE TO HIT YOU SOME MORE SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF THE PAIN?!"

     

    And Lindsey Graham cried and maybe wet himself a bit.

     

    The yelling wrestler continued.  "YOU ARE ESTRANGED FROM YOUR PRIMAL NATURE?!  WHERE IS YOUR FORCEFUL WILL?!  WILL YOU MERELY ACCEPT THE COLD HAND OF OBLIVION?!"

     

    The wrestler started slapping the senator and shaking him.

     

    "YOU WOULDN'T LIFT A FINGER IF I KILLED YOU RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IN YOUR GUTS YOU ARE ALREADY DEAD?!  WHY DIE A THOUSAND TIMES IF YOU CAN'T EVEN LIVE ONCE?!  WHY DO YOU TORMENT YOURSELF THIS WAY?!"

     

    By this point the senator could only make muffled choking sounds.

     

    "WELL GUESS WHAT LITTLE BUDDY?!  IT'S TIME TO FIGHT?!  I'M GOING TO MAKE A REAL BERSERKER OUT OF YOU?!"

     

    The wrestler pulled out a syringe and a cotton pad swabbed in rubbing alcohol.

     

    "THIS IS A SALINE SOLUTION OF COCAINE AND STEROIDS?!  WE'RE GOING TO REPEAT THIS LITTLE PROCEDURE UNTIL YOU ARE MAD ENOUGH AND BAD ENOUGH TO UNLEASH YOUR FIGHTING SPUNK ON THE UNSUSPECTING MASSES?!  DO YOU GET ME?!"

     

    Trump just sat silently for this entire episode, smirking above steepled fingers.

     

    If this is what wrestling was like int he '90s man I missed out. 

     

    Also, I didn't watch the last bit with Kavanaugh. But I heard he cried a bit. So the dems accused and accused and accused and he's just sick of saying "NO, I Didn't do that shit"? 

     

    Pretty sad. The Democrats are resorting to actual literal schoolyard bullying. 

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