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PoindexterOglethorpe

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3. So true.
Thu Apr 13, 2023, 09:09 PM
Apr 2023

Those who piously tout electric cars as being vastly better than gas cars, forget that the batteries are produced with a lot of non-renewable resources. And the charging of them involves more of the same.

There may not be a good outcome here.

It's my personal take that there are far, far too many humans on this planet. We are already far above a reasonably sustainable number, which is probably no more than one billion. Maybe eve less than that. Honestly, if we don't have a serious population crash by the end of this century, all of us here will simply die miserable deaths from all of the consequences of too many people.

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I think as long as we can build these things we should Blues Heron Apr 2023 #1
What will save us? hunter Apr 2023 #4
I think anti solar and anti wind people are a big part of the problem Blues Heron Apr 2023 #5
There are many sorts of anti-solar and anti-wind people... hunter Apr 2023 #7
we have to live in the real world. Banning fossil fuels is not going to happen. Blues Heron Apr 2023 #9
A large part of me is still a crazy homeless guy living in a garden shed or my broken car... hunter Apr 2023 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Brenda Apr 2023 #15
Admiration for your minimalist lifestyle Finishline42 Apr 2023 #19
I fully recognize that antinukes would love to blame poor people for existing. NNadir Apr 2023 #20
Now do Megapacks Finishline42 Apr 2023 #21
Um...thanks for a QED. NNadir Apr 2023 #22
Yep, cobalt is mainly used for EV batteries Finishline42 Apr 2023 #23
There is now, and then there are people working to make things worse. NNadir Apr 2023 #24
DQIIIIIIII said... Finishline42 Apr 2023 #25
My son is a member of the "nuclear calvary." NNadir Apr 2023 #8
Would you tear them down if you could? Cover up the solar panels and tear down the windmills? Blues Heron Apr 2023 #10
I would let them rot in place, something they do rather quickly... NNadir Apr 2023 #11
Thanks for answering Blues Heron Apr 2023 #12
Not the barb you think it is. hunter Apr 2023 #16
It wasn't meant as a barb Blues Heron Apr 2023 #17
You're not on my "ignore" list. hunter Apr 2023 #18
In this case, the cure isn't worse than the disease Fiendish Thingy Apr 2023 #2
A very fine society might be built from common materials like concrete, steel, aluminum, plastic... hunter Apr 2023 #14
So true. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2023 #3
Count me in. The reactionary fantasy is making things worse, not better. NNadir Apr 2023 #6
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