Conservatives all are about exceptionalism
Wasn't she a huge disappointment when she unilaterally suspended/deferred congestion pricing supposedly after ~~divine intervention~~meeting ~~an angel~~ some random person in a restaurant? What a piece of shit.
Technically, instead of bananas it could be feed crops.
The article is paywalled, so good luck with it. Isn't "Lemon de" on the conservative carbrain side?
And, yes, speed limits need to be enforced somehow for all motorized vehicles within their contexts. Sidewalks are not for riding fast and bike paths aren't for riding fast either. Speed limiters are most definitely needed, as is a lot of education. Civilization is 100% not ready for "sharable" scooters either.
Wait till you hear about grazing.
The great filter is here. Time to see if this global civilization and shrink its ego enough to fit through it.
ending war on Russia
LOL
Some recommended reading:
"Would abandoning false hope help us to tackle the climate crisis?"
‘Climate Optimism’ Is Dangerous and Irrational
Making the future too bright: how wishful thinking can point us in the wrong direction
"The Neoliberal Optimism Industry"
And some gallows humor for you: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/zwgsdit718nhpvp2u25s0/h?rlkey=3fkknreo30eovbmim8wqnt56b&e=1&dl=0 from https://postdoom.com/
The culture wars are about the class war indirectly. Women are famously the first large underclass, worse than workers who don't own the means of production: workers who don't even own themselves, workers who do a second shift at home which goes unpaid and unrecognized in pensions and healthcare.
Failure to understand how these are connected translates into failure to achieve solidarity.
When it comes to aviation in general — something only a small share of the world's population takes part in — it contributes roughly 2.5 per cent of all CO2 emissions and has thus far contributed to roughly four per cent of global warming.
haha
"Ignore the 892 Mt CO2, focus on the 15.6 Mt CO2!"
(from the paper https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-024-01775-z )
also this:
Global commercial aviation is estimated to have emitted 892–936 Mt carbon dioxide (CO2) in 20191,2,3 and is responsible for about 4% of global net anthropogenic effective radiative forcing4,5.
(first paragraph of the text)
The invention of airplanes was a mistake that needs to be reversed urgently.
Where are the tractor protestors now?
but is there time?