rusticus

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[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Dude, Russia IS the enemy. If you let Ukraine fall, the Baltic states and Poland are next. Russia ADMITTED as much. And China looks at Taiwan. Do you not understand the idea of democracy and deterrence?

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 19 points 4 months ago

Against a felon rapist

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 27 points 5 months ago

And during that documentary (which no one was able to replicate) he was essentially an alcoholic, which is the real reason his liver enzymes were elevated and is statistically a much greater contributor to poor health than McDonalds.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The answer to your query is Glory Holes. Tons of closeted gay repression in conservative parts of the world.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 2 points 7 months ago

Ignorance defined. Mortgage interest is completely different than rent.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Distilled water is fine unless you are not eating food. Which means you’ll die eventually anyway. Plenty of minerals in solid food.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 7 points 8 months ago

This post is WAY more insightful than 99% of people realize. I would argue that the only people that fully understand are part of the corporate engine that drives it.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 7 points 9 months ago

It was the highlight of the flip. Just not for the reasons you thought.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago

I’m so confused

Yes, you are. The rest of us are not. Putin is an enemy of free people and Carlson is a traitor.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You just did. For #1, here is the relevant US data (https://news.mit.edu/2013/study-air-pollution-causes-200000-early-deaths-each-year-in-the-us-0829).

The increase of renewable energy sources from 17% to 40% from 2020-2023 is amazing and mostly due to policies enacted by the current administration. I don't understand how that isn't being celebrated and I can't imagine how that progress will be damaged with the Republican nominee in power.

[–] rusticus@lemm.ee 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

#1 - Burning fossil fuels (automobiles, specifically) kills 250,000 Americans a year. It causes a TREMENDOUS amount of pollution that is hugely impactful to health and quality of life

#2 - The only way to make our energy usage sustainable is to centralize production - ie you have to make all automobiles electric to start before the transition of the grid to renewables has a more dramatic effect. BTW, 40% of energy production of the US in 2023 was renewable. So our grid is getting cleaner and cleaner by the day.

#3 - Climate change. It is the most existential threat to our survival in our lifetime, bar none. We should do everything we can to leave the planet better than when we came. And right now we are failing miserably.

FYI, for all the naysayers saying EVs are "as" or "more" polluting than their ICE counterparts, this has long been debunked. Please do not listen to the Russian/Chinese propaganda or the comments of idiots that have no ability to analyze data.

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