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Cake day: December 20th, 2023

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  • It’s always important to remember that hydrogen is not harmless.

    First, it normally comes from natural gas since it’s less energy-intensive to produce it that way.

    Second, even if we were to produce hydrogen from water, the cycle of electrolyzing, transporting and using hydrogen is associated with enormous energy losses, and we still have to get that extra energy from somewhere.

    Third, even if renewables will fully cover the demands of such production, they are not completely harmless, either. They need to be manufactured and then discarded; they require intermittent energy storage, which either relies on batteries which are not eco-friendly, or again something like hydrogen which would necessitate a much more powerful source and commonly requires rare metals. Also, even in use, solar farms and windmills affect local ecosystems by the construction process, shadows, and, in case of windmills, noise pollution.

    That’s not to say renewables are bad - they are the best we’ve got - but any extra energy always comes at a cost, both financially and environmentally.

    An air taxi is normally not a wise use of said energy.





  • Various diets essentially tackle the issues of caloric balance from different sides and employ some hacks to either make you feel full with little calories or to force body to dispose of such calories more efficiently.

    At the end of the day, it’s all caloric deficit, but you can make it in different ways.










  • Wasn’t planning to respond to the negativity wave, but white supremacism? Huh?

    I guess some Muricans are so oversensitive on the issue they see racism in everything. I come from a country that barely has any black/hispanic population at all (simply historically), and same with any sort of supremacism - we don’t have racial aspect as a cornerstone of our culture, and I can barely see any intersection here.

    Do you mean I supposedly suggest for white people specifically to get more babies to ethnically cleanse the world or something? Because I never said or meant that, and couldn’t care less about people of which race or origin improve the reproduction rates.