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hurffurf t1_iuacnse wrote
Reply to comment by axethebarbarian in The Heavy Price of Longtermism | Longtermists focus on ensuring humanity’s existence into the far future. But not without sacrifices in the present. by thenewrepublic
"Yes, but if I bulldoze the forest and sell the wood to pay for a tree-planting robot that fertilizes the ground with a slurry paste made of ground up old men, my effective shade metrics are much higher over the next 40,000 years."
hurffurf t1_iu54rvg wrote
Reply to comment by Gagarin1961 in GM will make an Ultium battery pack prototype for the US military by redingerforcongress
Everything in the army runs on jet fuel because aircraft are where something like 80% of the fuel goes. There's no battery fighter jets. It's still a massive amount of emissions but making every land vehicle in the military electric reduces their total fuel consumption by like 2%.
hurffurf t1_iy6pp8n wrote
Reply to comment by generallyanoaf in China set to launch Shenzhou-15 spacecraft to its space station on Tuesday by Soupjoe5
Also last launch, CZ-5B was only for space station modules and the telescope is the last one.