we need to mandate that any AC unit also be a heat pump to sell it here, it’s like one valve difference just mandate it 5 years out. also ban gas lines to new buildings

induction hot plates exist and are quite affordable, and I’ve even heard of libraries having them for loan

pay subsidies directly to the end consumer, call it “green energy rebate” or something on the bill so dumb people will like it. solving climate change is literally cheaper than not doing it so we have some slack to pay off dumb people

mandate it with full source code to participate in copyright related lawsuits of the work, and mandate all materials get posted online after the work enters public domain

The fact that feature isn’t seen as valuable makes solar power look deeply unserious.

tank water heaters can store energy thermally and can help dehumidify if you get the fancy new versions, so tankless isn’t always the right call

in the case of apartments the consumers don’t have a choice, which is why new gas line bans are so important

we need to stop the oil industry

That and good rail transit everywhere

Considering all of the car still on the road gas furnaces and stoves still in houses that need to be replaced all of the other pesky smaller sources of carbon emissions going to zero is going to be a pain in the ass, the last 10 or 20% being the most annoying of all so you’re going to need something. Meanwhile we’re already throwing away solar and wind power in excess of what we can do anything with, and we could easily end up with cheap enough solar that for about 8 hours a day there’s literally unlimited free energy you could dump into something like this

Yes but only if there is the political will to

you use bittorrent. peertube can do this already and while I’m unsure about what already existing tech you can use for streaming it can’t be that complicated

We need people to ditch these corporate shit hole platforms. All of the technology is becoming come all the ties and so anyone can just whip one of these up on their computer and serve it to the world, the only really bureaucratic restrictions exist preventing this

the death spiral is in progress, elon’s just rich so he can pay bills (or let leases go resulting in eviction…) for a while

they’re so scared of us you can’t even talk about us on their shitty platforms. that should tell you a lot

video game journalism never really had integrity and it’s gonna be a long time until we can take an honest look at it because of gamergate

video games being mostly men was a thing but hasn’t been for over a decade now

although with the Jack Thompson thing there was actual censorship afoot, and I wasn’t worried after the supreme court ruled video games were protected free speech. but yes that kinda did set the stage and was why it was gamers in particular

for disney, the rank and file are pushing against their own bosses. the gay you’re seeing is what they got away with after their bosses tried to cancel shows. I don’t know about video games but if you say so I believe you about it. I wonder what internal fights are going on?

elon musk is not a free speech absolutist. otherwise he would allow left wing people the same privilege, which he does not