Top killer is domestic cats in many areas, but who's counting..
Sort of.
Humans have removed most of the natural predators of birds, but cats, who have the ability to live alongside humans, have adapted to that ecological niche.
> We can argue over the number
No, I will not argue over objective facts. Sorry not sorry, your talking point are out of date.
Data is here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eea.europa.eu%2Fen%2Fa...
Germany is high in terms of CO2/kw-hr, but not the highest in Europe. Germany has dropped their CO2/kw-hr by 37 percent since 2010, so it is at last improving. France, as OP noted, is considerably lower.
Nuclear is not even "CO2 free". Mining, refinement and transport of the fuel creates a lot of CO2. So will creating processing and long-term storage for the waste, but that CO2 has not yet manifested.
This is technically true, but the amount of CO2 produced is so miniscule compared to burning fossil fuels that to a good first approximation it is zero.
Basically, when your entire method of producing energy is by burning hydrocarbons, you produce a lot of CO2.
The serious killer of birds is glass windows on skyscrapers.
Wind turbines barely rate.
Good. Coal combines the worst features of all the power technologies. It is an awful, dirty fuel, with a cost reckoned not merely in dollars but in lives.
They're retiring the coal plants because it's not cost-effective to run them, but all the other problems with coal are enough to make me cheer.
Not really. The MAGA movement is more than one guy, and really it's the behind-the-scenes Project 2025 crowd controlling the agenda now.
This is illegal in Germany.
The last sentence of the article:
Whether it [the new law] withstands constitutional review will determine how far Germany’s commitment to individual privacy can bend in the name of security.
How ironic that a group called "Alliance for Automotive Innovation" is trying to quash competition so that its members don't have to innovate.
Me: "Hey, that looks cool... I'll download a copy!"
Server: "Entire Dataset: 36 TB total, 1844 Files"
Me: "Never mind, then..."
Yes? You can offload taking care of elderly people with mobility issues to "AI"?
Ah yes. Two companies with dodgy behavior and deep pockets getting set for a court battle. Bring out the popcorn!
This will be an interesting experiment. The fertility rate in Switzerland is below replacement rate, so this implies that the population will age.
Who will work to support pensions of the large number of retired people? Who will take care of the elderly?
If this comes to pass, it will be interesting to see how well (or poorly) Switzerland fares, because the entire world is going to go through the same thing in 50-100 years at most.
LOL, typically uninformed and stupid American response.
It'd be hilarious if this caused an uptick in anti-Trump-regime postings on social media from people who don't want to be forced to travel to the USA for work.
There's a business opportunity for a company to create thousands of innocuous social media accounts and post photos of food and cats. Build up nice histories of blandness and then sell them to people who need innocuous history.
Heck, someone could even create their own social media site and pre-populate it with 5 years of innocuousness and sell those account details. "Why yes, my only social media is FaceTok!"
Friction is a drag.
