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Comment CO2 per kw-hr [Re:Energiewende] (Score 2) 109

> 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 Sorry not sorry, your talking point are out of date.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.

Comment Re: Energiewende (Score 2) 109

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.

Comment Interesting experiment (Score 1) 199

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.

Comment Business opportunity (Score 1) 265

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!"

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