"Clever remarks are not a knowledge of necessity, interesting connections go no further than being 'of interest', while the interest is still nothing more than a subjective opinion about Reason..." Hegel, Phenomenology of Spirit
@TheAutonomyGuy@unusual_whales Sorry man i don't mean to be hard on your take I'm just laying out implications of things. you seem like a guy who's open to that which I appreciate bc like a lot of people would've gotten mad or something instead of just considering the new info
The Trump regime violated every single article of the MOU and resumed its aggression against Iran - a clear manifestation of a rogue regime.
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@TheAutonomyGuy@unusual_whales I thought we were talking about party stances on particular nations. You're introducing new terms and anyways like idk dude that one country gets us into a lot of shit and sure seems to fuck us around more than the others listed. Maybe if security is in the terms, Israel gotta go
@TheAutonomyGuy@unusual_whales So the Dems as a party shouldn't be, on the whole, anti Russian Chinese or Iranian... Right? If the rule is to be truly universal.
"it depends who you ask" has to be one of the most sinister turns of phrase that liberals offer us in daily discussions about politics and economics. It's a pomo liberal scapegoat for not having serious opinions other than that capital shall reign over life.
Florida is an example of how rich people and corporations have bought all the politicians to the point where they are benefitting much more than the middle and lower class people in Florida. They need to vote out the politicians in power to create change!
A reminder that it is official policy of the European Union to deny a genocide that is still being carried out and that everyone has been watching take place in real time, in intimate detail, via the internet.
Ireland is building a battery that contains no lithium.
No cobalt.
No rare-earth metals.
Instead, it stores energy using carbon dioxide.
The project is designed to hold 200 megawatt-hours of electricity, making it one of Europe’s largest long-duration energy storage systems. But unlike conventional batteries, it doesn’t rely on chemical reactions.
It relies on physics.
When wind and solar farms produce more electricity than the grid needs, that extra energy is used to compress carbon dioxide into a liquid. The process releases heat, which is captured and stored.
Later, when electricity demand rises, the stored heat turns the liquid CO₂ back into a gas.
As the gas expands, it spins a turbine and generates electricity.
Then the cycle begins again.
The carbon dioxide never leaves the system.
It stays sealed inside, circulating in a continuous closed loop.
That is what makes the technology so different.
There is no lithium.
No cobalt.
No dependence on critical mineral supply chains.
Instead, the system is built mainly from steel, water, and carbon dioxide.
It is also designed to last.
Developers say the facility can deliver electricity for up to ten hours on a full charge and continue operating for more than 25 years without the gradual loss of storage capacity that affects many conventional batteries.
As more countries shift toward wind and solar power, one challenge continues to grow.
What happens when the wind stops blowing or the sun goes down?
Projects like this are trying to answer that question.
Not by replacing renewable energy.
But by finding new ways to store it until it is needed.
Sleazy anti-net-zero Farage, Tice, and Reform UK will be furious.
@ismynamenotsure@Logo_Daedalus Absolutely. I think, however, that democracy is more than voting. Like I think the Chinese communist concept of the mass line is arguably a form of democracy even though there isn't something like a vote involved.
@liberteantique@Logo_Daedalus I'm acutely aware, very sadly, but I will continue to state the necessity of literacy nonetheless. What else can I do aside from try to help increase literacy around me and call out the results of its lack? I wish there was more.