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[–] Contestant@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

This is the real disconnect. As long as executives' pay are related to profits or stock prices, they will never make safety the #1 priority.

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago (74 children)

All the complexity of a gas engine, plus the cost of a battery. Just so you can use the range once or twice a year? What happens when you don't use the gas engine for months and then go to start it with gelled gas? You're trying to solve a problem that the article shows doesn't exist for 99%

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world 0 points 7 months ago

He doesn't give the math of what he's spending now vs with a heat pump, and he doesn't say he CAN'T afford it, just that it will take too long for him to see the financial benefits. When others try to ask him about details, he doesn't respond.

The whole reason why we're in this mess is the full cost of carbon is not paid by current consumers used to cheap energy. People need to accept that their western standard of living will be reduced to match the correct cost of these comforts without taking a sort of "carbon loan" for the future generations to pay.

It's a very hard pill to swallow, I understand.

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world -2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Sorry I thought everybody here understood personal sacrifices will need to be made in order to solve the climate change problem. Apparently not, we just like to blame corporations for selling us the things we demand (like gas heating)

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world 50 points 7 months ago (5 children)

The entire article is just an ad for a blog that doesn't exist yet... The irony is unbearable.

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Asking users to Opt out as a method to replace an Opt in TOS is a trick because they are hoping users won't see it. If they sent an email asking users to click a link to Opt in to the new TOS, that would be OK.

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I hate it when people act dumb like this. You know why it's an issue because of the opt out instead of the normal opt in.

[–] Contestant@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago

That sounds more like a Migraine than a normal headache. Have you talked to a doctor about it?