Ton

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[–] Ton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'll be the last person to defend Trump, his cabinet members or his policies. But looking at that link, it's clearly not a shipping container, even though the words are used in the article.

It's actually this: https://www.willscot.com/en/entertain-host

Container offices, which are clearly not meant to house people in, but aren't shipping containers either.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Netherlands, Rotterdam. 4 supermarkets within walking distance. 1 less than 10 minutes, 3 less than 5.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The signs you need to look for is what happens next. Sure, they knew the optics would be really bad if the police had started slaying into 300/500K people. But tomorrow or next week it’ll only be a few hundred. Or just individuals that wear a rainbow item. Will they ‘disappear’ such as is now happening with darker skinned people in the US?

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fossil fuels are the primary reason we continue to be in this mess.

I’m 100% certain the rise of the extreme right is fuelled by the oil and gas industry. Hell, the extreme political islam has been pushed by Saudi Arabia for decades. We’ve been paying for our own downfall.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Vance was placed there with the objective to replace Trump eventually. These guys don't need Trump any more, but like the industrials underestimated Hitler when they put him into power, Thiel and co are probably underestimating Trump's shrewdness. He will burn everything down before he'll be put out of power.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Nice to see a large employer like SAP throwing their weight around. I’m a little surprised that it’ll take until 2030 as in the Netherlands many corps already have a policy in place mandating EV only company cars only, from 2024 onwards. Technically one could take a diesel or petrol car, but in practice this would be cost prohibitive.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Kudos for the BMW i3 in the clip. (owner my self of the coolest BMW ever)

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 32 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Sadly enough, this will become the new normal. We, as a society, really need to look at the role oil and gas companies are playing and stop talking with them.

They are the problem, not part of any solution.

It's actually insane how the oil and gas industry has hijacked the climate conferences and is controlling the narrative.

CO2 capture, hydrogen and a whole array of 'solutions' which are nothing but a distraction from the core issue; this is a criminal enterprise that's a full-blown threat to humanity.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Great, more power at unrealistic prices in… 2045.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 19 points 1 month ago (5 children)

It's probably better for the climate and the environment to grill veggies on a gas or coal-fired grill than to grill meat on an electric grill.

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The law doesn't apply anymore. Who's going to enforce it?

[–] Ton@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Economy is something else than the stockmarket. In fact, I'd say the two have absolutely nothing in common anymore. The stockmarket is a casino, with Joe Average losing everything once in a while.

 

Visualised growth of renewable energy between 2016 and 2024. It can be done, just keep on building and keep ignoring the fossil energy companies. Who don't understand energy at all.

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