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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (9 children)
  • [–] 11 points 2 years ago

    There's a lot if you look for it, recent developments in tidal are incredibly positive and we're absolutely going to see a rapid uptake in marine electrification as existing technology progresses through the market. Most people never really think about the resources used and pollution caused by small boats but one of the big destructive forces at play is the infrastructure requirements - small boats need big boats to supply their fuel stations.

    Transitioning away from this system and instead using costal tidal generators to charge electric ferries and barges could be a total game changer in many areas, especially many of the highly trafficked and polluted tidal basins like in north Brazil, Nigeria, or island clusters like in the Philippines. Also the intercoastal waterways around the US and other leisure spots.

    We're making great progress in many areas and I really think it's important to acknowledge this and cheer it on least we get so caught in a false sense of doom that we just give up.

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  • [+] -18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (7 children)

    Its not good news at all, electricity prices have gone up a lot since this net-zero insanity took over. Morons are clapping their hands like trained seals at their bank accounts being drained by corporations and politicians.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Wanting to breath clean air on a habitable planet isn't insanity.

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  • [–] -5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    The air is plenty clean as it is, has been for decades too... as long as you don't live in California, where the smug is so thick it's asphyxiating.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    The air is plenty clean as it is

    Tell that to the people in East Palestine Ohio. Tell that to the people that live near coal plants.

    as long as you don’t live in California

    Doesn't matter where you live if the planet is uninhabitable.

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