MDCCCLV

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[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

This is for desktop PC. But the correct answer is overall smaller because if you only had spinny drives a lot of small devices wouldn't be possible.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 4 points 3 weeks ago

Their plan is just do it whether it's legal or not, it only matters if somebody actually stops them.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

It comes down to what you need it to do. Leaf blowing isn't super critical, like if you need torque to turn something it either works or doesn't. But electric leaf blowers work fine if it's slightly less power and you need 10% more labor to finish but it goes from 25 an hour in gas to less than a dollar per hour.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

For those ev vans specifically they are better but they have some issues with sandy roads in rural areas because they're so heavy.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

It'll be both, even a very aggressive response will take decades for it to Stop getting hotter then at best it will not get hotter. It will be 4-5 decades at best before it gets cooler.

Methane adds some uncertainty to that though. If you were to stop using gas it might cool off after it disappears in a decade in the atmosphere.

But it will keep getting hotter in every circumstance even if we act aggressively on climate change.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago

Famine for ocean animals and more hurricanes in the even hotter tropics for starters.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (5 children)

Vegetarian is enough to get most of the benefits for environmental reasons. But it's foolish to wait until that happens, it can't wait.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

No, we literally cannot safely build a glass dome that big. I do think large blimps with reflective tops could cool a city a little though.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 6 points 3 weeks ago

Cooling down at night is actually a really big deal, plants and animals both use the chill night to rest from the heat. When the night stays hot then the heat really does a lot more damage to health.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 weeks ago

There's a basic assumption that the climate of an area is fixed. We don't really have a good mechanism for adjusting the climate of an area quickly. But eventually you have to say that the weather hasn't been hotter than normal for a decade, this is just the new normal.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 weeks ago

It started out hotter than it would be and the heatwave is at least a few degrees more severe than it would be otherwise.

[–] MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca 10 points 3 weeks ago

There are steps needed to slow global warming and become carbon neutral. Those don't matter much if someone shows up and machine guns your town and loots it.

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