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Climate Change? Nahhh ...

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Riptide, Oct 23, 2015.

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  1. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I've never understood the crypto mining thing.

    I guess it's the equivalent of the California and Alaska gold rushes.

    But these guys could be full of shit about whether there is crypto to mine. At least in the gold rush you knew there was something.
     
    wicked, Apr 10, 2023
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  2. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Presumably there are many, many more banks serving - and employing - many, many more people.

    That standby power drain - hey! my TV's on even when it's not on - is a real problem.
     
    Azrael, Apr 11, 2023
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  3. The Big Ragu

    The Big Ragu Moderator Staff Member

    All the better. Those many, many more banks could be made obsolete by a simple blockchain ledger. With an insane number of benefits. Greater security, much lower fees and instantaneous transactions. It would really benefit people who don't have bank accounts that you have posted about, if that was the norm.

    And you are saying all of those workers who are being wasted on banking activities could be freed up to do way more productive things, too? Think about how additive that would be to all of our standards of living. Who knows what their time and labor might be giving the world, if all of those workers weren't being bogged down on an activity that is so wasteful. Then, add in the environmental benefits, of course.

    Someone should get going on a piece that starts off with the point of view that banks are wasteful and screwing people financially and ruining the environment. You and I are laying out a boilerplate for it.
     
    The Big Ragu, Apr 11, 2023
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  4. Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Well-Known Member

    Just a reminder that the world’s leaders got together, saw a problem and worked together and we literally saved the ozone layer. Don’t think that’s happening today.

    https://www.nrdc.org/bio/david-doniger/we-saved-ozone-layer-we-can-save-climate-0

    https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2023/01/30/how-the-world-came-together-to-save-the-ozone-layer

    Rebuilding the ozone layer: how the world came together for the ultimate repair job
     
    Brooklyn Bridge, Apr 11, 2023
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  5. Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Well-Known Member

    World populist actually slowing and has been for a few years. Even in Africa, which has been held up as a fast -growing place, growth is slowing.
     
    Brooklyn Bridge, Apr 11, 2023
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  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member


    Part of our consideration going forward however, is what to do with all that surplus labor we're creating.

    As we automate bitcoin mining, and dismantle conventional banking, how do we absorb all those unemployed employees back into the workforce?

    In fact, widen the lens and ask that question of every business and industry we can automate with AI.

    Maybe we can create a lot of energy efficiencies.

    But we have to completely reimagine our economies and cultures, too.

    How about a Universal Income?
     
    Azrael, Apr 11, 2023
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  7. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

    Experts say it should top off at about 10.4 billion in 2080. But that's still an extra 2.5 billion, or 31.6% more than we have now, consuming energy.

    Meanwhile . . .

    All People on 1 Page
     
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    BTExpress, Apr 11, 2023
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  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

     
    Azrael, Apr 11, 2023
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  9. Twirling Time

    Twirling Time Well-Known Member

    That has been true for centuries if not millennia. Just how the Gulf Stream rolls.
     
    Twirling Time, Apr 12, 2023
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  10. wicked

    wicked Well-Known Member

    I remember a college professor saying there were palm trees in Portsmouth, and I thought he hit the pipe too hard the night before. Bur he was correct.
     
    wicked, Apr 12, 2023
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  11. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Won't be a problem once the Atlantic Current shuts down.

    A major Atlantic current is at a critical transition point
     
    Azrael, Apr 12, 2023
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  12. Brooklyn Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Well-Known Member

    Brooklyn Bridge, Apr 12, 2023
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