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Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 2 years ago
On account of Turkey, it hosts worlds largest number number of refugees.[1] But gets almost no recognition for it.
6 billions of euros EU thought of paying accounts only for a small amount of what it has costed to Turkish taxpayers which are a lot poorer than their, for example, German counterparts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_refugee_p...
Comment · 3 years ago
Part of original report from German TÜV Süd:
https://www.tuvsud.com/de-de/publikationen/tuev-report/maeng...
Comment · 3 years ago
Indeed oldest known surviving buildings are thought to be of religious and monumental in nature.[1] As far as we know it could be the religion which made people settle and do agriculture. [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_known_surviving... [2] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/gobeki-t...
Comment · 4 years ago
If we went with latter we would need more land to feed same number of people. There is more "nature" when we leave the forest as is and not cut it down to, to convert it to a poorly run "human land".
> There were more cereal calories per person in 2020 than in 1992. And this abundance was brought about without massive increases in the area being farmed. While industrial emissions rocketed, emissions due to land-use change fell by a quarter.
We were able to more than triple our output in that period.
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2022/11/01/a-lot-ca...
Comment · 4 years ago
What's good for you doesn't mean it's good for the planet. Cotton requires insane amount of water, land. On the other hand, there must be other reasons why cotton is not the best choice for outdoor wear.
Comment · 4 years ago
How does Germany plan to power the grid when there is no wind at night?
Comment · 5 years ago
Guardian dogs. In other parts of the world shepherds have been living with wolves and bears since forever with the help of their companions. These are huge dogs, intelligent but independent. They roam and fend off bears, jackals and wolves and from my own experience, unfortunate hikers and cyclists.
There are many projects currently underway, introducing these dogs to America, Europe and Africa, as an alternative to killing on sight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangal_Shepherd_Dog https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/kangal-soldier-of-the-s...
Comment · 5 years ago
It's usually too late by the time help arrives in an avalanche scenario. If something happens you could have about 15 minutes to rescue your partner(s). You must NOT go alone. Get a course in snow rescue, find experienced people and go with them. Be alert. Always carry a basic avalanche rescue kit: a modern beacon, a probe and a shovel.
And, if you must, you could get a Cospas-Sarsat PLB in addition to your avalanche beacon.
Comment · 5 years ago
Increasing the efficiency on existing farmlands should be the goal. Best way to reduce harm to the soil, ecosystem, nature is if we didn't require that much land. Maybe we can't decrease our usage just yet, but we can increase the efficiencies and decrease the demand for more farmland. Even an organic farmland is desert compared a forest.
Comment · 5 years ago
Why? We could let the free market come up with competing solutions and regulate where necessary.
Comment · 5 years ago
Where "voters narrowly rejected a plan to levy taxes on airline tickets and car fuel to tackle climate change".
https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/2021/06/19/pol...
Comment · 6 years ago
That's a way to see it. Here is another:
We are complicated pieces of biochemical machines. Atoms, molecules, cells interacting with each other. No magic, nothing special. Just nice, repeating patterns in infinity.
Comment · 6 years ago
Reasoning is that coal kills more every day. As someone else said under one of the parent comments, even hydro kills more than nuclear. Dams have wiped out whole regions.
https://www.dw.com/en/in-europe-1-in-8-deaths-linked-to-poll...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hydroelectric_power_st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failure#List_of_major_dam_...
Our fear of nuclear power plants is irrational. We should be improving this technology not abandon it.
And, Chernobyl seems to thrive, just without humans.
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/00000154-1bd...
It's better for Turkey and NATO, that Turkey is in NATO. I would say it's far more important than Sweden or Finland being in NATO.