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What about equally high tariffs for petrol / diesel from anywhere, equally low tariffs for EVs, and subsidies for cycles and public transport?
What about equally high tariffs for petrol / diesel from anywhere, equally low tariffs for EVs, and subsidies for cycles and public transport?
Sorry, I meant Canadian warships.
The emissions saved from removing a few hundred ACs are negligible. But the message it sends to the millions watching the Olympics is significant. Which, again, is why I am hoping there will be at least some symbolic action against rule-breakers - it will start a conversation about the need to regulate / ban ACs.
First of all, [citation needed]. Second, even if it is, a good message is being sent.
If that is true, the complaint should be against synagogues being exempt, not against churches being asked to pay up.
now they start targeting Christians
By asking religious bodies to pay tax? Why do religious organisations get tax exemptions anyway?
I think they’re trolling. In reality, it could mean they have a justification to attack / sieze any Canadian ships that stray into the Persian Gulf. But that would be a pretty huge provocation, so it’s unlikely.
ACs are not being provided to reduce emissions. Everyone is being asked to accept an equal handicap, so that the world does not become even hotter in the coming years. It’s largely symbolic, I agree, but I suppose kicking out a team that prioritises its medal tally over the climate crisis would send an even stronger signal.
ACs are not being provided to reduce emissions. Most teams seem to be respecting this decision.
Sure, and I would prevail in a fistfight against Saitama.
It’s to fight the honkai when they start appearing in our universe. (Jokes aside, a company that needs to run a lot of servers would be interested in cheap energy.)
The organisers should just cut their power supply. Or disqualify the team for trying to gain an unfair advantage.
Nuclear proliferation is always bad news.
It’s a gamble. Knowing other countries can kill you personally would dissuade leaders from starting wars. Assuming no one makes a mistake, of course.
Oh definitely. I was just hoping they’d spend those billions on busses, metros and, yes, HSR, instead of on EVs. Still, they’re ahead of most countries as it is.
Investment in public transport would have been better, but it’s not nothing. Hope other countries follow suit.
What a shitty article. Open access articles - particularly combined with open data and transparent data analysis pipelines - are the gold standard. Does the author not know the difference between an open access journal and a predatory journal, or is this some hit piece by Elsevier et al?
Congrats to them!
Well they refused to help when Azerbaijan invaded.
It’s big enough that not all of it will burn up. And you don’t want the debris to hit someone.