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tsigalko11 t1_j0aq6rr wrote

Those animals. Can't even say their names.

Few years back I sold my car, and I'm relying on my bike and public transportation. When I really need a car for specific reasons, I just use car sharing option. Which I did the other day. So 1st time in 4 months, I'm getting ready to start the car, turn the key, radio turns on automatically, and it starts; last christmas I gave you my heart

FFS. I believe my reaction was something like this

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ghostoutlaw t1_j0aj4n8 wrote

Fun fact: for the most part, the USA could be the number one producer in the world for basically anything we want to.

We donโ€™t because we write laws that force us to dump milk down the drain if we the price goes to low or burn crops if we over produce. The ironic part there is we can actually predict these events in advance with relative accuracy to be able to prepare more effectively to ship these goods further to maintain price but help with global supply. If you ever need more evidence people should not rule over others, this is it. Instead of being able to sell milk for money, our laws make us dump it down the drain.

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ahxes t1_j0a7br8 wrote

I actually think thats a pretty apt comparison.

Given the hindsight, I think every person who bought stocks in the 90โ€™s wishes they bought Amazon instead.

Just like the people on this post wish that more resources went into fusion research.

Hindsight is important. We need to be able to admit that things need to change and wish that we found the right path first. We also need to acknowledge the path in the first place. We needed fossil fuels to get where we are, but if more money went into green energy research earlier we would be years ahead of where we are now and maybe a lot of the problems we are facing today wouldnโ€™t be as big to overcome.

IMO: R&D is not a waste of time or money when the pay out is a solution to the energy crisis.

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Icagel t1_j0a7bmw wrote

Uzbekistan was the 5th largest producer of the world 5 years ago, by being "under the Uzbeks" they couldn't be top 4 because, intrinsically, they were also under Russia, Iran, Ukraine, and Italy depending on the semester.

(on 2017 they Chile was exactly 7th though so my bad on that part)

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