The problem with plastic is that it isn't biodegradable.
No natural process can break it down.
Plastic photodegrades and that can take hundreds of years.
Small broken down pieces of plastic soak up poisonous chemicals and are eaten by animals and fish.
And thus enter the entire food chain.
Very many bird and fish are killed by plastic every year.
Well, according to the fact checking site Snoops, Trump did say this in 2015:
"We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way Somebody will say, ‘Oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.’ These are foolish people."
Actually shutting down the internet is relatively common worldwide.
India, Pakistan and Iraq shuts down the internet fairly often.
It often happens during political unrest.
True, and but Norway also has some thermal, wind and tidal power.
Norway's electric grid is connected to Sweden, Denmark and Holland.
Despite that Norway produces 9.3 tons CO2 per capita (in 2014), which is more then EU average.
USA is the country that reduced carbon emissions the most in 2017, 0.5%. The reason for the reduction is that the USA is moving away from coal to natural gas (decreased in 2017 though), wind and solar. And sadly EU increased about same amount that USA reduced emissions 2017 in tons. Everyone who wants to can do their own comparison of emissions by various countries.
You are right that Russian purpose is not to support one party.
Russia want to sow discord and distrust in democracy.
Russian meddling the US 2016 presidential elections
was partially motivated by Yeltsin's dislike of Clinton since Bill supported Yeltsin.
And Putin has often accused the CIA of sabotaging Russian elections.
A former US ambassador to Russia gave 50 million USD
to civil society assistance in Russia 2012 which is talked about in Russia as evidence of US interference.
Putin plays on popular anti-US sentiment and conspiracy theories.
Russia has been meddling in elections since 2004 in up to 27 nations.
Here are some examples
France 2017 presidential elections
Mexican 2018 presidential election
Austria 2017 elections, where far-right Putin supported Freedom Party got in
German 2017 elections, with interference reminiscent of Russian interference in the US elections
It is not about left vs right. Russia is sowing discord and distrust in democracy.
Russia has been interfering in many countries not just the US, but also Germany, France, Britain, Norway and more.
Russia funds far-right parties like National Front in France,
supports the anti EU UKIP party in the UK and the left-wing Spanish Podemos party that has a favorable view of Russia,
and lots more.
Now the 2016 election was also about Putin not liking Clinton since Bill supported Yeltsin.
"In June 2018 it was revealed that Arron Banks, the biggest donor to the campaign for leaving, and co-organiser of Leave.EU received the offer of a Russian gold mine, and had had a series of meetings with the Russian Ambassador. On 14 June 2018, Banks appeared before Parliamentary committee hearing, where he appeared to admit to having lied about his engagements with Russians, and later walked out refusing to answer further questions by citing a luncheon appointment with the Democratic Unionist Party. This has led Vince Cable, former Secretary of State for Business, to publicly state there is the possibility of "treason".
In July 2018, the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, released an interim report on 'Disinformation and ‘fake news’', stating that Russia had engaged in "unconventional warfare" through Twitter and other social media against the United Kingdom, designed to amplify support for a "leave" vote in Brexit.
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According to the International Energy Agency (https://www.iea.org/geco/emissions/):
"Emissions in the European Union grew by 1.5%, adding almost 50 Mt of CO2, reversing some of the progress made in recent years mainly due to robust growth in oil and gas use."
As for China:
"China’s economy grew nearly 7% last year but emissions increased by just 1.7% (or 150 Mt) thanks to continued renewables deployment and faster coal-to-gas switching."
And as for the US: "The biggest decline came from the United States, where emissions dropped by 0.5%, or 25 Mt, to 4 810 Mt of CO2, marking the third consecutive year of decline."
The US emissions have been declining for about the last ten years or so, and as for the EU the trend was decreasing steadily for the last twenty years.
And for China the sharp increase the last 25 years appears to have mostly leveled of.
If you want to make comparisons the emissions per capita for China it is 7.7, for the US 16.1 and for the EU 6.9.
"World Trade Organization data show that goods shipped from the European Union to the United States are charged an average tariff of 1.4%. It's 1.9% for goods going the other way."
See: https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/...
And then there are tariffs on services, for which i believe the US has larger tariffs.
It costs a lot to run an election in the US.
See: https://www.opensecrets.org/ov...
The cost for the 2016 presidential election was $2,386,733,696,
and the total cost, including congressional races, was $6,444,253,265.
Do you any suggestion for how to or regulate election contributions,
or for a different way to finance them?
They have a shadow profile of you, if you have a friend with a Facebook account, who allows the "find friends" feature of the Facebook app to download contact information that includes you. It will be interesting to see how this plays out after May 25, when the European GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into effect and becomes enforceable.
Replying to myself because that should have read _partially_ hydrogenated oils.
They contain trans fats that increases the shelf life of fried and baked foods.
Well you burn a bit more energy cycling instead of driving, but its not that much.
Cycling at a moderate pace burns about 650 calories per hour.
A large doughnut can contain about 300 calories, and also hydrogenated oils that are not good for your heart.
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Just a normal glass works well.
The problem with plastic is that it isn't biodegradable. No natural process can break it down. Plastic photodegrades and that can take hundreds of years. Small broken down pieces of plastic soak up poisonous chemicals and are eaten by animals and fish. And thus enter the entire food chain. Very many bird and fish are killed by plastic every year.
But overall there are no good reason to use old fashions light bulbs. And in the EU production is not allowed since September 2012.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
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Well, according to the fact checking site Snoops, Trump did say this in 2015:
"We have to go see Bill Gates and a lot of different people that really understand what’s happening. We have to talk to them about, maybe in certain areas, closing that Internet up in some way Somebody will say, ‘Oh, freedom of speech, freedom of speech.’ These are foolish people."
See: https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch...
Actually shutting down the internet is relatively common worldwide. India, Pakistan and Iraq shuts down the internet fairly often. It often happens during political unrest.
Replying to myself to be clear. When we say that almost all Norwegian power comes from hydro, that refers to electric power.
True, and but Norway also has some thermal, wind and tidal power. Norway's electric grid is connected to Sweden, Denmark and Holland. Despite that Norway produces 9.3 tons CO2 per capita (in 2014), which is more then EU average.
USA is the country that reduced carbon emissions the most in 2017, 0.5%. The reason for the reduction is that the USA is moving away from coal to natural gas (decreased in 2017 though), wind and solar. And sadly EU increased about same amount that USA reduced emissions 2017 in tons. Everyone who wants to can do their own comparison of emissions by various countries.
The countries with higher emissions per capita than the US in the list are: Qatar, Kuwait, UAE, Australia, UAE, Turkmenistan, Oman
Yeltsin's dislike => Putin's dislike
You are right that Russian purpose is not to support one party. Russia want to sow discord and distrust in democracy. Russian meddling the US 2016 presidential elections was partially motivated by Yeltsin's dislike of Clinton since Bill supported Yeltsin. And Putin has often accused the CIA of sabotaging Russian elections. A former US ambassador to Russia gave 50 million USD to civil society assistance in Russia 2012 which is talked about in Russia as evidence of US interference. Putin plays on popular anti-US sentiment and conspiracy theories.
Russia has been meddling in elections since 2004 in up to 27 nations. Here are some examples
It is not about left vs right. Russia is sowing discord and distrust in democracy. Russia has been interfering in many countries not just the US, but also Germany, France, Britain, Norway and more. Russia funds far-right parties like National Front in France, supports the anti EU UKIP party in the UK and the left-wing Spanish Podemos party that has a favorable view of Russia, and lots more. Now the 2016 election was also about Putin not liking Clinton since Bill supported Yeltsin.
"In June 2018 it was revealed that Arron Banks, the biggest donor to the campaign for leaving, and co-organiser of Leave.EU received the offer of a Russian gold mine, and had had a series of meetings with the Russian Ambassador. On 14 June 2018, Banks appeared before Parliamentary committee hearing, where he appeared to admit to having lied about his engagements with Russians, and later walked out refusing to answer further questions by citing a luncheon appointment with the Democratic Unionist Party. This has led Vince Cable, former Secretary of State for Business, to publicly state there is the possibility of "treason".
In July 2018, the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee, released an interim report on 'Disinformation and ‘fake news’', stating that Russia had engaged in "unconventional warfare" through Twitter and other social media against the United Kingdom, designed to amplify support for a "leave" vote in Brexit. "
"Emissions in the European Union grew by 1.5%, adding almost 50 Mt of CO2, reversing some of the progress made in recent years mainly due to robust growth in oil and gas use."
As for China: "China’s economy grew nearly 7% last year but emissions increased by just 1.7% (or 150 Mt) thanks to continued renewables deployment and faster coal-to-gas switching."
And as for the US: "The biggest decline came from the United States, where emissions dropped by 0.5%, or 25 Mt, to 4 810 Mt of CO2, marking the third consecutive year of decline."
The US emissions have been declining for about the last ten years or so, and as for the EU the trend was decreasing steadily for the last twenty years. And for China the sharp increase the last 25 years appears to have mostly leveled of.
If you want to make comparisons the emissions per capita for China it is 7.7, for the US 16.1 and for the EU 6.9.
"World Trade Organization data show that goods shipped from the European Union to the United States are charged an average tariff of 1.4%. It's 1.9% for goods going the other way." See: https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/... And then there are tariffs on services, for which i believe the US has larger tariffs.
Modern browser have a JIT (Just In Time) compiler for JavaScript.
And Kubrik work on the novel together with Clarke. But the idea for the story is based Clarke's short story "The Sentinel" and some others.
I'm running Firefox Quantum 64 bit version now with approximately 173 tabs open, and it is using 789MB which is ok in my opinion.
At least an interesting thought, even if it would be hard to monitor the nondisclosure.
It costs a lot to run an election in the US. See: https://www.opensecrets.org/ov... The cost for the 2016 presidential election was $2,386,733,696, and the total cost, including congressional races, was $6,444,253,265. Do you any suggestion for how to or regulate election contributions, or for a different way to finance them?
They have a shadow profile of you, if you have a friend with a Facebook account, who allows the "find friends" feature of the Facebook app to download contact information that includes you. It will be interesting to see how this plays out after May 25, when the European GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) comes into effect and becomes enforceable.
Replying to myself because that should have read _partially_ hydrogenated oils. They contain trans fats that increases the shelf life of fried and baked foods.
Well you burn a bit more energy cycling instead of driving, but its not that much. Cycling at a moderate pace burns about 650 calories per hour. A large doughnut can contain about 300 calories, and also hydrogenated oils that are not good for your heart.