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Posted in: Japan targets 60% emissions cut by 2035 from 2013 levels See in context

Renewables are now cheaper than fossil fuels, and probably will be even with batteries included soon. It's why Japan will be able to meet these targets quite easily despite the lack of political will.

Someone has to pay for this and nobody wants to pay because nobody cares till they realize it is to late.

Good luck for the coming next generation who doesn't even have the money.

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Posted in: Russia’s shrinking world: The war in Ukraine and Moscow’s global reach See in context

Did you read the article? The Kremlin regime's neighbors and longtime allies cannot rely on it anymore, and are shifting to the West. Armenia, Syria, etc. Russia now relying on North Korea for its security needs makes it clear that no one can trust Russia for military support.

A world moving towards renewable energy (and not even for climate reasons) means the party is over for this gas and oil state in the next couple of decades. Whatever replaces it will hopefully be something better.

What shrinking world?

Russia as a country is expanding, adding millions of decent new citizens.

Russia has led the charge in the transition to a multipolar world, becoming a standard bearer for decent, sovereign countries around the world.

It is the globalist warmongers and their unipolar mindset that have sidelined themselves. Chief among these are the EU-Brussels elite, now shunted into geopolitical and economic irrelevance. Closely followed by the previous Washington administration and their globalist hangers-on, like the guy to the north. And of course, the totally subservient/reliant satellites, which are just not relevant. All of these quarters are suffering from severe shrinkage.

Russia, by contrast, is one of the last truly sovereign countries in the world

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Posted in: Japan targets 60% emissions cut by 2035 from 2013 levels See in context

Actually this target seems less ambitious than the last one. Only 2%-12% growth in renewables from 2030-2040? How will they go from this to net zero by 2050, like they're claiming they're on track to do.

Under the new plans, renewables such as solar and wind are expected to account for 40 to 50 percent of electricity generation by 2040.

That marks a jump from last year's level of 23 percent and a previous target for 2030 of 38 percent.

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Posted in: Russia’s shrinking world: The war in Ukraine and Moscow’s global reach See in context

No friends abroad, mostly dictator "allies" who want the Kremlin to give them protection from their people, and some cheap gas.

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Posted in: Trump promises Kyiv involvement in peace talks with Russia See in context

The negotiations should be between the US, Ukraine, and China. No need to include Russia. If they don't have China's support, they're toast.

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Posted in: The environment surrounding books is changing in the internet age, so bookstores should come up with ways to change themselves, too. See in context

I honestly don't know how they can stay in business. Usually it's much cheaper to buy digital or even physical books online. Book stores aren't really "fun" places to go here, unlike in other countries where there are often cafes, event spaces, etc inside the store.

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Posted in: Vance and Musk question authority of the courts as Trump's agenda faces legal pushback See in context

Ah, whataboutisms. Unfortunately, what these judges are doing is very legal, unless the Constitution is illegal...

But, Manchildren gonna whine.

"If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal. If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power,”

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Posted in: Trump says he is in no hurry to talk to China's Xi amid new tariff war salvos See in context

The point is to stop depending on China. I think both parties are in favor of this.

Stopping dictators from unbridled imperialism and illegal wars in Europe are a worthwhile use of billions.

Trade wars are just a complete waste of money and gain nothing for everyone involved.

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Posted in: Musk brands USAID 'criminal' as civil service scrutiny grows See in context

Or maybe, just maybe, Musk is clueless. Him and his boss think they know everything about a topic after reading a tweet about it.

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Posted in: Japan launches navigation satellite on new flagship rocket See in context

Did you consider that different satellites might have different equipment on them? Like some might take images, and others might transmit location information.

so japanese rocket have "navigation" satellite while dprk ones are having ones for "spying".

question.

does Japan really needs that "own" GPS?

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Posted in: Ice in the sky: Thailand's fight against air pollution See in context

I guess it's a good science experiment, as long as the government doesn't promote it as a way to solve, or even alleviate, the problem in the near future.

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

Another assumption...

 a representative of an agricultural association offers this cause as the explanation for this specific case, the alternative is to assume some kind of conspiracy of which no evidence is presented, that would be irrational.

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Posted in: The agriculture ministry estimates more than 20 million tons of food get thrown out by restaurants, convenience stores and supermarkets each year in Japan. What can be done to reduce this food waste? See in context

I think that if you order off the menu, the staff still just takes it off one of these plates that have gone around a few times.

Conveyor belt sushi restaurants are some of the worst offenders. Plates and plates going around which all get thrown away, because everyone just orders fresh anyways.

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

If you're convinced by this kind of logic, which involves making several assumptions, them who am I to argue with you.

Hardly, factors already known to affect crops are present in Japan, crops are affected. In absence of any other explanation that fit the facts this is a perfectly fine one that requires nothing more than being aware of it.

You're misunderstanding. I'm talking about the issues with the monitoring data due to aggregation, but let's just drop it.

But it defeats your point, Okinawa didn't begin to get the most precipitation recently, therefore it is understandable that from a long time ago it produces things that are not so easily affected. Meanwhile those places that usually can produce things like cabbage are finding the climate not so benign anymore, at least some years.

In a way climate change is turning other places similar to Okinawa, so it is expected that crops that usually went well before are no longer guaranteed to be produced anymore.

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

Of course. For now it's just a hypothesis though. It's easily a PhD thesis.

Therefore is perfectly possible they are, and since they are reported this way there is no special difficulty to believe it so. The point is that the specific problems reported are related to climate change in many regions of the world, including Japan.

Yes, this is my point... You're staying national average stats without context like this. Okinawa has the most precipitation changes but probably little cabbage.

How much cabbage is produced in Okinawa in the first place? It should be expected that crops on the southern islands to be of varieties that grow without that much difficulty in the weather experienced there.

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

Ok, but we don't know that these specific thresholds are significant for Japanese cabbages. The website also gives the disclaimer that more data is needed to accurately determine these trends (because only 40 years of records were available for the interpolation). If you look, you can see the changes are much greater in Okinawa than elsewhere. There are lots of uncertainties, is my point.

The number of days with heavy rain (100mm/day) has increased. Additionally, the number of occurrences of events with extreme precipitation (50mm/hour or more according to AMeDAS (Automated Meteorological Data Acquisition System) data) is also increasing. On the other hand, the annual number of days with precipitation of 1.0 mm/day or more has decreased, and the overall number of days with precipitation has decreased*

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

Ok, well I'm not so sure there's evidence that climate change causes more instances of "Days of intense localized rain, then prolonged dry periods with little sunshine" in cabbage growing areas of Japan. I'd be happy to see some paper on it though.

Why? Climate change do not mean an homogeneous and predictable general change in the conditions that will happen "a little more" with every year, it means a drastic difference with what would be expected of the climate which will include extreme variability that can make specific crops completely lost one year but relatively unaffected the next. Unpredictable rains for example is a well described consequence, meaning that they can come as usual, sooner, later, in greater quantity or not at all according to the specific situation.

So yes, climate change can make specific crops to be scarce but not every year, nothing silly about it. Specially when people adapt to the changes.

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Posted in: Climate change cooks up Japanese 'cabbage shock' See in context

Some weather phenomenon stated in the article may be due to climate change (higher summer temperature), and others may just be bad luck ("Days of intense localized rain, then a prolonged dry period with little sunshine have made things worse.").

I think it's not a good idea to blame climate change for expensive cabbages quite yet, because if prices go back down next year, this claim will look a bit silly. Let's wait a few more years to call this one.

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Posted in: Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse See in context

No... No one believes this. It's the old straw man argument you're using, I guess.

So in your mind there was no climate change before people existed? Tell us more!

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Posted in: Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse See in context

Lol, maybe in the 1970s-1980s there was a dispute.

If you don't understand people cause climate change at this point, you're not a climate skeptic, but something else...

The dispute is about the anthropogenic component of climate change, and there are plenty of scientists who disagree with the simplistic political narrative. No "consensus".

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Posted in: No abnormalities in water samples taken near Fukushima plant: China See in context

This is some good old trolling from China.

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Posted in: Climate misinformation is rife on social media – and poised to get worse See in context

An article isn't alarmist if it's factual. What in this piece is false information?

"Challenging the narrative" is easy if you can present evidence that the narrative is false. You'd get a Nobel prize if you could prove greenhouse gases don't cause climate change.

Some people are more convinced by loud politicians or social media personas than science though. It means we need to evolve a bit more I guess.

And this website in general. Hardly a day goes by that an alarmist piece doesn't appear here, and never anything challenging the narrative.

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Posted in: Vaccine misinformation: A lasting side effect from COVID See in context

I think both sides are (and have been) overstating the pros/cons of the COVID vaccines. They are not that dangerous, but also not that benefical or convenient for most people if you need (and have to pay for) boosters every 6 months or so.

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Posted in: Vaccine misinformation: A lasting side effect from COVID See in context

What I can never understand is why critical thinkers like yourself think getting a disease (natural immunity) is a good way to prevent getting the same disease you're presumably trying to avoid. Please explain it to the rest of us.

Your claim that Covid vaccines "use natural immunity" is simply disinformation. Covid Vaccines stimulate an artificial immune response by introducing spike proteins or mRNA instructions, which is COMPLETELY different from the broad and robust immunity gained through natural infection. It’s like calling a pair of knockoff shoes the real deal - just doesn't work, unfortunately for you.

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Posted in: 'Japan First' mindset key for Ishiba in dealing with Trump: president's ex-adviser See in context

All countries do this already, but pretend otherwise for the sake of diplomacy. You can't win an election if you're not looking out for your own voters first. Japan excels at the pretending part.

If all nations followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s own nation first policy, what would become of the world? Going back to that hasted colonialism and imperialism where the law of the jungle dominated people's mindset, thus resulting in wars and social insurrection? Does the world community like that?

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Posted in: Biden pardons Fauci, Milley, Cheney, others to guard against potential 'revenge' by Trump See in context

Innocent people are accused of crimes every day. Especially in countries run by dictators.

More Biden nastiness.

Innocent people don't need a pardon.

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Posted in: New 'oligarchy' under fire as elites descend on Davos See in context

The truly rich have people whose job it is to keep them from paying taxes.

Tax the rich'

Is a rich slogan, considering the rich pay the bulk of taxes

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Posted in: Many countries, including China and Japan, grappling with shrinking and aging populations See in context

Companies and governments have always tried to squeeze the most out of the working class people, so low salaries and hard working conditions are not really new things for most of the population. I think it's more that people don't want children as much as in the past, which is sad.

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Posted in: Brain monitoring may be the future of work – how it’s used could improve employee performance or worsen discrimination See in context

Brain monitoring is surely not the future of work.

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Posted in: Ukraine claims biggest aerial strike on Russian territory See in context

Think about it for a few minutes.

...and what is Zelenski supposed to achieve with that? This war stops by negotiating an acceptable solution, and not by Zelenski bombing Russia.

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