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by runway31 WHY YSK: If your car only requires 87 (US) or whatever the baseline “regular” gasoline requirement is in your country, it is a waste to put premium in. They all have the same functional amount of cleaners and detergents (A station may advertise more cleaner, but it wont actually do a better job). …
Then let us also consider the effects on the Earth’s rotation. h/t seasnake
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The National Republican Senatorial Committee is planning to spend more than $100 million on advertising as part of a massive effort to retake control of the chamber. The outline of their spending plan, shared first with POLITICO, offers insight into how the Senate GOP is attempting to mitigate a brutal cash deficit with Democrats and …
Wow, just when you thought the livestock industry couldn’t get any more ridiculous, they go and feed ground-up chicken waste to cows! It’s like they’re playing a sick game of Russian roulette with our food supply, all in the name of cutting corners and making a quick buck. And now, surprise surprise, we’ve got a …
Warsaw’s mayor, Rafał Trzaskowski, and Poland’s defence minister, Władyszław Kosiniuk-Kamysz, have announced a 117 million zloty (€27 million) programme to improve the capital’s emergency preparedness, including a better system of shelters. Warsaw’s plans are part of a wide programme recently announced by the defence ministry to expand security cooperation with local authorities. It comes after …
“We’re really harnessing what nature has developed to do manufacturing for us.” Now that’s how you upcycle. In a recent study, researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute were able to gene-hack a strain of bacteria to turn wasteful polyethylene plastic into a spider silk-like material as strong as Kevlar — a fascinating way to transform harmful …
A lone outlier and rare voice of dissent to come out of the generally staunchly pro-Ukraine central and eastern European countries has been Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico. He has stirred the pot again and caused outrage among fellow government officials after penning an op-ed this week wherein he slammed the West for getting Ukraine …
EV batteries are not an efficient store of energy. This is represented in their massive loss of value after so many years of ownership. EV car waste is > virtue signaling EV owners — Peter Spina ⚒ GoldSeek | SilverSeek (@goldseek) January 10, 2024
The Liberal government of Justin Trudeau has sent over $5 BILLION per year of tax payer money towards 'foreign aid'. Meanwhile, 2 million Canadians line up at food banks each month. 😮🤡🌎 pic.twitter.com/qwAvjC2uuv — Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) December 14, 2023
In Nebraska, over 14,000 solar panels were destroyed by hail and sent to a landfill because recycling them was considered too expensive. The image of a wind turbine graveyard in Texas highlights the environmental impact of renewable energy, as by 2030, an estimated 52,000 tonnes of blade waste will need disposal, potentially causing groundwater contamination. …
This is the moment when Japan started releasing treated nuclear water from its Fukushima plant into the Pacific Ocean today: pic.twitter.com/h4NMt1uaDi — unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 24, 2023 New plans to dump waste from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the ocean could create mutant animals, an expert has hinted. Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) …
