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To: cosmicforce who wrote (495012)7/20/2022 4:10:16 PM
From: cosmicforce  Respond to of 541503
 
It should be noted that the US Military is the world's largest user of energy and largest industrial user in the United States. Given terrorism is minuscule in terms of existential threats - it shows an irrational priority in terms of how we spend our carbon credits versus what we get back from it.

en.wikipedia.org



To: cosmicforce who wrote (495012)7/20/2022 4:25:01 PM
From: Elroy Jetson  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 541503
 
That's thermodynamics for you. -- I'd suggest it's closer to 100%.
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2/3 of electricity (and indeed ALL energy) produced does nothing but make things warmer


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