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floofloof@lemmy.cato Green Energy@slrpnk.net•Can 3,500 Percent Tariffs Protect the U.S. Solar Industry? The U.S. imposed sky-high tariffs on solar imports from four countries; unclear if they will be enough to fight back Chinese competitors3·1 day agoThe US Government is not trying to protect the US solar industry. It is trying to destroy it for the benefit of fossil fuel companies, and keeping people from buying cheap Chinese solar panels is just to close a potential loophole in that plan.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•Rubio eliminates office that oversees climate talks | The US Office of Global Change was notified Thursday that it would be shuttered.4·1 day agoJust as they handled COVID, measles and racism, Republicans will fix climate change by pretending the problem doesn’t exist.
They’re not making policy for people who can do math.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Conservative election win could add 800m tonnes to Canada’s emissions by 20353·2 days agoThe main thing we need is for people who don’t want Conservatives to actually get out and vote. There’s more potential in the swing from nonvoter to voter than in the swing between Conservative and other parties.
I just hope it’s not people inspired by Poilievre’s promise that he can do for Canada what Trump is doing for the USA.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Europe@feddit.org•Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson saysEnglish4·4 days agoYes, the response to a child predator who says “But I’m trans!” should be “So what?” It’s irrelevant to the matter of trans rights, as you say.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Pierre Poilievre says he'll end 'woke ideology' — he isn't saying what that means7·4 days agoEven as a white man, I’ll be happier living in a society where everyone else doesn’t have to suffer.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Europe@feddit.org•Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson saysEnglish62·4 days agoWhile men mostly don’t mind if a woman runs in man toilet, women can be really angry at men running into theirs.
If that were the rationale, it would make no sense to rule that trans women must use the men’s toilet and trans men must use the women’s. That’s a recipe for exactly the discomfort you describe.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Pierre Poilievre says he'll end 'woke ideology' — he isn't saying what that means8·4 days agoFascism is unfortunately contagious, and remarkably few seem immune.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Pierre Poilievre says he'll end 'woke ideology' — he isn't saying what that means19·4 days agoWorth the price to keep him out of power. He’d send Canada down the route the US is going down.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Europe@feddit.org•Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson saysEnglish41·4 days agoA little bit of investment to make society more humane. Seems worth it.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Europe@feddit.org•Trans women should use toilets based on biological sex, Phillipson saysEnglish311·4 days agoCan anyone cite a single instance of it being problematic when a trans woman used the women’s toilet or a trans man used the men’s? Has this ever actually caused trouble? Because it seems the UK Government is bending over backwards to appease bigots over entirely imaginary, and probably not even genuine, fears.
And can these politicians not see how it will be problematic for very feminine trans women to be using men’s toilets and very masculine trans men to be using the women’s? Will anyone feel more comfortable that way?
floofloof@lemmy.cato Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•US sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on South East Asia solar panels5·4 days agoTheir confusion comes from the fact that some countries use the comma like the USA uses the decimal point. So, to be clear, it’s 3521%.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.net•US sets tariffs of up to 3,521% on South East Asia solar panels35·4 days agoIt’s only for technologies that might slow our destruction of the planet. Of course, it goes along with making it as difficult as possible to run any renewable energy tech company domestically, because it’s not about boosting US industry but about venting anger at a world you don’t control or understand.
Liz Truss met with the Queen and the Queen died; JD Vance met with the Pope and the Pope died. Clearly, meeting with far-right lunatics is bad for the health.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Canada@lemmy.ca•Poilievre says costed platform is coming 'soon,' becoming last leader to release a plan9·6 days agoElection day is April 28th, in case anyone reads this and is confused.
floofloof@lemmy.cato Internet is Beautiful@lemm.ee•This website has a bunch of in depth interactive guides to how something works.7·6 days agoWow. I just looked at the page about the mechanical watch, and the quality of explanation and level of detail are incredible.
floofloof@lemmy.catoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•Losing International Students Could Devastate Many CollegesEnglish3·7 days agoMight it not just result in them increasing domestic students’ fees to make up the difference?
floofloof@lemmy.catoNew York Times gift articles@sopuli.xyz•Losing International Students Could Devastate Many CollegesEnglish10·7 days agoFor Republicans, destroying universities and colleges is a feature, not a bug.
I’d imagine the $20K price is for a model so basic many people won’t want it. it will be interesting to see what the price is for a model most people would consider an acceptable basic car or truck.