Not OP but in addition to the water consumption you already mentioned, flooded rice fields also produce a lot of methane due to the oxygen-free conditions at the bottom and the abundance of organic material.

This could be mitigated if fields would be drained periodically.

I’m a bit too tired and tipsy to fully wrap my head around this but I’m just as furious as you are!

Danke fürs Teilen. Er nennt einige spannende Punkte. Die aktuelle Ohnmacht in Gesellschaft und Politik hat er ganz interessant dargestellt. Der oft unausgesproche und ebenso aussichtslose Wunsch der meisten Parteien, zu einem “gestern” zurückzukehren, in dem der Westen unangefochten an der Spitze der Weltwirtschaft steht und diese Position zu seinen Vorteilen ausnutzt, wird anschaulich beleuchtet.

Auch die Beschreibung, wonach die Angst der Klimakatastrophe der Angst vor Russland weicht, ist meiner Meinung nach akkurat. Klimawandel und Artensterben schreiten unvermindert voran, spielen im politischen Diskurs aber überhaupt keine Rolle mehr.

Zurecht kritisieren kann man Precht dafür, dass er in seinen Lösungsansätzen dann viel zu unkonkret bleibt. Er zeigt sich kapitalismuskritisch aber geht dann nicht weit genug zu benennen, was danach folgen soll. Sich zum Abschluss auf “bürgerliche Initiative” als Hoffnungsträger zu stützen, zeugt meiner Meinung nach nur davon, dass er ebenfalls bereits aufgegeben hat.

Bomb someone. Immediately call “total ceasefire” so they can not retaliate. Art of the Deal.

This really hurts my brain. How can politicians be this shortsighted?

I’m living here and you are absolutely correct. Public transit is good. Most streets are 50 km/h. Some are 30 but that is oftentimes not enforced.

Several studies have shown that a speed limit of 30 km/h can massively reduce the number and severity of accidents. But as Germans we hate the idea of slowing down for other road users. We bought those shiny non electric cars and we want to blast through the city, god damnit!

After almost finishing part 2 I’m interested in how the story continues. But I’m happy to wait until they drop the price to a reasonable amount (< 15 €), even if that time may never come.

Freud got it wrong with Penisneid. What if it is not about body parts but about chromosomes? I am calling it Genneid.

Aha, there you have it folks. Those pesky poor people are not only lazy, they also ruin the economy by spending so little!!

Even more so if you’re a (bio) male: you only get a measly Y chromosome from you father while your mother provides you with a mighty X chromosome.

I’m not into Minecraft. Would any other games be of interest to you?

Leider hinter der Playwall, hier der archivierte Link.

Oh, he stopped? Why?

I prefer the Microsoft store version.

Thanks for the giveaway! I would really like Wolfenstein II.

Edit:

Forgot to mention one of my favorite gaming moments from over 10 years ago: Organizing a LAN party with friends, some of them not gamers. They had a great time as well. One came with a Mac and didn’t. We shared and made it work.

Is it working on Linux?

♘ Horse

I think Springer, literally Jumper, is more common.

Below Zero was very much lackluster so I’m sceptical about this one. I would love for it to be as good as the first which is one of my absolute favorite games.

Ich kam damals mit Zwei Mark Fuffzich über die Runden, mehr braucht es nicht!! Außerdem ist die Rente zu niedrig, was bringt mir da Mindestlohn?

Zwar nur anekdotisch aber ich kenne leider einige Menschen, die nicht wollen, dass es anderen besser geht, weil es ihnen schließlich auch schlecht ging oder geht.

Dann wahrscheinlich noch zwei Neoliberale, die denken, dass der heilige Markt alles regelt. Aber vielleicht sterben dir auch zusammen mit der FDP aus. Das wäre wünschenswert.

I’m somewhat well informed so please let me help you: Renewables are nowadays the cheapest way to produce electric energy. Yes, wind is not always shining and the sun is not always in the sky but there are ways to store the produced energy.

Sadly, politicians across Europe spent decades catering to car manufacturers, treating them as untouchable moneymakers. The industry in turn grew lazy and saw no reason to innovate. We’re stuck with outdated combustion engine cars that hardly anyone wants. While European companies were asleep, China moved ahead and built up its own electric car industry. Now Europe finds itself needing rare earths and has to hope that cooperation still outweighs competition.