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  • I never said that I want to just wait. We should leverage all possibilities in parallel to reduce the carbon footprint:

    • Increase green energy: solar power, wind turbines, tidal power etc.
    • Reduce energy consumption
    • Find ways to increase prices of products and services that are bad for the environment (not only CO2, but also methane, PTFE etc.)
    • Fine companies which violate environmental laws or thresholds with significantly higher amounts than today
    • Increase tolls in imported products and ban imports of products that do not meet sustainability criteria […]

    All these measures are important steps to take to reduce the average footprint. But still on top of all these things the total number of humans is a signicifant multipler for the total footprint.

    A human can only use less ressources only no human will take no ressources.

    Once again: I do not promote state-forced birth control, I do not condemn parents, children etc. I’m simply saying that if people voluntarily decide to reproduce at a lower scale, that that has a positive impact on the planet and in the end helps the future generations.


  • If we simply just stopped using fossil fuels today without a smooth transition to green energies, all supply chains will shatter immediately, people will freeze to death, you’ll have a world-wide famine and neighbors fighting for the last remaining ressources.

    Furthermore, the only way to force such an immediate exit from fossils would be to establish a violent dictatorship as there’s no democratic majority for it.

    As much as I’d like the transition to happen as soon as possible, it’s pretty obvious that the solution can’t be as simple as ‘just forbid using fossils’.


  • I think the majority of people would prefer to use green energy but - as said in my previous - I do not think that the same majority is willing to accept significant cut backs on their lifestyle. As long as they can continue to live as they’re used to they’re all in on the green deal. But when they are asked to use less individual transportation in favor of public transport, lower their heating by a few degrees and wear a sweater instead or buy regional food over stuff that is imported from overseas, then unfortunately a lot of people react in a rejective or even aggressive way. Green politicians in Germany for instance are confronted with a lot of hate for all attempts to initiate some change.

    So to me it seems like phasing out fossils in a democratic manner is only possible over a longer period of time, unfortunately probably several decades.


  • I do agree that these companies are at fault. But wouldn’t even the emissions of the most evil companies in the world go down with a smaller humanity? If you look at the top 5 in the ranking, it’s all fossil fuel companies. Do you think if we had 25% less humans, the remaining 75% would still burn 100% of fossils?

    And I am not not fingerpointing at anyone. I neither condemn parents nor children. Just saying that less people have less impact than more people.


  • I have no clue why you’re now bringing up eugenics. Like WTF! Where the hell did I write anything even remotely related to that? Or anything against queer folks?

    And just because the richest people are by far the worst polluters doesn’t invalidate my argument at all. If the overall number of humans changes over time, that also impacts the number of the super rich. If we have 10 billion humans instead of 8, there will be more rich people, more middle class and more people suffering from poverty.

    On top of that more people mean more natural ressources have to be consumed for heating, agriculture, transportation etc.

    We definitely should change society in a way that the super polluters are held accountable for their damage but that doesn’t mean that this is the only relevant figure and the only thing that helps.

    A slowly shrinking humanity has definitely a better ecological impact than a growing one. And as long as that happens without external force, that’s a positive thing for me.


  • I read through the article and still can’t see how my post is related to facism. If we assume a number of X humans with an average environmental footprint of Y that leads to an overall footprint for humanity of X * Y.

    If we want to bring that number down, this can by achieved by lowering either of the factors. If you want to cut pollution by let’s say 50% with a constant polulation, it goes along with harsher cut backs for the individuals’ lifestyle. Looking at the current discourse, such cut backs are highly controverse and measures in that direction are rarely accepted (‘they want to take out meat’, ‘they want to take our cars’ etc.).

    If the number of humans decreased by 25% due to a naturally lowered birth rate, it means that the individual pollution must be lowered only by 33% instead of 50% to achieve the same result. I would argue that less individual impact will lead to a higher acceptance for a environment-friendly humanity.

    If I wrote ‘kill the poor’ or something like that I’d get your point but I just said that fewer people will have a positive impact on nature. Which is not facism but a simple fact.

    By the way. Your liked Wikipedia article also warns about the term ‘ecofacism’ being misused by the far right to discredit any form of pro-environment statements. So, please think twice before if you really want to use that term and call random people fascists.

    Detractors on the political right tend to use the term “ecofascism” as a hyperbolic general pejorative against all environmental activists, including more mainstream groups such as Greenpeace, prominent activists such as Greta Thunberg, and government agencies tasked with protecting environmental resources.



  • While lower birth rates may lead to economic issues on a medium term (too many old people VS. too few young people), it’s probably one of the most efficient measures to combat climate change. Less people comsuming ressources means less pollution and hopefully also less competition and conflicts for said ressources.

    Even though I’ll be probably one of the many old people one day that the society may not be able to support adequately, I think that it’s positive news for humanity.

    From my perspective, the best way to deal with a shrinking population would be a shift away from capitalism in its current form. Infinite growth, bigger, faster etc. is not a realistic and definitely not a sustainable target.

    We should focus on the basic needs to make food, housing, care etc. affordable for everyone with as few working hours as possible, so that less people are able to do the job.



  • That’s new to me. For me so far it was sufficient to follow this part from the linked article…

    Or, if Windows is already installed, from either the Sign on screen or the Start menu, select Power (Power button icon) > hold Shift while selecting Restart. Select Troubleshoot > Advanced options > UEFI Firmware settings.


  • An entry-model will cost CHF149 per month (about €156 or $169) to lease starting this summer

    While I highly appreciate smaller cars or alternative car-like vehicles, this feels quite expensive to me. You can get full sized cars (mostly fuel based though) for less than that. Of course, it’s not fair to compare a small start up with the special deals of the big manufacturers but I think the majority of people will do just that.

    With the base 5.5kWh battery it’ll go about 100km before needing a charge or even up to 177km max for those opting for the larger 11kWh battery pack.

    While this consumption is less than 50% of the most efficient EVs known to me (Ionic, Ionic 6, Model 3, e-Up), it still feels like a lot for a microcar of that size that runs only 45 km/h. An e-bike consumes approximately 0.5-0.7 kWh per 100 km/h.



  • I’d say that heavily depends on Software A and B.

    If you want to actively push data from system A, you need to check for system-specific enhancement options for that system. E.g. is there a way foreseen to add custom plugins, call webhooks, etc.

    If you want to actively want to pull data from system B instead, you have to do the same exercise as before but for the other system.

    Such interfaces (if available at all) are often vendor specific, so one software may use Java for addons, another only Python etc.

    In more complex integration scenarios, you often work with a so-called middleware that acts as a translator between different data formats, protocols etc. Such middleware software often already has pre-built triggers or prepared integration routines for very common software. A commercial example that is mostly meant for end users would be Microsoft Power Flow or if you are looking for FOSS you can check out Node Red.

    I don’t think there is a lot of ‘integration knowledge’ that is generally applicable independent of the software in use. If you want to start building a toolbox of skills, you could start looking at SOAP, REST, XML, maybe learn a scripting language such as Python etc.