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Uhh man made reservoirs are made by damming natural rivers or lakes. There are not many man made reservoirs that don't contain some kind of aquatic life.

We have found detectable levels of microplastics in all parts of the human placenta: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0160412020322297

It would seem the answer is "yes", depending on the region you are pregnant in.

I remember reading recently that all breastfed babies are exposed to micro plastics from their mothers

I thought we learned this during the anti trust era of Microsoft.

He doesn't want you dead per se, but he'd sure like to have all your money.

Greed =/= Evil Villian

I understand Germany is dense, but you definitely have some open land. The threshold to make rooftop solar the most efficient approach is incredibly dense, pretty much constant dense urban sprawl for an entire nation. Solar installations can replace a field, but a single field can replace entire neighborhoods worth of rooftop solar.

The point I am making is that the distributed infrastructure required, awkward installation geometry and therefore overall inefficiency means that rooftop solar is about 50% less “useful” compared to the equivalent panels in a grid scale facility.

The paper tries to paint a picture that Bill Gates was the center of the pandemic conspiracies. The Bill Gates stuff was limited to a small slice of the COVID disinformation campaign.

The social media discussions about Bill Gates were never organic. No one/bot wakes up one day with a Gates conspiracy and it goes viral. The catalyst is always a mainstream article or interview with or mentioning Bill Gates. From there, bigger influencers / bots pick it up and run with it until the trending spike dissipates.

The paper is looking at the train caboose in isolation and trying to come up with reasons for it's speed.

The magical or hierarchical thinker is very aware how their opinion is not accepted by the mainstream. It is a strategy to open with some kind of "I just have questions" statement to test the waters. If it fails, they pull back. If is is accepted, they open up a little more and repeat. Once they think you are "cool", they will dump their real opinion. The real opinion is usually very extreme.

Although you may think the conspiracy is crazy or your cousin is "aggressively uneducated", he is demonstrating quite a bit of executive function and planning. This is not crazy person behavior. It is predictable. It makes them great targets for political messaging and advertising campaigns.

Could even go so far as to say that the same issues are exhibited in other species, too.

Lack of education driving much of the problems in the world - story as old as time, I guess.

Bill Gates preaches from a “holier than thou” perspective. Worse still, is his lack of qualifications on the topics he discusses. There are many reasons to not trust him.

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Eh it’s fine. It was more funny than anything. No one in our family takes his opinions seriously.

I’m sorry you don’t fundamentally understand the grid.. bidirectional meters don’t help with management of the power, only payment. And they generally are associated with net metering which increases the price of electricity enormously for everyone without panels. It’s an extremely regressive policy.

Take a listen to The economics of rooftop solar if you want to understand more on this particular issue.

Otherwise I hope you have a great day. I’m stepping out of this discussion here.

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You’re right. Everyone can’t be saved. But some can. And some is better than none. Additionally, some of the unwilling will leave the platform, making it more enjoyable for everyone else.

You get jaw surgery, all other treatments have mediocre outcomes. Even jaw surgery is only like 60% effective but it’s the best one by far.

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I saw a healthy diet comparison article a month ago but not sure where. The author conclusion was - beans.

But I've come to realize some people are just followers. They will always believe what their friends believe. They will always march off the cliff because they see others doing just that. News manipulators have learned to urge these people in certain directions just by convincing them that other like-minded individuals are doing the same thing

You can try to educate and inform them, but they are somehow pre-programed to be part of the pack. That's where they are more comfortable.

I’m sorry you also had to go through this. It’s not easy to deal with.

You are assuming some weird scenario where we build out local solar, with none of the other components in place. Obviously, anywhere that local solar would be installed would be accompanied with bi-direction meters, micro-inveters, and possibly even local storage.

As for grid vs. local, decisions would be made based on cost, land availability, the grid itself. This will take years and more innovation. You keep glossing over that point where I say this is not a today thing, but something that could happen over decades. Please explain how you k ow what technology will be available 1-2 decades from now?

I am just a web developer, and my point about the company I work at, is not that I am some electricitiy expert, but that I hear the challenges brought up frequently in conversation and company meetings. These are main issues being worked on as we speak, but it is a slow-moving process. And again, solar is only 3-4% of electricity, so all the other stuff that is needed, will be worked on as we scale.

My cousin from Ghana came to visit my family in the US a year ago. I honestly thought these conspiracies were just a joke until I picked him up from the airport. Conversation went like this:

Him: “Hey man, are you vaccinated? I’ve been thinking about doing it”

Me: “Yeah, you should do it. I think it’s available everywhere now”

Him: “idk man…I’m iffy about it, have you heard of bill gates?”

Me:”Yes….”

Him: “Well you know how he made computer viruses and then sold antivirus software?”

Me: “I think I’ve heard that theory once….”

Him:”Exactly!”

He did not embellish on this point any further. He just sat there smugly acting like he had cracked the case. I was blown away. He’s aggressively uneducated. Like I don’t think I’ve ever met a more uneducated person in my life and it has nothing to do with being from Ghana. His sister is a freaking doctor. But it was my first real world glimpse into that group and I get the people that peddle this narrative now.