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I understood this kinda differently - I thought that mining bitcoins is essentially looking for needles in a haystack, and it's getting harder just because most of the needles have already been taken out Does anybody know anyone who actually knows the technical ins-and-outs of this?

I've heard the academic writing thing before, and again I don't know if I really believe it. This stuff just happens naturally Like look at a 2001 entry for "black hole" on wikipedia compared to today's version Every place I've ever worked has had a workplace lingo (even more pronounced in...

You could make the argument, but I very much doubt it's true - pretty much any large system gets more complex as it evolves, so the opaque incomprehensibility of their processes doesn't need deliberate intent to explain it

Hmmm I don't trust Monbiot. AFAICS he's a polemicist, and isn't really arsed forming a deep understanding of either the science or the politics of whatever he's ranting about - as one of the comments in the thread says, he's comparing the CAP to an imaginary perfect farming policy, not to, for...

What? "You killed one of us"? What's that about?

Hmmm ... I'm not sure a lack of parking is the root of their problems if "dereliction" is also a thing. I suppose this is all our fault for allowing town councils to be mostly run by dopes

The CO2 that biomass gives off might have only been recently absorbed from the atmosphere - like if you're using rapeseed oil in an engine then you're releasing carbon that was only absorbed from the atmosphere in the last year, so it pretty much doesn't count How old the biomass is matters...

This shit is awfully complicated. Melting ice from Greenland might actually cool the northern Atlantic, and the fact that water is fresh probably will affect circulation which in turn affects the Gulf Stream. You'd have to go and look up the climate models to see what they think is most likely

Because people make monumental fuckups, and very often don't have a clue of what they are doing. Large complex systems fail unpredictably, and the more large complex systems you have the higher the likelihood that one of them will fail https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory

Indeed

It's a step in the right direction, and I welcome it. Perfect is the enemy of good

For people living away from urban centres and not served by public transport I suspect it's probably more efficient to get stuff delivered than to be driving to your nearest town to spend your money. Might even be more efficient in towns if people are driving - one person going in a loop between...

I'd say we will be, soon (crosses fingers)

There's some habitat restoration going on - like this Active Blanket Bog Restoration Project Ireland, restoring the wildlife habitat peatlands of the West of Ireland and the millennium forests. Obvs there's the national parks too, though Irish national parks are not totally wild, and often...

Hooray! She'll be pleased about that :)

I'm not reading any of that shit, and whatever any of ye do don't tell Mrs. egg_ about it. We're quite freaked out enough already, thank you

I wonder is that true? Will be interesting to see the methodology for the GHG calculations when the paper is published

The government's climate action plan is pretty encouraging FWIW Climate change: Plotting an action plan for Ireland

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

Once again I find myself wishing for a test, like an IQ test, where you could tell where someone fell on the sound/dick axis. In other news, the world's population has more-or-less doubled since I was born.