much like cryptocoins there is a terrible signal/noise ratio with renewables. so many shortsighted inefficient wasteful ideas. both have the potential to be amazing, both are fucked by few big players in for the quick buck.

@bonifartius decentral mini hydro and solar thermal - okay. But steel and concrete production with panels? Never. Then there is the problem if reinvesting energy for maintenance. Oil and coal has practically none. Gas too very low. Available ebergy to society will plunge. No more wide range travel etc. and consumption will be down.

@CapitalB with "decentral mini" anything is good, because it depends on where you are.

of course fossil fuel has much energy, but i'm usually also arguing for less consumption in general. there used to be appliances which worked decades. there are so many things produced with planned obsolescence it's not even funny.

that alone would save a huge part of fossil resources, which are, imo, too valuable to be used for energy. maybe with the exception of the things you noted (concrete, etc.). we'll never have replicators, we need the substances found in fossils, with oil containing the most useful. energy can be "harvested" with many different methods.

i think that the current goal is to keep up consumption of bullshit and reduce other freedoms because individual freedom doesn't generate profits. netflix & chill.

@bonifartius netflix and chill indeed. I shiver, that I cant move beyond "county lines" anymore just bc somebody said so. We have trains here going through Europe but if the cars are fubar then trains cant pickup the slack.

@CapitalB trains are technically good but too centrally controlled anyway. i don't trust the government (and other people, reading some stories of "unvaccinated" being kicked out of trains by the police using force and handcuffs) to not act like psychopaths.
with a car i can at least have some backup-canisters of fuel, and - for now - nobody can control every road.
i fucking hate that i feel to have to operate at this paranoia-level, but who knows what they'll come up next 💁

@bonifartius lol that us a drop in the bucket. Fossil fuels have SO MUCH energy.

@cnx here in germany one can rather easily go shopping by bike, even in most rural areas. the problem is that society has put up so many expectations and is so hyperindividualized that it often just isn't practical. people often work someplace not in bike range, if you have kids stuff gets even harder. it really takes up much energy to swim against this stream, and many don't have it because of the daily grind.

@Elfie deutschland ;)

@bonifartius
Es ist komisch deine positive Einstellung zu sehen

Ich bin froh dass du stark bist! :02_bounce_blush:

Wenn ich binge über Deutschland lese, werde ich einfach sehr ängstlich und traurig...

NEVER GIVE UP :02_bounce_blush:

@Elfie mir wurde selten gesagt ich sei positiv eingestellt :)

ich glaube viele probleme ließen sich lösen wenn nicht allem ein wert in geld gegeben würde. grade ist alles käuflich und die lösung ist immer mehr konsum und mehr technologie. das funktioniert nicht.

@Elfie und: aufgeben ist langweilig. ich hab zuviel persönlichen blödsinn mitgemacht als das ich wegen dem covid wahnsinn aufgebe.

danke für die netten worte :)