Hestia

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 months ago

All it takes is one baguette.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

A ~~white~~ local country for ~~white~~ local people

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

Conflict avoidance does not make you better than the "arguing masses." In fact, it is my opinion that it is quite pathetic to try to place youself above others and I'm getting radical centrist vibes from you.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

You're commenting on a political forum and you're NOT looking for a discussion? obama-socialism

[–] [email protected] 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (8 children)

It's not a "personal opinion." And your "opinion" is NOT of equal worth to factual information. You're just trying to save face because you don't like admitting when you're wrong. Maybe find some factual information that backs up your perspective rather than just baselessly claim that nuclear reactors put "millions at risk of immediate death" and run away when you can't back it up. All it takes is a quick google search to disprove how it puts "millions at risk of immediate death."

https://world-nuclear.org/nuclear-essentials/what-are-the-effects-of-nuclear-accidents.aspx

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago

And unlike my bills, it becomes less dangerous the longer you ignore them.

[–] [email protected] 24 points 7 months ago

Because not all places are sunny or windy, and solar requires copious amounts of lithium which needs to be extracted from the earth, which has its own consequences. That said, Japan should look into developing their ability to harness the kinetic energy from tidal forces. It's wise to diversify the power grid.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago

Imagine thinking a negligible amount of helium in the ocean would cause catastrophic health concerns.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago (5 children)

But after that half life it turns into checks notes

Helium! How scandalous!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

I had a job modifying them before. We actually completely removed the support bars in the middle. It does not compromise the structural integrity at all. They're only nessessary if you're filling them up with shit and stacking them up dozens of units high. You can then add walls, ceilings, and roofs that pop up out of the side of the structure, expanding the size from the initial footprint.

And if you have multiple units, you can connect and expand your living space that way. Get sick of the current layout? You can rearrange the units relatively easy, and if you ever want to move, it's a hell of a lot easier to move than a full sized house.

It's also possible to remove the toxic coating. It's not imbued into the metal.

While they're not without their downsides, that goes for every type of structure and every type of building material. Alot of the downsides you listed though are non-issues and I know this because of my own experience working on them. The biggest downsides are cost (which isn't the best indicator of viability, capitalism skews our perception of value with cost) and the fact that simply put... They're pretty fucking ugly.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

I think the real problem with Houston is the fact that it's in Texas.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 7 months ago (6 children)

I'm actually pro-container housing, but for different reasons than these capitalist pig-dogs. They're portable, easily customizable with the right know-how (easy to add expansions, and to move around different units to change the layout) and reuses the hollow remnants of this capitalistic hellscape for something worthwhile.

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