Claidheamh

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (4 children)

They're different things. The OP means electromagnetism, Coulomb's law has nothing to do with quantum mechanics, it's classical physics.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

The relation between them is that they're both forces that scale with the inverse square of the distance between the objects. Any force that scales with the inverse square of distance has pretty much the same general form.

Another similarity is that both are incomplete, first approximations that describe their respective forces. The more complete versions are Maxwell's laws for electromagnetism and General Relativity for gravity.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (6 children)

It's electromagnetism you mean, not quantum mechanics.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Some argue that transitioning to 100% renewable energy would be too slow to limit climate change, and that closing down nuclear power stations is a mistake.[122][123]

"Nuclear power must be well regulated, not ditched". The Economist. 6 March 2021. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 31 January 2022. McDonnell, Tim (3 January 2022).

"Germany's exit from nuclear energy will make its power dirtier and more expensive". Quartz. Retrieved 31 January 2022.

In November 2014 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change came out with their fifth report, saying that in the absence of any one technology (such as bioenergy, carbon dioxide capture and storage, nuclear, wind and solar), climate change mitigation costs can increase substantially depending on which technology is absent.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

This is what the oil companies want you to think. The less hope you have the longer they'll keep making profit. They still receive trillions in public subsidies, it's criminal.

We may never go back, but if we did cut 100% of emissions tomorrow, it would have a huge impact. These penguins would have a much better chance for the future, for one, and so would plenty of other species.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Have had absolutely zero issues on slrpnk even after the big Reddit migrations.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

PV panels, not really, but concentrated solar can and does kill birds. Not nearly as many as coal, though, lol.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It kind of is, in this community.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

There's a line in the sand with security and transparency on one side and ease-of-use and convenience on the other.

I disagree. You can do -- and in fact have multiple options for -- both.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Connect is proprietary, like Sync.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

To humanity? Probably not. To billions of people? Definitely yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If there's ever a time when it's justified, it's when our very existence is at stake.

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