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9 days agoA country that has a minimum wage of $7.25 is not growing no matter how you fuck it
Verdant Banana
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11·1 month agoWe care for our veterans.
V.A.
Very noticeable here in the US how much college has become unaffordable and out of reach
Shows in everyday life here from the conversations to just any day to day interaction
In the media all comes out like it is made for young school kids with the words getting smaller and simpler with less sentence structures
Even if voting was not rigged here can tell with way people see our elected officials as football team members to rally behind
Higher education becoming unattainable will lead a country to poorer health, more underpaid factory workers, less quality of life for everyone, less progress, more repeated failures from history, etcetera
wages are experiencing growth? where the fuck are these numbers coming from?
should at least be at zero if not the negatives
If trump was really this big of an issue and clearly he is then why is he kept in power
Obviously rigged so the most incompetent more easily controlled elderly person gets to be president regardless if they prefer red or blue
Can’t fathom the ins and outs but something rotten stinks and it is not coming from Denmark
5·1 month agoif these were not nikes would be cool as fuck
the shortage does in fact exist and it is because we live on a rock located in space in the middle of nowhere with no other resources available close by
leave sources below
Yes, the rare metals in electronics are a limited resource because they are non-renewable, and their availability is restricted by both their finite nature on Earth and the high cost and difficulty of extracting them from the ground. While some are more abundant than others, they are dispersed in low concentrations, making them difficult and expensive to mine. Recycling them is crucial to supplement mining and a more sustainable future, but current recycling rates for these metals are very low.
Why rare metals are a limited resource
Non-renewable:
Like other minerals, rare earth metals are not a renewable resource. There is a finite amount of them on Earth that we can access.
Scarcity and concentration:
They are not rare because of their chemical abundance, but because they are not found in high concentrations or easily mined deposits. This makes them challenging and costly to extract from raw ore.
Mining challenges:
Extracting these metals is often an environmentally damaging and energy-intensive process that can pollute soil and water.
The role of recycling
Recycling conserves resources:
Recovering metals from discarded electronics helps conserve finite natural reserves and reduces the need for new mining.
Low current rates:
Despite the challenges and the vast potential of e-waste, only a very small percentage of rare earth metals are currently recovered from discarded electronics globally.
Economic and environmental benefits:
Recycling reduces environmental impact, conserves energy, and can provide a more stable and secure supply chain for manufacturers, according to Reliable Recycling Center.
Implications
Supply chain vulnerability:
Reliance on mining makes the supply chain vulnerable to disruptions, especially when concentrated in only a few locations.
Future sustainability:
As demand for electronics grows, improving recycling rates is essential for future sustainability.
more time in jail than child rapists or murderers for computer parts is fucking nuts
no goddamn way on Satan’s Earth that would justify such a sentence
how much computing power got smuggled out sounds trivial
problem with dumpster fires is that left unattended in the hopes that eventually it will put itself out in baby steps will lead to forest fires
Guess we did not vote hard enough for the Democrats and voters did not vote left enough oh and those Republicans
As the ol’ Democrat motto goes
-We will fix it later because progress not perfection and one step at time
goal is to get these two parties out and get actual representation that looks and feels like we do
335·3 months agoone side may be worse but the less evil side is still working with the more evil side just like how the DNC went
might as well be all of them but specifically Biden and Walz are named in the articles and if the democrat national convention did not spell out the democrats’ true goals/alliances/checkwriters enough to wake the citizens up then we are truly doomed
Resistance to the Line 3 pipeline expansion is led by Indigenous women and two-spirit people.[35] Ojibwe-led groups including Giniw Collective, Camp Migizi, Red Lake Treaty Camp, RISE Coalition, and Honor the Earth among others have been at the center of resistance.[36] Demonstrators and protesters organizing in opposition to the pipeline refer to themselves as “water protectors”[37] and follow a campaign of non-violent civil disobedience that includes direct actions.[38] Organizers aim to convince the Biden administration to revoke or suspend the pipeline project’s federal clean water permit.[23] Minnesota Governor Tim Walz has not taken a firm stance on the pipeline expansion, which received federal approval under the Trump administration.[18][23]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Line_3_protests
Climate change
Much of the resistance to the Line 3 project comes from concerns over climate change. Climate justice groups such as the North Star Chapter of the Sierra Club,[46] MN350,[47] and Honor the Earth[48] have campaigns to “Stop Line 3.”[49] The Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), which was conducted by the Minnesota Department of Commerce, explains how the new Line 3 pipeline would contribute to deforestation, increase risk of pollution to Minnesota’s pristine water ecosystems and wild rice beds, and generate the greenhouse gasses that contribute to climate change.[16] In fact, a study authored by over a dozen climate justice organizations found that the greenhouse gas emissions from constructing the new Line 3 pipeline would be equivalent to building 50 new coal-fired power plants.[50] The EIS estimated that the social cost of carbon from those emissions would total more than $120 billion over 30 years.[51] The MN Department of Commerce under Governor Mark Dayton formally denounced the proposed Line 3 project on environmental grounds.[52]
In light of the serious risks and effects on the natural and socioeconomic environments of the existing Line 3 and the limited benefit that the existing Line 3 provides to Minnesota refineries, it is reasonable to conclude that Minnesota would be better off if Enbridge proposed to cease operations of the existing Line 3, without any new pipeline being built.
— Minnesota Department of Commerce, The Bemidji Pioneer
Tim Walz’s administrative U turn
Although the appeal was supported twice by Governor Tim Walz’s administration,[53][54] they subsequently withdrew support on 12 November 2020. Four days later 12 out of 17 of the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s Environmental Justice Advisory Group resigned.[55]
The decision to approve the permit sends a clear message that the Walz Administration and the MPCA hold no regard for the well-being of Minnesotans or our relatives around the world, who depend on us to dramatically, rapidly, and justly transition our economies away from fossil fuels. This is the final straw after increasing disappointment in the MPCA’s failure to build on the hard work of dedicated EJAG members over the years. The transition to a new commissioner has set back the EJAG’s work, and the EJAG has since been excluded from important decisions that affect how the group is managed. EJAG members were not consulted on the hiring of an outside facilitator, nor on the divvying of group members into work groups. EJAG members have also experienced dismissal, being discouraged from sharing honest thoughts and opinions. This is not how an advisory group should be engaged to appropriately respect the wisdom being sought.
— EJAG resignation letter, [56]
In February 2021, U.S. Representative Ilhan Omar called on President Joe Biden to stop the construction of the pipeline: “The decision that U.S. entities make on Line 3 is a decision made for the entire world, and for all coming generations of humanity. I urge you to make the one decision supported by the scientific consensus on climate change: Stop Line 3.” A press release cited how the pipeline would “add five times as much greenhouse gas annually as Minnesota transportation produced in total in 2016.”[57]
If you do not want to support then stop consuming which can not do because everything needed or wanted is all controlled/produced by the same owner class and switching companies means switching between different companies all owned by the same owner class just like news and newspapers
Same scam that is done on elections to give the illusion of choice but the puppet master never changes face just the puppets
No other companies to switch to for baby formula, diapers, bottled or otherwise water, foods by any brand all same owner at the beginning of the chains, all media is all owned at the very top by the same owner class, movies including super hero ones all owned by that same entity, vehicles that move us and products around all owned by the same people even if the countries are different and the names changed at the very very top are the same owner class
Got us plain and simple
Remember when Trump teamed up with a Democratic governor to strongarm protestors who were defending the environment and the public against big oil pipelines
Democrats and Republicans want the same for their check writers and we as a country need to rid ourselves of the cancerous growth of the two parties
too busy reporting on it and saying we need to do something
sounds like the United States
nothing new to report this is just same reposted news
sometimes the labels change but the narrative has always been the same here
Now that is someone who would definitely represent and if was allowed to vote they would definitely have it
The Obama we actually deserved and should of had
will still be there afterward
The war cry of a Democrat and yes of course the consequences will always be there later because why do anything about anything now when we have republicans to blame while the fires feasts on everything
Uncle Toms justifing the master is as old as time
No president has ever got the economy straight period
Proof is the minimum wage stuck at $7.25
No modern country anywhere in the fucking world could have a good economy at such a low minimum wage