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Environment & Energy

NNadir

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1. Under all circumstances, enthusiasm for batteries represents...

Reply to Finishline42 (Original post)

Wed May 13, 2026, 11:55 AM

19 hrs ago

...an environmental and moral tragedy.

This is true well beyond that asshole Musk for whom our antinukes sometimes come here to promote.

We are not going to mine our way out of the collapse of the planetary atmosphere. Attempting to do so is making things worse faster.

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