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With 18 Million Tons Of Lithium In California, Environmentalists May Flip On Electric Cars

Science 2.0 - Dec 08 2023 - 15:12
There is an environmental playbook that hasn't changed in decades - because it works.
Find something useful that is a successful industry, advocate and lobby for an alternative to replace it, then turn against the alternative after it's successful.

It sounds cynical but if you look at hydroelectric power, natural gas, GMOs, and ethanol, they were all once demanded by environmental groups. Then when they succeeded, those same groups declared them bad.

Right now, solar is "the new new" - it's for wealthy white people, the biggest donors to activists, it's in opposition to the natural gas activists lobbied for until 20 years ago, and they can pretend the strip mining to get the precious materials to make panels and batteries doesn't exist.

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How Europe Adapted To The Failure Of Alternative Energy

Science 2.0 - Dec 08 2023 - 13:12
The dirty secret of alternative energy in Europe was that it never worked. You just wouldn't know it talking to Europeans. They believe in their government, and culturally that is what sets apart America - we believe in our country, but we don't trust our government unless they earn it.

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Sometimes A Fossil Plant Is A Fossil Baby Turtle

Science 2.0 - Dec 08 2023 - 08:12
A new study re-examined these “plant” fossils from the mid-20th century and found that they weren’t plants at all: they were the fossilized remains of baby turtles.

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Science Communication In Cosmetics

Science 2.0 - Dec 07 2023 - 13:12

Cosmetics have been used for millennia, and in every family, there are mythical beauty treatments, and all over social media, there are skincare routines that belong in a dystopian science fiction novel, and not on your skin. Dr.

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