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ormr ,

So how is humanity gonna solve multiple global crises without an economy?

ormr ,

So I assume your solution is that we go back to the woods? Or everyone just become subsistence farmers?

The lines that investors see go up and down are prices, detached from physical reality. The economy is a real thing that outputs goods and services that all of us use every day. How could we not be worried about it? We want to change the economy, decarbonise it, but we don't want to get rid of it.

ormr ,

Okay, I understand that. I'm also worried that the wrong corporations are going to profit from it, as they're currently doing. The "right corporations" however could play a big role in speeding up the changes we need so urgently. If that's going to happen is a question of incentives. And incentives are created by regulating markets so that they optimise for the benefit of society. Of course I don't see many politicians out there who get that or are eager to regulate markets whatsoever...

ajsadauskas , (edited ) to Fuck Cars
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Looks like the Boring Company's Las Vegas tunnels are going about as well as you'd expect from an Elon project...

"The muck pooling in the tunnel at the north end of the Las Vegas Strip had the consistency of a milkshake and, in some places, sat at least two feet deep. ... At first, it merely felt damp. But in addition to the water, sand and silt—the natural byproducts of any dig—the workers understood that it was full of chemicals known as accelerants.

"The accelerants cure the grout that seals the tunnel’s concrete supports, helping the grout set properly and protecting the work against cracks and other deterioration. They also seriously burn exposed human skin. At the Encore dig site, such burns became almost routine, workers there told Nevada’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration. An investigation by the state OSHA, which Bloomberg Businessweek has obtained via a freedom of information request, describes workers being scarred permanently on their arms and legs. According to the investigation, at least one employee took a direct hit to the face. In an interview with Businessweek, one of the tunnel workers recalls the feeling of exposure to the chemicals: “You’d be like, ‘Why am I on fire?’”"

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-02-26/elon-musk-las-vegas-loop-tunnel-has-construction-safety-issues?gaa_at=la&gaa_n=

Paywall bypass: https://archive.is/su7fa

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ormr ,

Ah cool. First time I've seen that!

ormr ,

Is the data access exclusive for that one company? If not then it's no miracle they're opting for a subscription-based model lol

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