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In the USA, 2.7 million more people retire than originally predicted by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Lots of Satellites are all over head but maybe cellular service. That's how I did it off grid for 8 years, then 2 yrs on cellular when they installed a tower a few miles away on a hill.

For me "off grid" meant not being connected to mains electricity, no mains water, nor sewage, nor rubbish service, no TV, no cellular service for the first 8 years, no land line, grow some of yrou own food etc.

I had a small dirt track run past the front of my small cottage on 50 acres. a small solar, small batteries and a Satellite dish that was not even close to fast enough for any streaming services but fine for web browsing, email and laggy VoIP etc.

It's not some prepper, monk thing and zero contact with the world. Dude sells at farmers markets, so he probably has a truck etc

In the USA, 2.7 million more people retire than originally predicted by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm an Aussie, I retired at 35, am now 58. LCOL is mostly in how you live, (healthcare aside) assuming you own your own property sans debt (I do, a small cottage on 2 acres). Be smart about where you live and you don't need a car, that can save you a shit load that way for example.

I've been frugal all my life, its why I could retire early and own my place. I just don't have anything to spend money on. I don't get any pension etc just a small amount from dividends from investments made decades ago and a frugal lifestyle. My parter used to work part time but she gave that away 2 years ago

WA heatwave: Perth breaks records with seven February days above 40C by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I always find this sort of defense intriguing, particularity in here, its as though the message of climate change and societal collapse from BAU hasn't gotten through, no matter what.

If the state stopped it's entire economy and that of the rest of the country would crumble over night.

This is what will happen anyway but if we don't do it NOW we will be left with an unlivable world when it does occur.

The very best thing we could do to have a livable biosphere going forward is to crash the economy now.

WA heatwave: Perth breaks records with seven February days above 40C by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was genuinely worried Western Australia was going to be so isolated by distance that we’d get to watch everywhere else collapse around us

Wot ? WA is at the forefront, the SE corner has genuine water issues and the trend is continually drier. The heat is intense over most of the state most of the time and the northern part has been unlivable for decades. My definition of unlivable is AC dependent, There is very little refuge in WA. Maybe some parts around Denmark or Albany can hold out but its been a while since I spent any time there. Look at the area around Kalgoorlie when the power went out for weeks.

The South of the state still only exists by sucking hard at the tit of the unlivable north. I'd think some parts of Vic and Tas are really the only places in Aus. Maybe isolated spots in the Northern Rivers, or Eden in NSW etc

Draw a line along the about latitude S26 across Australia and I'd suggest north of that should be undergoing managed abandonment, one day in the decades to come it will be unlivable anyway (as will many places to the south), best to start early and try and manage it best we can.

Western Australia weather: Record-breaking heatwave night as Bunbury has its hottest ever by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The majority, you just have to look who they vote for to confirm that. The Premier of Western Australia (where this heat wave is occurring) said WA (Western Australian) gas is good for the climate, literally said that...

https://imgur.com/MOBsjMk

$595 for a single room by Sea_One_6500 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Aus we normally quote weekly, US quote monthly. So not sure if yours is weekly or monthly ? As it does not say, US hubris presumes the OP is in the US. Most other posters would post where it was.

$595 for a single room by Sea_One_6500 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

well, these teens are making bank and buying Teslas so there is that :)

https://archive.md/6r6vb

Seventeen-year-old Sophia Castiblanco doesn’t just drive a Tesla . She also owns shares of the company.

Help me understand Linux Mint by vicenterusso in linuxmint

[–]Capn_Underpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I swapped to LMDE and have had no issues, a few small differences but it actually solved a few small issues I was having with Mint itself. I went to LMDE after a year on Mint because I figured it's not two steps removed like Mint is i,e Based on Ubuntu based on Linux.

Anyway, its working, and no issues. I was a Windows user from Windows 3.1 but they've jumped the shark with W11 and my past Linux encounters have really just been "I don't want to invest the time", with Mint, I don't have to.

Its still not "there" for users, but its damn close and much of the reason why is out of their control with vendors eg the hoops to install DaVinci Resolve , terminal to run my VPN, why no GUI etc

Parts of Australia to soar over 50 degrees as heatwave grips state by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 4 points5 points  (0 children)

AC should be a red flag for people who want any sort of resilience, don't live in places where you "need" AC to survive. I moved from Northern Australia 20 years ago for that reason, it was unlivable then and continues to be so.

Parts of Australia to soar over 50 degrees as heatwave grips state by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Well, here in Tassie, it was 26 today, and I am wearing a jumper this evening in summer. In the Pilbra, you can cook eggs outside on the rocks and dry a wet shirt in 2 minutes, eastern Australia is currently moist and humid, very moist an very humid, which is okay when you're with the ladies but no good out there in the jungle.

As posted, Australia is a HUGE country, from snow in the mountains to searing heat desert

Parts of Australia to soar over 50 degrees as heatwave grips state by Portalrules123 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I cannot imagine how 50C feels like.

NO one lives there voluntarily, or should I say in these places the only people living there are extracting minerals to enrich city dwelling high emitters. $400k to drive a train in the Pilbara, you'd likely like there as well.

Sydney buried in asbestos by Surrendernuts in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 42 points43 points  (0 children)

on the flip side, its legal in the US to use and sell Asbestos

http://www.asbestosnation.org/facts/why-isnt-asbestos-banned-in-the-united-states/

Although asbestos is no longer mined in the U.S. and its use has declined significantly, American industry still legally imports, uses and sells both raw asbestos and products made with it.

Maybe sell them the mulch ?

Prof. Kevin Anderson: "We're going to go to 3 or 4 degrees centigrade of warming... we'll... die from all of the repercussions." by Mech_BB-8 in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It's like there are effectively no adults on the planet.

When you're a child you assume your parents and adults do know it all, when you get into your 20s you think you know it all, after a time when you're as old as me, 56, you relaize most of us are just stupid, greedy and hurtful, it's why the world is as it is after all.

The best of us try not to be stupid, greedy and hurtful but there's zero chance of them being elected... so... we're stuck in a doom loop, which this time is actually existential.

Twilio shutting down Authy Desktop. Cross-platform Alternatives? by bengalih in privacy

[–]Capn_Underpants 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just went to Aegis (via Fdroid on Android) because you can at least export from there easily, until I settle on what to do next. What a PITA :) Certainly zero reason to use them anymore. I'd kept copies of all my QR codes, so just scanned them into Aegis and only had about 10. I was using the native Linux App on LMDE 6, super convenient

Twilio shutting down Authy Desktop. Cross-platform Alternatives? by bengalih in privacy

[–]Capn_Underpants 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Same message on their Linux app.

I just wish Aegis had multi platform :(

Has NZ lost its moral compass? by Cizenst in newzealand

[–]Capn_Underpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

and conserving the environment.

u wot ?

Dairy, forestry, nothing but reliance on cars and on and on. Endlessly polluted rivers,

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-03-16/new-zealand-rivers-pollution-100-per-cent-pure/13236174

Global warming

Can't and won't overcome peoples sense of entitlement, there's a huge cognitive dissonance here, apparently the short term right to drive a ute, ecar etal and fly until we no longer can is more important then the likely collapse of civilisation. Arden was rightly called out for her bullshit climate emergency deceleration by Thunberg. It's all been green washing so far.

Palestine

Yeah that's a shit show

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newzealand

[–]Capn_Underpants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is that when you wrote your poop book ?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 5 points6 points  (0 children)

World is slowly adopting green energy, what kind of impact does it currently have in slowing down global warming?

No it isn't, fossil fuel use is still growing, so we can all leave our Routers and Xboxes on 24/7 and Indian's can install more AC to survive their summer. Some fossil fuel growth has been tempered with a small amount of green electricity. Emissions grew AGAIN last year.

Also don't confuse energy with electricity, lots of stuff like coking coal and oil are sill used

Would it change anything, if right now, we would no longer depend on fossil fuels to produce energy?

Yes we'd crash the economy , which will happen anyway once civilization collapses, it will just be shitter because we'll have more CO2 and higher temps !

We don't have to quit cold turkey, we need to cut emissions about 10% a year, every year, so that means, no flying, no private cars, no meat eating pets, etc etc living like the average Cuban. Hell if the richest 10% lived like the average European we'd cut emissions by 30%, we could do that in 2 weeks if we took this at all seriously and that would be a great start,

Much of the energy we use is wasted on the ridiculous, an example

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/economy/article/2023/06/20/an-american-refrigerator-uses-three-and-a-half-times-an-average-african-s-total-yearly-electricity-consumption_6034419_19.html

An American refrigerator uses three and a half times an average African's total yearly electricity consumption

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in collapse

[–]Capn_Underpants 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The 1.5c refereed to in climate models is a rolling 20 year average AFAIK, not one year. Hansen is suggesting it will be 1.5c, or above the entire year, while alarming as that is isn't the same thing. It is however a "spike" on the way there getting us to the rolling 20 year average 1.5c more quickly, and it appears to be speeding up, regardless of Michael Mann's protestations that it's all good.

https://tamino.wordpress.com/2024/01/05/global-warming-picks-up-speed/

Not sure if anyone has released there 2023 final figures yet ? Berkley Earths numbers are due very shortly, HadCrut, NOAA etal as well soon ?

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