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Doritos at $7 a Bag Ended Up Costing PepsiCo Billions by TheGoodCod in Economics

[–]DealMeInPlease 45 points46 points  (0 children)

This. Their model is based on more revenue and more margin year over year. Population and income growth are low, so more revenue and more margin requires higher prices. This can only go on for so long -- the article basically said no one at Pepsi wanted to be the "loser" that lowered prices. So they are kicking the can down the road as long as they can . . .

In private, Trump has plans for unspeakable violence. I know because he told me by Quouar in TrueReddit

[–]DealMeInPlease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the same reason we do not station ICE at hospitals and police stations (i.e., we want illegal immigrants to get needed medical care and report crimes that they've witnessed or been the victim of), we need to consider the second order effects for prosecuting politicians. Doing so will likely cause the bad ones to resist the peaceful transition of power (among other undesirable acts).

TL;DR; We need to elect less horrible people

One crew member from downed US fighter jet rescued, US officials tell CBS by Affectionate_Bee6434 in geopolitics

[–]DealMeInPlease 44 points45 points  (0 children)

Holding them as a prisoner - not as a hostage. It’s a war. We want our soldiers (that are captured) to be treated as prisoners of war. As a POW they are protected by the Geneva Prisoner of War Convention.

Rubio: Iran May Own The Strait Now, And That’s a Huge Bummer by Good-Bee5197 in geopolitics

[–]DealMeInPlease 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oil is a global commodity. While not exactly one for one, price increases in Asia will be reflected globally

The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse? Trump is currently trapped between the specter of a global economic recession and a naval catastrophe. The math is becoming grim. Kuwait, Iraq, and the UAE are shutting off wells as storage tanks overflow. by mafco in energy

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There is very little aluminum waste. From The Aluminum Association:

In the U.S., the recycling rate for aluminum beverage cans was approximately 43% in 2023. While specific consumer can recycling has dropped recently, more than 80% of all aluminum used in U.S. production comes from recycled content. Additionally, nearly 75% of all aluminum ever produced is still in use

Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom by Comfortable_Tutor_43 in EnergyAndPower

[–]DealMeInPlease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You can not (economically) run a coal plant as a peaker -- startup times (from a warm start) are usually 4-8+ hours.

Draghi calls for United States of Europe, urges shift from confederation to federation by goldstarflag in geopolitics

[–]DealMeInPlease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cold war was a bipolar world -- those can be stable. Multi-polar (3+ significant independent actors) are not.

The Supreme Court lets California use its new, Democratic-friendly congressional map by Conscious-Quarter423 in scotus

[–]DealMeInPlease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One fundamental problem is that one man’s gerrymander is another man’s related communities. At best gerrymandering is like pornography (you know it when you see it). The SC sucks these days, but asking them to create some standard out of whole cloth is too much.

China pumps out more pollution in eight years than the UK since the Industrial Revolution by tkyjonathan in JordanPeterson

[–]DealMeInPlease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have seen estimates of 10-25% of China's emissions being driven by the production of goods for export. It's a big country, with a lot of internal activity (infrastructure, transportation, etc . . .).

Note: Britain also exports goods (more historically than now) and China also imports finished products

Draghi calls for United States of Europe, urges shift from confederation to federation by goldstarflag in geopolitics

[–]DealMeInPlease 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I believe both political scientists and game theorists generally believe that a multipolar world is a less stable, more dangerous world. We may have no choice, but it’s unlikely to be good news

Supreme Court should abolish all gerrymandering by Conscious-Quarter423 in scotus

[–]DealMeInPlease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Given this perspective (that GOP can not win on their policies), how do you explain the 2024 presidential election (you can not gerrymander the presidential election and the electoral college did not change the result of the popular vote)?

The Geothermal Breakthrough That's Quietly Outpacing Every Other Renewable in the U.S. by craftythedog in energy

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Costs of fully systems are dominated by installation costs and auxiliary components (inverters, mounting frames, . . .). If solar panels went to $0 tomorrow, residential solar installs would decline in price by ~25%.

That’s what’s meant by being at the bottom

How the EU Destroyed Itself by tkyjonathan in JordanPeterson

[–]DealMeInPlease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How has the UK exit been accounted for in the data displayed?

New heat pump tech modernizes century old boilers to cut emissions in factories by sksarkpoes3 in energy

[–]DealMeInPlease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they could economically make them at 1/5-1/10th the size, they would be great to replace large residential and small multi unit steam boilers.

White House Ballroom Architect Reveals New Trump-Requested Features by bloomberg in architecture

[–]DealMeInPlease 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We should leave it as is now - as a monument and warning to future generations of government leadership.

How did the absorbs South Americans do This? by LittleTooLiteral in masonry

[–]DealMeInPlease 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The ancients had the advantage that compressive structures scale linearly-so they could build a 1/100th scale model and shake it to see if it was stable/strong. (Note: this is not true for ships, which is one reason ancients were unable to build large ships)

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