my understanding is that Taiwan buys weapons from the us, so he is demanding something that is already a common practice
The moemorphic character shown in the picture is Archchan, created by ravimo. I wonder why show her in a discussion about Mint?
It's not a good analogy. A better analogy might be a community that promotes a Linux distro that runs exclusively on Chromebook and claims that that is the ONLY private and secure way to use a computer.
I hear you can self host sth called photovoltaic on your rooftop to get it for free!
Build stack interchange only in cities skylines, not in real world
This is basically common knowledge now. CSIRO report pointed to similar conclusions for several years, at least since 2021 when I started to notice.
What is relevant to real life (since Australia probably never will get nukes) is that even assignning system costs only onto VRE, they are still almost the same LCoE in a 90% VRE system. This is again consistent with previous reports.
After Australia pass 100% VRE, exporting green hydrogen in the regional market will probably handle the last remaining flexibility needs. Exporting electricity directly to SE Asia is less likely but still a possibility.
Realism diplomacy is just 19th century style imperialism and interempire alliance with a new name. Look how he appeased Putin during the beginning of russo-ukrainian war. This person has no moral guide and will throw anyone, friend or foe, under the bus to gain perceived nation interest. In the long run it is exactly those moves that harmed US credibility the most.
Now they will start saying that beneath every hospital and refugee camp in Gaza lies a Hamas headquarter.
I think it is the other way around; easy pirate versions appeared becuz windows was popular, providing access to those who can't afford.
Transgender women athletics are facing a catch 22 situation: If they win it is becuz of their "biological sex" But if they lose then it is becuz of their harmful transition surgeries.
Either way there is a reason to hate them.
Algae are also the preferable bioenergy source compared with using trees.
about a decade ago renewables reached grid parity with conventional sources in most of the world and experience exponential growth so far. I hope the same happen for plant based products.