This kind of radical thinking is counterproductive. Canadians should support all Canadians no matter the province or local government’s ideology. Refusing to do business with someone only because or their government is only going to hurt the people… Hurt local businesses, which gives the opportunity for big corporations to take over the local markets.
A group of money driven, greenwashing investors dropped any pretences of environmental convictions as soon as their potential capital gains might get negatively affected.
Money driven people never cared, care or will care about the greater good.
How dare you insult and defile the pussy with that hideous human turd! He’s probably well over 100 courics!
Get that cord on baby!
Just get a cord for your glasses. I have no disability, and also used to drop mines all the time. They cost as low as 1$ for cheaper ones. I ended up buying a nice gold chain for them since I’ve been using a cord for years and it looks better with a chain.
That line of thinking doesn’t make any sense. I wonder what brand of clothes, electronics, vehicle, foods you’re buying. I’m sure I can find more than one neofascist, companies that fully support the Maga movement, etc… At least Proton is actually working for a better, more private internet, for more open source softwares, and is now operated as a non profit that is audited yearly by a third party. And as other people have said, Proton is not reduced to the political ideas of one board member.
There is this Irish cheddar that has guinness veins in it. If that’s your kind of thing it is absolutely delicious. Artisanal cheddar is not on the same level as the blocks or shredded stuff you buy in store.
Yes of sure!
At the moment, the vast majority of rice production is done by flooding the rice fields, and keeping them flooded in standing water for the entire life cycle of the rice. It is done this way because rice is a semi-aquatic plant so it feeds it massive demand of water, protects it against infections, and stops weeds from growing. This way of growing rice ends up emitting massive amounts of methane due to microbes feeding on organic matter as the oxygen levels diminishes in the standing water.
The two main alternatives that have been tried, and are already used are AWD and Furrow Irrigation
AWD (Alternate Wetting and Drying). It still involves flooding the fields, but instead of keeping it flooded, farmers would drain it a few times per season. They would flood the fields to about 5-7cm (2-3 inches) above the soil, and let the water drop to 10-15 cm (4-6 inches) under the surface of the soil. Doing only one of this cycle per season could reduce methane emissions by around 35%. Doing it 3 or 4 times could reduce methane emissions by more than 50%. A farm in Arkansas at which this has been tried has show that they could reduce emissions by over 60%. This method, while very promising and efficient, is quite difficult to implement in Asia where rice has been domesticated thousands (around 9000) of years ago, and the method of cultivation has seen very little change. It would also be very difficult to implement in mountainous regions where farms are interconnected in steps. Moreover, the rainy season of southeast Asia makes it near impossible as the fields stay flooded even if the farmers stop irrigating the crops.
Furrow irrigation involves planting the rice in rows of dirt mounds, and flooding the channels in between the rows. This allows oxygen in the soil and, in return, reduce the emissions by limiting the decomposition of organic matter. This method is already popular in parts of the U.S.A. where farmers rotate rice and soy crops. Furrow irrigation would also be much easier to implement in mountainous regions than AWD.
In addition to water management, straw management is an other effective strategy. The food the microbes feed on is the straw left by the previous harvest. One way of doing this is to burn the leftover straw (least labor intensive, fastest, cheapest way), but it impacts air-quality significantly, and thus, has non-negligible health consequences. The better options would be to physically remove the straw, but it is much more labor intensive, and thus more expensive. But the straw can be sold to mushroom farmers as a growing medium for the fungi. This could also create work as straw balers would be needed. Straw can actually also be used to create a biodegradable alternative to single-use plastic.
There are a few other options like switching to higher-yields varieties of rice, different soil additives, and using other types (usually more expensive) of fertilizers.
If you are really interested in learning more, these two studies are really interesting, and offer many different water and straw management techniques.
water management: https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/13/6/1522
straw management: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356796388_A_Review_on_Rice_Straw_Management_Strategies
Reduce production and consumption of red meat.
Alternatives to cattle feed. (i.e. seaweed)
Better waste management for farms.
Alternatives to rice fields flooding.
Incentives for waste management at the consumer level (laws for restaurants, hotels, and individuals for composting)
Better composting infrastructures.
None of this is hard if we had politicians that weren’t sold to big corporations, and if our governments would build programs to better educate consumers and producers.
What does the Harley Davidson syndrome refers to?
Fuck that story makes me so sad and angry! I hope all those pieces of human garbage get what they deserve in prison!
Thank you all for your answers!
Can you explain how or why is the Mullvad VPN better for privacy than Proton’s?
Well if you’re happy, I’m happy. To each their own! 🇨🇦 That’s what democracy, and free choice is all about.