dreugeworst

@dreugeworst@lemmy.ml

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Owing your home today is nearly impossible, but even if you did the ever increasing property taxes will bury you⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  you could have progressive taxes on wealth as well. there’s a difference between having one house worth 500k and having 500 million in shares

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why can't we go back to small phones?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  this right here is the issue, people don’t even remember the size smartphone used to be. I’ve got a phone that’s one of the smallest available that still have decent hardware. the screen is still 6.1 inch. your example of a reasonable size is 6.3 inches.

  what op and I are actually looking for is something around 5 - 5.3 inches instead, like smartphone used to be. For that size, all that is available today is no-name chinese phones with shit hardware and no support. the big brands are busy selling 6.2 inches as “compact” where it used to be considered phablet size

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨‘If 1.5m Germans have them there must be something in it’: how balcony solar is taking off⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  To be a positive impact, they just need to be less carbon intensive thans the energy they displace. According to the first results on google, (presumably utility-scale) solar is about 12 times less carbon intensive than natural gas and 20 times compared to coal. So as long as you’re replacing base load and not utility solar, balcony solar could be as much as 10 times less efficient and still come out a net positive.

  Keep in mind also that these numbers keep improving as solar panel manufacturing becomes more efficient and starts using more green energy itself over the coming decades