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Turkey brings more value to NATO then Sweden and Finland combined. It has a standing army (2nd biggest after US in NATO) with combat experience, defense sector with proven capabilities. Not to mention 11th economy in the world by GDP PPP and growing.
It's better for Turkey and NATO, that Turkey is in NATO. I would say it's far more important than Sweden or Finland being in NATO.
On account of Turkey, it hosts worlds largest number number of refugees.[1] But gets almost no recognition for it.
6 billions of euros EU thought of paying accounts only for a small amount of what it has costed to Turkish taxpayers which are a lot poorer than their, for example, German counterparts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_refugee_p...
Part of original report from German TÜV Süd: https://www.tuvsud.com/de-de/publikationen/tuev-report/maeng...
Indeed oldest known surviving buildings are thought to be of religious and monumental in nature.[1] As far as we know it could be the religion which made people settle and do agriculture. [2]
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_known_surviving... [2] https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/article/gobeki-t...
If we went with latter we would need more land to feed same number of people. There is more "nature" when we leave the forest as is and not cut it down to, to convert it to a poorly run "human land".
There were more cereal calories per person in 2020 than in 1992. And this abundance was brought about without massive increases in the area being farmed. While industrial emissions rocketed, emissions due to land-use change fell by a quarter.
We were able to more than triple our output in that period.
https://www.economist.com/special-report/2022/11/01/a-lot-ca...
What's good for you doesn't mean it's good for the planet. Cotton requires insane amount of water, land. On the other hand, there must be other reasons why cotton is not the best choice for outdoor wear.
How does Germany plan to power the grid when there is no wind at night?
Guardian dogs. In other parts of the world shepherds have been living with wolves and bears since forever with the help of their companions. These are huge dogs, intelligent but independent. They roam and fend off bears, jackals and wolves and from my own experience, unfortunate hikers and cyclists.
There are many projects currently underway, introducing these dogs to America, Europe and Africa, as an alternative to killing on sight.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangal_Shepherd_Dog https://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/blog/kangal-soldier-of-the-s...
It's usually too late by the time help arrives in an avalanche scenario. If something happens you could have about 15 minutes to rescue your partner(s). You must NOT go alone. Get a course in snow rescue, find experienced people and go with them. Be alert. Always carry a basic avalanche rescue kit: a modern beacon, a probe and a shovel.
And, if you must, you could get a Cospas-Sarsat PLB in addition to your avalanche beacon.
Increasing the efficiency on existing farmlands should be the goal. Best way to reduce harm to the soil, ecosystem, nature is if we didn't require that much land. Maybe we can't decrease our usage just yet, but we can increase the efficiencies and decrease the demand for more farmland. Even an organic farmland is desert compared a forest.
Why? We could let the free market come up with competing solutions and regulate where necessary.
Where "voters narrowly rejected a plan to levy taxes on airline tickets and car fuel to tackle climate change".
https://www.economist.com/the-world-this-week/2021/06/19/pol...
That's a way to see it. Here is another:
We are complicated pieces of biochemical machines. Atoms, molecules, cells interacting with each other. No magic, nothing special. Just nice, repeating patterns in infinity.
Reasoning is that coal kills more every day. As someone else said under one of the parent comments, even hydro kills more than nuclear. Dams have wiped out whole regions.
https://www.dw.com/en/in-europe-1-in-8-deaths-linked-to-poll...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hydroelectric_power_st...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dam_failure#List_of_major_dam_...
Our fear of nuclear power plants is irrational. We should be improving this technology not abandon it.
And, Chernobyl seems to thrive, just without humans.
https://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/news/00000154-1bd...
I do agree with your overall suggestion, but it would be a mission impossible to change sockets. Indeed, technology for communication over power-lines are nothing new, and doesn't require a new socket/wiring: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Power-line_communication
A grid supply status, could empower next gen energy saving home appliances. This could be implemented as simple as pricing, the ultimate incentive. Price would fluctuate on the wire, just like it does for energy market.
Roaming tunnels your connection back to your home provider. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_IP
Being a much smaller country, in terms of land and population, I would assume variations within must be lighter too.
No, message was a bit more inconspicuous. https://pastebin.com/U6zHcN8k
What's CFS? Cloud Filestore?
A realistic dystopia, lovely.
As a reader and supporter, sad to read what's going on at Nautilus, one of the best science magazines ever. I hope they get over this in no time.
There is LiberaPay. Non-profit org, based in France. https://en.liberapay.com/
And selling 1.6b barrels of oil per day. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_oil_expor...
I remember having a cheating rig at high school. We were 4-5 classmates, who would always sit close and hangout. Each of us would study the classes we best at. For example I really sucked at English and math, but was really good at physics and biology, one guy was good at English and another one at Turkish literature, another at history, another at Math. Overall high school was really easy for us. It's not like we didn't cheat at exams, we also helped each other before the exams. Teachers tried to separate the group several times but we were smart and doing well, so they chose to ignore at some point. All members went to uni, studied STEM.
Now, I'm well aware that studying things you can already do is not the best way but this was what happened.
4.3 "We reduce events and lists to their key elements." I liked how this one relates to cheat sheet itself.
In EU it's called a Blue Card.
Your comment motivated me to think about doing the same.
Shit.
Global warming. Global warming is all I see.