joshhsoj1902

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[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 12 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've never viewed getting rid of plastic bags as a carbon saving measure. To me it's addressing how bad they are when they get into the environment. As much as these bags can be reused, most aren't and they just end up thrown out.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 week ago

Any one who assumes that another party is going to blanket support a non-confidence vote doesn't understand how minority governments work.

These are times when other parties have the leverage to influence what bills are being passed.

If things got bad enough that no other parties agreed with direction then ya we would be heading to vote, but realistically things aren't that bad right now, they could always be better, but it's not bad enough to just throw away leverage.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 12 points 1 week ago

What a terrible graph. Market share as a percent on one side being compared to absolutely numbers on the other.

The author could draw any conclusions they wanted by just scaling the axis differently.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago

I looked it up and it seems like the survival rate of new businesses is about 78% in the US.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/1-year-survival-rates-for-new-business-establishments-by-year-and-location.htm

The first year seems to be the hardest and each year after that survival rates get better and better.

This data suggests that after 10 years nearly 35% of business are still in business.

https://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2024/34-7-percent-of-business-establishments-born-in-2013-were-still-operating-in-2023.htm

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How many new business fail?

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 week ago

I think that just shows you don't understand how to read statistics.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The article doesn't really go into details of what the developer has planned.

I have to assume they are looking to demolish the block and build something higher than 3 floors with a bunch more units?

It's unfortunate if the developer isn't offering any options for tenants to move back into the new building.

This doesn't feel like a renoviction though.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago (5 children)

That's not a reasonable assumption at all. Everything costs more today than it did 2 years ago, so it's very likely their expenses are higher than it was before.

It's also possible that their profits are way up, but the data you showed doesn't prove that at all.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

That image shows revenue not profit

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

We don't need to even do the math ourselves. It's already be done countless times and the results are always the same.

BEVs over their lifespan in the worst case scenario produce less than half as much CO2 emissions than a similar sized ICE vehicle.

https://www.iea.org/data-and-statistics/charts/comparative-life-cycle-greenhouse-gas-emissions-of-a-mid-size-bev-and-ice-vehicle

https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1357-august-26-2024-small-electric-suv-produces-52-fewer-life-cycle

https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths

https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/are-electric-vehicles-definitely-better-climate-gas-powered-cars

I'm surprised you struggled with this, with so many creditable sources available this was a really easy thing to look up.

[–] joshhsoj1902@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

What? You're the one claiming that various metals aren't infinitely recyclable.

It's true that not all metals are, but many of them are (iron, aluminum, lithium to name a few) infinitely recyclable.

Current recycling technology doesn't really matter as it can and will improve with time as the brand new industry scales up.

I'm just here pointing out that your statements are false. That doesn't need to be meaningful to you if you have no interest in learning, but it's useful for other people who are reading this thread wondering why you're being downvoted.

 

If Canada axed its carbon tax– and rebates- this is how different households would gain or lose.

High-income households would tend to be the biggest winners, lower-income households hurt the most

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