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03:00, 11 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Template:Discussion (Created page with "[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion]]")
02:14, 11 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page War (This'll do for now i guess)
01:50, 11 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Genocide that feels like self-defense is still genocide (Created page with "'''Hot take:''' If you think you're {{t2|fighting|{{light|''More specifically:''}} using violence}} in ''self-defense'', but your definition of a {{t2|threat|{{light|''More specifically:''}} a threat that "shall be neutralized with deadly force"}} is so broad that it includes almost an entire ethnic group, then you are supporting genocide.  ==Examples== * '''Nazi Germany:''' The holocaust was motivated by the belief that...")
04:42, 8 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Intermittent fasting (Created page with "==Mode 1: The "warrior diet" {{light|(as it's typically called)}}== ===Not actually a diet but a meal timing=== Eat in the afternoon, eat in the evening, eat until you're full. Sleep. Wake up, drink lots of water{{x|or your drink of choice - tea & coffee are probably fine}}, skip breakfast. {{x|You'll probably poop in the morning but after that you're ready to roll!}} {{talk|TODO: I gotta debunk the myth that "breakfast is *always* the most important meal" - it depends o...")
02:31, 8 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Communism (Created page with "==Context== The age old debate of "is communism good or bad?" tends to lead nowhere, because it's too broad, too general, too vague, and the anti-communism crowd uses a completely different definition of "communism" than the pro-communism crowd. So for this page, let's instead focus on how communism ''could'' do good for humanity, if implemented correctly. And that's a big '''if.''' The question this page will emphasize is: : If we (the people, the proletariat, the worl...")
02:05, 8 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Food (Created page with "==Topics== * Global hunger * Nutrition * Reduce the amount of land required to feed the world")
02:02, 8 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Energy (Decided to bring back the old)
21:28, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Template:Talks (Created page with "<noinclude>Similar to Template:Talk, but not concealed in a popup.</noinclude><div style="border:1px solid #A98"><div style="background:#FCF;font-size:75%;color:#777;display:block"> '''discussion''' {{{2|}}}</div><div style="padding:0 0.2em 0 0.5em;display:block;font-family:serif;font-size:80%;color:#764">{{{1|[[{{TALKPAGENAME}}|discussion]]}}}</div></div>")
21:22, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Template:I (Redirected page to Template:P) Tag: New redirect
21:21, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Template:Info (Redirected page to Template:P) Tag: New redirect
19:52, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Stop vegetable oil waste (Created page with "A lot of vegetable oil becomes food waste, {{talk|TODO: quantify: How much waste oil is produced per year globally (or perhaps, per day per capita globally) (and how much agricultural land that amounts to)? And what 'percentage of all food waste' is that?}} due to inefficient deep frying methods used by restaurants. Even though this oil is often recovered by energy companies that use it as biofuel, it doesn't undo the environmental impact of producing food th...")
18:56, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Concentrated solar (Created page with "==Drawbacks== * Doesn't work on overcast days (whereas regular solar panels do, producing somewhat less power but still some{{qn}}). ==Types {{talk|If I want these to be links, then I should move the descriptions onto the corresponding pages. Summaries on this current page would then be: "large scale" and "small scale". Btw maybe i should use a different name instead of "solar thermal", since it can generate electricity too?}}== * Concentrated solar thermal - la...")
18:56, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Solar thermal panels (preliminary)
18:56, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Rooftop solar (preliminary)
18:56, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Solar panels (preliminary)
13:50, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Energy return on investment (Redirected page to EROI) Tag: New redirect
13:06, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Solar (Redirected page to Solar power) Tag: New redirect
13:05, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Solar power (Created page with "==Types== * Solar panels (photovoltaics) - '''most common type''' of solar power * Solar thermal panels - suitable for heating and hot water, but not electricity {{talk|maybe also mention here: combined photovoltaic+thermal panels?}} * Concentrated solar - another approach that has its own pros and cons {{talk|When creating that page, be sure to mention the types: 1. Concentrated solar thermal (high heats which can also generate electricity or be put...")
12:42, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Hot water (Redirected page to Water heating) Tag: New redirect
11:44, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Perovskite (Redirected page to Perovskite solar panels) Tag: New redirect
11:44, 7 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Perovskite solar panels (Brought back from Archive:000 + added section "Scalability of manufacturing" with just a quick wikipedia quote for now)
05:49, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Job creator's fallacy (Created page with " ==External links== * [VIDEO] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2PZNl5lXsE The Worst Excuse In Economics]")
05:49, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Library economy (Created page with "==External links== * [VIDEO] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vW5EVNT--DA "What if <nowiki>[</nowiki>we the people<nowiki>]</nowiki> ran the economy?"]")
03:30, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Cobalt (Created page with "'''Cobalt''' is a metal (mineral). ==Child labor== {{empty}} {{talk|What would it take for all of the world's cobalt to be mined ethically? Define an ethical standard and do a thought experiment}} ==Scarcity== Most electric vehicle batteries contain a significant amount of cobalt - so much that it might not be possible to phase out fossil fuel vehicles, unless some other battery type is used instead. ==See a...")
03:16, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Housing (Created page with "==Topics== * Homelessness * Lower the cost of housing * Universal basic housing * Walkability ==By region== ===Countries=== {{empty}} ")
03:16, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Homes (Redirected page to Housing) Tag: New redirect
03:16, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Insulate existing buildings (Created page with "==Which ones?== In what cases is it '''worthwhile''' to add more insulation? How can we determine whether the energy saved outweighs all the environmental impacts of doing the renovation? ===Case studies=== {{empty}} {{pn-block|'''Cases worth studying:''' Houses, apartment complexes, commercial buildings and more. Built during various eras, both older and more recent. Consider the challenges of dealing with lead paint, asbestos, and other complications. Consider the en...")
03:15, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Cooling (Created page with "This page is about keeping indoor air cool during hot weather. ==Types== * Air conditioning {{light|(status quo - most common)}} {{talk|TODO: add a stat about how much of the world's energy is used for cooling indoor air (or maybe instead, what percent of all carbon emissions). Make it easy to compare to other stuff such as heating or miscellaneous electricity use}} * Ground source heat pump * Radiative cooling * Evaporative cooling ==See also== * [...")
03:10, 6 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Heating (Created page with "This page is about heating homes and other buildings. ==Status quo== Globally, most heating is done using '''fossil fuels:''' {{talk|TODO: Add a stat about what percent of fossil fuels are used for heating indoor air (or maybe instead, what percent of the world's carbon emissions are from heating indoor air). Also show how it compares to cooling and other electricity use.}} * Burning natural gas or petroleum oil * Electric heaters, and most of the world's ele...")
20:15, 1 February 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Solitary confinement (Created page with "==Why it does more harm than good {{light|(to put it lightly)}}== {{empty}} {{talk|TODO:{{pbr}}~ General: Mention: Cruel and unusual punishment; solitary confinement is a form of torture, according to reputable sources such as Amnesty International{{pbr}}~ Specific: Add some stories; there are no shortage of horrific ones. Illustrate how it's an impediment to rehabilitating anyone}} ==Better alternatives== {{empty}} ==See also== * Prison * War on drugs")
20:13, 31 January 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Canola oil (Created page with "* Canola oil is a good source of omega-3 (unlike olive oil, soybean oil, palm oil or coconut oil) {{talk|yes it's ALA, but that's bioavailable enough for the vast majority of people. TODO: add link}} * Canola can grow in cold countries (useful for eating more local / less exploitation of the global south) {{talk|TODO: also explain the difference between canola, rapeseed and mustard seed}} ==Discussions== * Talk:Canola has a lower yield than grains (calorie-wise). How b...")
14:14, 16 January 2025 Elie talk contribs created page Dependent product syndrome (Created page with "==General problem== * You buy a product that relies on some online service, then the company ''discontinues'' the service. '''The product becomes unusable.''' {{minor|Or, sometimes this happens in a less obvious way:}} * You buy a product that relies on some online service, then the company ''changes the terms of service''. You're forced to either say yes to something you never agreed to before, or you can't use the product (that you paid for). ==Specific examples== {...")
17:41, 30 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Code:how-much-energy-storage.c (Created page with "{{mbox|This code is currently just a '''draft'''. It hasn't been tested. It hasn't even been run once. It doesn't do anything yet. It's just a prototype of the analysis we're going to need for research page: How much seasonal energy storage?.}} <syntaxhighlight lang="c"> #define N 8760 typedef double num; // number // input parameters to tweak num supply_demand_ratio = 2; num solar_wind_ratio = 1; num battery_capacity = 1; // TODO: change this default val...")
02:33, 30 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Carbon footprint and wealth inequality (Created page with "thumb|The rich definitely emit more carbon than everyone else. But "rich" in this context includes most citizens of developed countries. High carbon footprint is a type of first-world privilege. ==FAQ== ===="Why care about my carbon footprint when rich people fly private jets?"==== Private jets are <2% of all commercial airplane emissions {{p| [https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/private-aviation-co2-emissions-1.7375509 What are the private...")
02:30, 30 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Reduce energy demand (Created page with "thumb|We should focus on the biggest factors first. Rich and middle-class people use more energy. thumb|A lot of the world's energy demand is a function of how much new "stuff" gets made, and how much people drive. How can the world reduce its demand for energy, in order to make it easier to phase out fossil fuels and stop climate change? ==Ongoing discussions== * How much less energy could be use...")
02:29, 30 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Reduce the amount of land needed for agriculture (Redirected page to Reduce the amount of land required to feed the world) Tag: New redirect
02:24, 30 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Phase out fossil fuels (Redirected page to Decarbonize the energy supply) Tag: New redirect
00:41, 30 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Decarbonize energy (Redirected page to Decarbonize the energy supply) Tag: New redirect
22:49, 28 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Light pollution (Created page with "==External links== * [https://www.archdaily.com/977131/how-to-reduce-light-pollution-with-street-light-design How to reduce light pollution with '''street light''' design] ** Tl;dr: Make the light shine downwards and not out to the sides *** Existing street lights could maybe be retrofitted with reflective cones to do this. Would improve energy-efficiency slightly as well. {{talk|TODO: maybe create a wikipage about this, and how to retrofit specific models and how much i...")
21:04, 28 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page How much short-term energy storage for solar? (Created page with "Suppose we use batteries to smooth out the day/night cycle of solar - how much battery capacity might we need, say, for an house where electricity consumption is comparable to the average person in a first-world country, and all of it should come from solar? And how much more battery capacity would we need if we want to withstand some cloudy days? {{subst:Question page}} ==See also== * How much seasonal energy storage? * How much less solar power do you get on cl...")
20:58, 28 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page How much seasonal energy storage? (Created page with "If most of the world's energy came from wind and solar, how much energy storage would we need to smooth out the seasonal variations? ===Analysis needed=== * Find data on wind power ** Case study needed: Many wind turbines in a variety of geographical locations - far from each other but not too far for power lines to reach - all connected to the same power grid. Need a data table that shows the combined wind power for each hour (or at least each day) over the...")
20:16, 28 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Energy storage (Created page with "We'll need a lot of energy storage for 2 main reasons: # To smooth out the natural fluctuations of wind and solar # To store energy in cars and other vehicles, without fossil fuels ==Types / Case studies== {|class="wikitable" !Energy storage type !EROI {{p|EROI stands for "energy return on investment".{{pbr}}The energy ''invested'' includes:{{pbr}}~ the construction of the storage system{{pbr}}~ energy lost in charging, storage, or discharging{{pbr}}The ener...")
19:26, 28 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page What could provide enough seasonal energy storage? (Created page with "To smooth out the year-round fluctuations of wind & solar, we'll need a lot of energy storage. Far more than what it would take to just smooth out the day-night cycle. What energy storage type might be suitable? ===Analysis needed=== We need to compare different types of energy storage, based on the following factors: * Materials per unit of energy stored ** Consider the...")
17:53, 28 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page EV battery recycling (Created page with "Making cars electric already requires a lot of minerals to make the batteries. For some battery types, if all vehicles were electric, it would be close to the limit of natural resources (for certain minerals). The situation would only be worse if the batteries aren't recycled properly. ==Status quo== {{empty}} ==Improvements to be made== {{empty}} ==See also== * Minerals if all vehicles were electric (NMC...")
23:19, 27 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Eat healthy for cheap (Redirected page to Cheap plant-based food) Tag: New redirect
23:15, 27 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Addiction (Created page with "==Types== * Drug addiction * Internet addiction")
23:15, 27 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Internet addiction (Created page with "{{empty}} ==See also== * Make phone usage more ergonomic")
23:14, 27 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Make phone usage more ergonomic (Redirected page to Ergonomic phone use) Tag: New redirect
23:03, 27 December 2024 Elie talk contribs moved page Common rooms to Common room (Singular is pretty common when it comes to link title)
23:00, 27 December 2024 Elie talk contribs created page Polygamy (Created page with "==Discussions== * {{p2|Polygamy creates incels unless it's gender-balanced|Polygamy would be fine if the multiple wives can have multiple husbands, and no one is too possessive. Otherwise it's winner-takes-all}}")