Jay

@jaystephens
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Pirate Party Foreign Relations chair 2021-23

Born 330 ppm, Shetland. Dad to 2 kids (384, 390ppm)

Climate | SocDem* | Pragmatism | Kindness | Tech | TTRPG | 5% shit-posts | Too many boosts

Dayjob: Resilience/Disaster Recovery/Infosec

Live Bundjalung Country
Always was, always will be

Banner: Pirate flag, Alasdair Grey (mis)quote

Avi: 3 arrows

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*Contains left-ecomodernism

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@SpinMeAround @CEOofmyhouse56 wait, there's realistic options other than just giving up and cooking the thing they'll actually eat? Dammit.

I've pointed this out before but it's nice to see an article on it:

International shipping is a problem that actually gets easier as we decarbonize, because it turns out that 40% of freight shipping tonnage and half of fuel spent on shipping is spent shipping other fossil fuel around the globe.

Get rid of fossil fuel and half of our shipping problems go away!

https://cleantechnica.com/2026/06/16/shipping-freight-energy-fossil-cargo/

#ClimateCrisis #RenewableEnergy

Fossil Fuels Are 40% Of Freight Shipping Tonnage, But Half Its Fuel Use - CleanTechnica

Fossil fuels are about 40% of maritime tonnage but roughly half of freight energy, which changes the shipping fuel transition.

CleanTechnica
The US government continues to hold the president of Venezuela and his wife in prison following the US kidnapping them several months ago.
@marshray
I haven't read that one, but other RB, like "something wicked this way comes" are amongst my favourite books.

@marshray
Sunday 6pm here.

Yeah I would be very happy to find out we aren't alone.

My second reaction honestly though would be "wtf, you guys have crazy futuristic tech and you've just sat there and watched us pump CO2 into the air & acidify the oceans for decades... Are you kidding me?"

@marshray
Was figuring out how to say much the same thing (basically, "woah, that was not meant as a personal attack, sorry I hit a nerve") but Wulfy blocked me. Ho hum.

@marshray @n_dimension
They're constantly fantasizing about the whole world going

*gasp*!

You were right all along

You're so much smarter than us normies