The map is based on multiple, independent, country-specific surveys. There probably was no (good) data on Ukraine for reasons.

It’s only an issue in first-past-the-post elections though, of which continental Europe has far fewer. It’s not an issue in relative elections, such as for most parliaments in continental Europe.

I mean, yeah — obviously the same people that get their news almost exclusively from “alternative” media.

True. I suspect there are a bunch of effects that come into play because the question is basically, “What would go do if you could vote for another country?”

E.g., I am not sure whether respondents voted for the candidate they would want to live under (which I think would be the more straightforward option) vs. which candidate they would want to see in another country (for the benefit of their home country).

There’s also a strong element of how deep people are in the national/US propaganda cycle vs. hearing a few news items from a distance.

Also … The image above is of course presupposing a per-country first-past-the-post voting system. Denmark only has 4% Trump voters (which I don’t think matches with their national voting behavior). However, e.g. Germany polled at 21% Trump voters which happens to line up almost perfectly with the percentage of far-right Afd voters.

Welp.

On a related note, in Germany, Bundeswehr has been blocking onshore wind locations too, because they’re situated along corridors for planes. Some of those plane corridors are secret too, so sometimes municipalities learn there is an issue only after permitting the location.

Fwiw, all of this sounds a lot more real than the efforts here in Germany. Granted, German electricity is pricey by comparison — the balance between the prices of fossil and non-fossil energy is off here.

I am sure Ikea will acknowledge having contributed to illegal deforestation of original forests in Romania, Belarus, and Russia in the 2020s at some point, too.

Weaselly conservatives that try to blame their own (useful!) policy decisions on the Greens appear to be everywhere in Europe right now.

operates independently

That’s a little questionable. At least one lower-end Volvo model was designed and is being produced by Geely in China.

Mass transit is better than cars. That’s transparent. The point you were making previously though, was that electric cars may be worse than fossil-fuel burning cars. Why are you switching tack again?

@0x815@feddit.org Did you forget adding the link? Thanks!

Hm. I see how early deaths due to gas fumes exposure does not compare well with car crashes occurring at random points during people’s lives. But I don’t think that makes the article, or by extension the study, garbage. (?)

This has been a trend among German politicians on social media (as the article correctly mentions). I am not exactly sure why this guy’s me-tooing nets him this amount of publicity and press coverage.

Are we both talking about the same country that that’s been trying to take away citizenship from its Muslim population? The country that validated the violent and illegal destruction of a mosque decades ago by building a huge Hindu temple in its place? The country that’s been putting a lot of money into armament? The country building out its pharmaceutical industry on the back of the poorer parts of its populatiom?

No, not the same country, but very similar tendencies.

While they are not all that far apart politically, I’d still disagree because of their differing styles: Merkel was a uniting force for much of her era (you will likely disagree if you’re Greek but nevertheless). Scholz just presents his stoic face, is unwilling to explain anything, and appears to naturally antagonize people.

Being able to separate facts from spin is, imo, a myth. Even more so, when you don’t have deep preexisting knowledge of a topic. The disdain with which he mentions bike lanes and degrowth as opposed to the apparently fantastic work of US tech companies right at the beginning is kind of an indication here what that spin is going to be.

The basic fact is that mining sucks and cars (or for that matter, most other technical products) are not environmentally friendly. However, the scale of these issues varies for different products. And to the point of scale:

I’ll admit, the specifics and the source on this infographic are “trust me bro” because I forgot where I screenshotted it from. The takeaway is this, though: The necessary level of materials mining for electrified products and green energy does not compare to the level of fossil fuels drilling needed otherwise. In addition, battery materials can be recycled pretty well, so you only need to mine them once. Fossil fuels can not be recycled.

In any case, it’s a good idea to question where all of the things you own and consume come from. It’s a good thing to fight for supply-chain laws. However, detractors of green energies systematically exaggerate environmental impacts precisely because the technologies they propose are massively dirtier.

As to lithium in particular: Lithium from South America indeed has large environmental ramifications. However, most lithium is in fact mined in Australia in a completely different process.

Unlikely. Mobile OSes are shipped as images, meaning you can remove preinstalled apps from your user account but you can’t free the storage they use.

I am a bit surprised but the position of a Russian envoy to NATO actually exists, and is held by one Aleksandr Burov.