Because we need to replace and maintain the ones we already have. People have been talking about doing this to our aging stockpile for decades.
It makes sense to reduce our arsenal, but the nukes we do have need to be maintained for safety and reliability.
That sounds awfully legit.
I hate to think that the government is doing exactly what they’ve said they’d do in a sensible timeframe. What is this nation coming to?
People on the internet like to pretend that if the US just stopped making weapons then everyone else would also stop making weapons.
This, lifecycle renewal only goes so far and old plutonium is still very useful for things like breeder reactors.
Because, despite us removing the lead from the air, the world is going fucking crazy.
Oh, it’s still in the air… and in the water.
Friendly reminder that Flint, Michegan still doesn’t have clean drinking water.
That hasn’t been the case in years now. Why parrot bullshit?
Because my last impression was that things hadn’t changed. Why did you just downvote me, rather than actually provide a source to back up your claim? That isn’t really conducive to a productive conversation. You’ve come at me in an inherently hostile manner, which is disrespectful.
Nonetheless, I’ll do your work for you:
An extensive lead service pipe replacement effort has been underway since 2016. In early 2017, some officials asserted that the water quality had returned to acceptable levels, but in January 2019, residents and officials expressed doubt about the cleanliness of the water. There were an estimated 2,500 lead service pipes still in place as of April 2019. As of December 8, 2020, fewer than 500 service lines still needed to be inspected. As of July 16, 2021, 27,133 water service lines had been excavated and inspected, resulting in the replacement of 10,059 lead pipes. After $400 million in state and federal spending, Flint has secured a clean water source, distributed filters to all who want them, and laid modern, safe, copper pipes to nearly every home in the city. Politico declared that its water is “just as good as any city’s in Michigan.” However, a legacy of distrust remains, so residents often refuse to drink the tap water.
Furthermore:
As the criminal investigation progressed, more than a dozen state and local officials were indicted on a raft of charges, including obstruction of justice, lying to police, and involuntary manslaughter. While prosecutors were able to secure misdemeanor convictions against seven defendants through plea bargains, the most-serious charges were dropped in 2019.
So it is perhaps understandable that people think things were by and large brushed under the rug, and are still distrustful.
Earthworm Jim would be ashamed of you. He had far more modesty.
Your last impression was outdated by years because YOU never did even a cursory google to back up YOUR claim.
You didn’t do my work for me. You finally did your own work that you never did lol.
JetSome planes still use leaded fuel unfortunately.Jets do not. They usually use Jet A, basically kerosene. It’s piston engines that use leaded gasoline (avgas).
Furthermore leaded gas is currently being phased out of general aviation also, at least in the US (others will likely follow).
Maybe if you’re posting from 1990.
Perhaps the plan is to reach sustainability by eliminating 90% of the population over a short period of time?
TFW your domestic policy makes Thanos look like the reasonable one.
I don’t know, man. Thanos was way worse. Earth is what, 0.00000001% of the universe population?
But what if it isn’t? What is Earth is really the only planet carrying self-aware species in the transportable distance?
Then yes. Thanos would be a more reasonable creature.
Would we consider nuclear annaliation a green project?
How else do you think the US is planning on meeting its climate goals? Certainly not by holding corporations accountable.
Because we’re coming up on cold war 2 : Chinese boogaloo
Edit: cold war 2: big trouble in little China.
I think for this one it would be Big Trouble in Big China.
Well Taiwan is also known as the Republic of China, so the trouble would be in the little China
Touche
For the Russian takeover. Putin has let his weapons deteriorate so he’s telling his minions here to get prepared for him.
Maybe it’s because the other major nuclear power keeps making new nuclear threats every week and just withdrew from a major nuclear proliferation treaty?
We also need to arm all of the new B-21 raiders. I believe I read they’re going to start off with producing 100 of them.
You know why. 🙄
Do you mean the 2024 war?
Will it be an escalation of the Russia/Ukraine war? Or will the Israel/Gaza war spill over into the wider region? Or will America try to start some shit over Taiwan? Who knows!
Clock is ticking, though.
The correct phrase is, “will China start some shit over Taiwan”
China doesn’t really do military conflict. They’re not like Russia who has had several military conflicts in just the past few decades; China hasn’t really done anything like that for over 40 years. If they decide to do anything they’ll probably do something that’s partially economic and partially political. If anyone is going to start a war over Taiwan it’s going to be America - they’ve been signaling it pretty hard.
My guess? China starts restricting trade or infrastructure or energy or something to put pressure on Taiwain, America decides it’s time to liberate them from “the yolk of Chinese tyranny” and introduce some FreedomTM, and then it’s WW3
This is Tibetan deletion. Something China knows quite a bit about, I guess.
