> Yeah you do. Compare the casualties and destruction in 19th century and 20th century wars.
Looking at Wikipedia's list of wars by death toll[0], it seems that people were capable of massive casualties and destruction without fossil fuels, too. Like the Taiping Rebellion in 1850–1864, with a death toll of 20–70 million. The Mongol invasions in 1206–1368, with a death range of 20–60 million, and the Three Kingdoms period in 184–280, with a death range of 34 million.
"With no reliable census at the time, estimates of the death toll of the Taiping Rebellion are speculative. Most of the deaths were attributed to plague and famine".
That just means there was a large population around that could die from the effects of the war.
> The Mongol invasions in 1206–1368 [168 years]... and the Three Kingdoms period in 184–280 [96 years]
If WW2 [6 years] had gone on as long as the Mongol invasions the death toll would've topped 1 billion.
Casualties from Mongol invasion are very likely much less than what was given in Wikipedia. There are good arguments that in fact probability of being killed has not changed throughout the history. It just in modern times wars are less frequent but are more devastating.
Ex worked in an NGO that fights the expansion of hydro in Portugal.
There are several reasons. It's destructive, has very high emissions, and doesn't actually generate that much power because we have long-ish drought seasons. Hydro was fueled or fueling corrupt construction deals while destroying natural reserves and wildlife. In some cases, night-time hydro was much more expensive than any other power source.
You mean low water levels? Isn’t it caused by agriculture water use? A dam allows to use more water (for agriculture) but one can choose not to use more.
The Norwegian meteorological Institute, as well as all European meteorological agencies, shares but also rely on shared data from other agencies, including NOAA. Most of the Atlantic weather buoys, for example...
> were the bolts missing because the Spirit team did not know they had to be put back
It would be interesting to know what ultimately happened to the bolts if they indeed were removed.
When I disassemble something, I do as I was taught in my mechanical class in high school, and always keep all parts I take of in the same box. If I am left with some extra bolts when finished, that would be a worrisome sign.
When I was a teen, I rebuilt the engine on my first car. When done, there was a spring left over. I had no idea what it was for, the engine ran fine.
So I drove it around. The oil pressure was very low, but I figured it was just a broken gauge.
Then, the engine got way, way too hot.
It turns out, the spring was for the pressure regulator from the oil pump. The oil was pumped out of the pan right back into the pan. The engine needed to be rebuilt again.
Looking at Wikipedia's list of wars by death toll[0], it seems that people were capable of massive casualties and destruction without fossil fuels, too. Like the Taiping Rebellion in 1850–1864, with a death toll of 20–70 million. The Mongol invasions in 1206–1368, with a death range of 20–60 million, and the Three Kingdoms period in 184–280, with a death range of 34 million.
0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_by_death_toll
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