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Electric Cars Are Not "Zero-Emission Vehicles"
WATTSUPWITHTHAT.COM -- A proper environmental impact assessment of a product means measuring all pollution it creates over its lifetime, not just one pollutant, such as CO2. A 2021 "life cycle assessment" (LCA) by the Journal of Cleaner Production found that manufacturing, charging, operating, and disposing of electric vehicles produces more pollutants than conventional cars in every category: 26% more fine particulate matter, 20% more human carcinogens, 61% more non-carcinogenic toxicity, 31% more terrestrial ecotoxicity, 39% more freshwater ecotoxicity and 41% more marine ecotoxicity. A 2019 German study found the Tesla Model 3 emits 11% to 28% more CO2, over its lifespan, than a diesel Mercedes C220D. While no single study is an end-all, clearly electric vehicles are far from zero-emission. Similarly, ...
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Electric vehicles and the evacuation of Florida
AMERICANTHINKER.COM -- Large swaths of Florida's heavily populated Gulf Coast have been ordered evacuated. What if all 8,000,000, instead of just 100,000, of Florida's vehicles were electric? Depending on how heavily loaded they were, cars from southern Florida would start running flat after 100 - 250 miles, even assuming a full charge. Since recharging can then easily take over an hour, they would then spend hours at recharging stations, which would rapidly clog up with other vehicles waiting their turn. All those vehicles would spill onto the highways, potentially blocking traffic. Cars that ran flat on the highway would also block traffic. In all likelihood, the highways would become vast parking lots, their passengers trapped, while the storm approaches ...
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Putin Speaks Out Against Far-Left World Order, Blasts Transgender Mutilation of Kids as 'Outright Satanism'
NATIONALFILE.COM -- [ISMAILI DIGEST ED: Hazar Imam, 1999: "[One reason the Ummah may disappear is that they] adopt the modern world and forget their traditional values." ~~ Hazar Imam, 2008: "I have no intention whatsoever, of allowing compromises to come into our value systems to please passing concepts about limitless freedom in social relations." ~~ Hazar Imam, 1965: "The danger is that the left-wing attitudes tend not only to destroy the Faith of a man towards his religion but also the respect of one individual towards another. When the Faith is broken down everything goes with it: the family, society, the individual, the intelligence."] ARTICLE: The left-wing world order is "doomed to fail" thanks to its deliberate destruction of "traditional values" Russian President Vladimir Putin said this week. While taking a firm stand for Christian tradition, traditional values and basic human nature, he railed against the far-left world order. "Do we want to have, here, in our country, in Russia, Parent Number One, Number Two, Number Three, instead of Mom and Dad? Have they gone mad out there? For us, all this is unacceptable, we have a different future, our own future," the Russian President declared. He continued, "Such a complete denial of man, the overthrow of faith and traditional values, the suppression of freedom acquiring the features of a 'reverse religion' - outright Satanism." In referencing America's troubled education system, which ...
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Electric vehicles won't save us from climate change
THEHILL.COM -- Richard Herrington, the head of earth sciences at the Natural History Museum in London, and seven of his colleagues sent a letter to the British government calculating the resources needed to replace the UK's 31 million cars with electrics. The totals include two times the world's cobalt production, nearly its entire neodymium production, three-quarters of its lithium production and at least half of its copper production during 2018. By these numbers, electrifying the USA's 276 million cars would require roughly 18 times the world's cobalt production, about 9 times its neodymium output, nearly 7 times its lithium production, and about 4 times its copper production. Last year, in the USA, 17.3 million vehicles were purchased. EVs accounted for about 361,000, or roughly 2% of ...
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The big eco dilemma: How rare earth metals have become a thorn in the side of the green agenda
RT.COM -- As the world eyes a more environmentally friendly future, it is getting more reliant on rare-earth metals (or elements). Rare-earths are used in magnets, batteries, motors, wind turbines, electric or hybrid cars, and much more. A single iPhone contains eight different rare-earth metals. But they are creating an environmental catastrophe of horrific proportions. Leaving aside they are rare and depleting rapidly, processing them requires a deadly cocktail of toxins. Processing a single ton produces 2,000 tons of toxic waste. Baotou, China, has the world's largest mine tailings pond and it's been leaking its toxic contents into the groundwater supply for 20 years. Sheep there grow extra rows of teeth or are unable to close their mouths ...
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Spiritual Trends in Syrian Isma'Ilism under Alamut -- BoAI Vol #4
GOOGLE.COM -- Success in establishing the Nizari "da'wa" in Alamut was mainly due to Hasan al-Sabbah revitalizing the Ismalli doctrine of the Imamate. He not only used the historical, philosophical, religious and exegetic arguments of earlier "da'is," demonstrating the necessity of an Imam descended from 'Ali, but also logical propositions in support of the doctrine of "al-ta'lim" (necessity of infallible teaching or instruction by an "Imam"). He argued that since God is just, He must, in every age send an infallible "teacher," whose teachings are the only way to truth and ultimately lead to unification of various faiths. As for reason, Hasan implied that its main use is to help the truth-seeker to know or "recognize" the true ...
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Aga Khan sires among the top at Tattersalls
Siyouni the third leading sire by average, Sea The Stars third by aggregate. The Aga Khan stallions were among the top sires during a strong renewal of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Book 1. SIYOUNI yearlings were particularly in demand, and he finished Book 1 as the third leading sire by average (more than one sold), with 18 yearlings selling for ...
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The Aga Khan Studs cease Christophe Soumillon retainer
The retainer is cease with immediate effect. Following last Friday's incident at Saint-Cloud, which resulted in the fall of Rossa Ryan, the Aga Khan Studs have taken the decision to cease their retainer with jockey Christophe Soumillon with immediate effect. From this week onwards, Soumillon may still ride in the Aga Khan silks on occasion at the discretion of the French ...
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Vadeni best of his generation in the Arc
Gr.2 success for Erevann and Gr.1 glory for Sea La Rosa during exciting Arc weekend. Impressive Prix du Jockey Club winner VADENI proved the best of his generation in the Gr.1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe in the rain at ParisLongchamp on Sunday. The dual Group 1 winning colt finished a close second to five-year-old Alpinista, who incidentally is herself a ...
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The Diverse Voices of Islam
USA -- Dr. Ali Asani speaks to Emory University Theology students on the meaning of Islam and its connections with other Abrahamic faiths. "How can we bring out the diverse voices of Islam?" It's an important question- one Dr. Ali Asani addresses on an August afternoon at the Ismaili Jamatkhana in Decatur, Georgia, during his guest lecture for graduate-level students from ...
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VIDEO: #WordoftheWeek: Salawat | #WhatIsmailisBelieve
#WordoftheWeek: Salawat An Arabic term, which is the plural of salat, meaning "prayer". It is used by all Muslims to refer to prayers to invoke blessings on Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), as mandated by a Qur'anic injunction. Believers recite salawat for a variety of reasons, including to seek Allah's help, support, and grace, and to express gratitude for Divine blessings. Shia and many ...
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