I’m willing to be corrected if I’m wrong.
However, if you run a high current through a coiled mains extension cord, you create a fire hazard because it heats up due to induction. No ferrous metals involved, just the copper or aluminium conductors in the cable. Don’t induction hobs work on a similar principle?
Gosh, you’ve posted this misinformation twice under the same OP. It’s just not true.
only if a magnet sticks
That’s simply untrue.
Many stainless pans have an aluminium core. Aluminium isn’t magnetic, but is very inductive.
Some stainless pans are made of 316 stainless steel. It, too, is inductive, but not magnetic.
I have non-magnetic stainless pans that cook beautifully on induction.
Ikea 365+ stainless is good value, induction-compatible, and IME lasts for decades despite abuse from careless housemates.
A good stainless steel weld is VERY unlikely to ever break or need repair. My welded stainless pans are decades old.
OP, ignore this person.
Many stainless pots and pans work just fine with induction hobs - including lots of older stainless cookware from the years before induction hobs were popular.
Your mum is a rounding error.
You are not making sense.
You may enjoy unsound conclusions, but don’t project that inadequacy onto the rest of us.
The U.S. already witnessed the damage and chaos of a Trumpster Fire presidency.
After 4 years of progress under Biden, it voted for more damage and chaos.
Americans are humans, and humans are all too often short-termist, irrational, and destructive.
If that is what they meant, then that is what they should have said.
But it isn’t what they said, and therefore presumably isn’t what they meant.
Having studied formal logic, I’m well aware of what a tautology is. It is a statement logically equivalent to A = A.
Relevance here: a bad outcome is a bad outcome (regardless whether it happens now or later).
Some old people are the ones who pioneered climate research, renewable energy, de-growth, and environmental activism!
Without them, no-one would understand what exactly has gone wrong or what can be done about it.
Learn to distinguish people based on their individual actions (for which they are responsible), not their involuntary characteristics (such as age).
sometimes change needs to happen for better or worse
Change for worse is not a good thing.
Arguing otherwise is arguing against a tautology.
The article does not mention mountains. Mountains are often more suited to trains than planes, cf. Switzerland.
The article does quote Anna Hughes of Flight Free UK, who echoes my sentiments: “The reality of decarbonising travel will inevitably be travelling a lot less, investing heavily in rail, and only then electrifying the flights that remain.”
France’s short-haul flight ban is excellent and more countries should adopt it.
As for “counterpoint”, no-one here disagrees with decarbonising island routes rail can’t serve. Still, I’d favour sail or electric fast ferries over aircraft where possible.
Relevant David Revoy cartoon: https://thebrainbin.org/m/comicstrips@lemmy.world/t/1848750/authenticity-problem
This is by David Revoy, who has started getting wrongly accused of using AI for his art
I’m all in favour of decarbonisation.
Still, the physics mean aviation will never be as energy-efficient as high-speed rail.
Governments and others should overwhelmingly invest in the latter. It has higher RoI.
Plenty of shallow people in the world, sadly, enjoy vicariously living even shallower lives than their own.
Thank you, I stand corrected.