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Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds

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  • I agree. The US doesn’t listen to us and if they go all fascist we shouldn’t listen to them either. Regardless, we should endeavour to set an example for them to follow. Whether they follow it or not is up to them of course.

    • Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds

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  • I understand where you are coming from but I don’t think it would be that bad. I mean if I recall correctly even within the US there are some areas that use daylight savings and some that don’t. And Canada switching would encentivize the US to switch.

    • Do you dislike being mistaken for Americans?

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  • I wouldn’t feel too bad for mistaking a Canadian for an American. Our accents sound so similar that I don’t think its a big deal, especially for non native, or non North American english speakers.

    That’s what I tell every Canadian I know who’s travelling anyhow. Just kindly tell them you are Canadian if they ever refer to you as American. Or carry Canadian insignia if you are concerned about it.

    • Canadians worry US democracy cannot survive Trump's return to White House, poll finds

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  • Regardless of the outcome of the US elections, I hope this makes the Canadian government realize that it needs take a more independent stance from the US in terms of its policies. Because right now our politicians don’t even want to change the daylight savings time policy without US states agreeing to it at the same time.

    • Not even poor Notepad is safe from Microsoft's AI obsession

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  • Fuck Notepad. All my homies use Kate.

    • Skeletor cares about your life rule

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  • Those crazy people wont have a reason to leave the US though. They basically dont even know we exist anyhow.

    The ones we want, the smart people, are the ones that will move. And we could definitely use more skilled labourers to build those homes we are missing for example. Plus, Americans are already proficient in English so could work real well wherever they go.

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  • Come to Canada, y’all

    • Biden administration announces $162 million to expand computer chip factories in Colorado and Oregon

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  • Long INTC

    • Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked air pollution controls, feds say

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  • Thanks for your comment. Very informative and insightful.

    However, your argument only works when electricity is sourced from 100% non renewable sources. If your city power uses some hydro, nuclear or other renewable sources, the efficiency of electric appliances goes up and will likely be at least comparable with the average gas powered home appliance. And it will keep going up as power plants become renewable and thermal plants are decomissioned.

    • Cummins pickup truck engines systematically tricked air pollution controls, feds say

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  • Electric appliances are generally more efficient than appliances powered directly by non renewable sources though. And a single oil/gas powerplant is probably more energy efficient than thousands of individually gas and oil powered appliances. So just changing to electric appliances will already reduce emissions.

    And it sets the city up to upgrade to renewable energy in the future.