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 (DIR) Post #ArExKocsiBGWYDuF3w by Flick@spinster.xyz
       2025-02-18T10:34:56.230649Z
       
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       You can make candles from beeswax, which is expensive, or tallow, which is made of cows and thus bad for the environment, but I’m going to make a wild guess and say that your bog standard cheap candle is ultimately made out of some kind of hydrocarbon.So, in our glorious net zero future, when the power grid has a little oopsie we’ll be huddled around a little blob of oil for light and heat….
       
 (DIR) Post #ArEynaskzS1WHEcOAa by 1db113ebbf6dca151c2971fc8e61e378d2b2c95b5b029789a996ea47a775d16f@mostr.pub
       2025-02-18T10:42:46.000Z
       
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       As long as it's not fossil hydrocarbons it's pretty ok as far as the climate is concerned.Of course if Greens stopped attacking nuclear and pushed for 4th-generation you'd have a crap ton of baseload so the grid wouldn't have oopsies in the first place and we'd all have much safer nuclear facilities.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArF7coXwkGnj3foq7U by Sherri_Ingrey@spinster.xyz
       2025-02-18T12:29:01.146577Z
       
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       @Flick most are made from  Paraffin: This by-product of petroleum refining is the all-rounder among candle materials. It’s moldable, absorbs colors and scents well, and burns reliably. However, it’s criticized due to its fossil origin.  But now there's SOY WAX.   It is supposedly renewable.  Stearin wax: This material is obtained from vegetable or animal fats and is often used in mixtures. It makes candles harder and increases the melting point.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArFTVCJShFaPRXoizg by HebrideanHecate@spinster.xyz
       2025-02-18T16:16:22.680182Z
       
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       @Flick You expect to even have that much?! It will be burning our own dung or some such new green initiative.
       
 (DIR) Post #ArFTXBBZrHMcWi4fHU by GrumpyOldNurse@spinster.xyz
       2025-02-18T16:19:25.659219Z
       
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       @HebrideanHecate @Flick Actually, I suspect TPTB are hoping the majority of proles will just die.