A modern wind turbine offsets its entire lifecycle COβ footprint in 5β12 months. Financial payback is often around 6β12 years onshore & 10β15 years offshore, with operating lives of 20β30+ years. For wind, the carbon mortgage is usually measured in months. The carbon savings are measured in decades.
Chris Meder
A basic income program in central Iowa gave 110 people $500/mo. It caused improvements in savings, stress, and agency. It also found significant changes in scores relating to hope β the ability to create goals and feel capable of working toward them, and also increases in mattering and self-reliance
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Researchers presented their findings from the Central Iowa Basic Income Pilot in Des Moines. Their study looked at how participants used monthly $500 payments, and how it affected their well-being and...