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  • freebee@sh.itjust.workstoMicroblog Memes@lemmy.world40s
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    5 days ago

    I don’t know if it’s at all possible for you and depends on where you live and work, but I try to integrate “little sports” in my daily life. I try to cycle and walk to places as much as possible, instead of bus or tram. Try to use staircases instead of elevators. Etc. It can be small things, but easier to keep up than a real sporty regime.






  • Nur 3 % von nur 13,7 Milliarden Litern Erdöl pro Tag sind natürlich keine Kleinigkeit.

    Überraschenderweise verbraucht das Recycling von Aluminium viel weniger Energie als das von Glas oder Kunststoff.

    Aber ich trinke mein Bier viel lieber aus Glas, schmeckt am besten. Bier aus Plastik ist zum Kotzen. Bier aus Alu überlebe ich wenn es sein muss.

    Das niedrige Pfand auf Glas stört mich vor allem deshalb, weil Glas schwer ist, in meiner Tasche klappert und sich nicht wieder verschließen lässt. Das macht das Zurückbringen von Glas immer so unangenehm, und deshalb möchte ich dafür mehr zurückbekommen!










  • Because a lot of pension plans are very disappointing. They for example offer a ‘guaranteed’ minimum intrest of up to 2 % per year, but don’t forget the ‘management costs’ they charge. That’s very very low compared to regular inflation. Pension funds exist to make pension fund managers, traders and banks rich (now, not later) and so that the government can point at them and say “it was your own responsibility!” instead of offering ALL weak and old people enough to cover basic needs. And that’s to “motivate” as many people as possible to work as much as possible. If relatively young right now: you’re probably better off putting money away in time deposits with higher guaranteed intrest than putting it in pension funds. Or ETF/random stock picking for those who feel lucky. The state subsidies to choose pension fund instead of time deposit or direct market investments is in many cases also misleading: you get tax cuts when depositing into the pension funds, but you get taxed when you get paid out at pension age. All differs a lot in different countries, but the core of it is pretty similar all over I think.




  • freebee@sh.itjust.workstoFuck Cars@lemmy.worldTrains
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    26 days ago

    Of course the response is to just start of with high speed rail connecting major cities in high mobility demand, high population areas. You got plenty of those. Looking at population density of the entire country to decide on the feasibility of better passenger rail in the most densely populated regions is dumb.