There are heat pumps that exchange heat with the ground. Those can function well in more extreme temperatures. Also you could/should have alternative heating methods for extreme situations even if they are much more inneficient

That quote is top notch.

Every time I see George Carlin mentioned on the web it always is a positive surprise.

Of course, informing them before take off would have been ever better. But then the plane still needs to fly, even if empty.

And the passengers can still get compensation, maybe even more than the refund of the flight so I’m sure that for many of the passengers this was the better deal.

Read the article if they had not taken off at that time they wouldn’t have made the return flight in time (Zurich airport has no landings past midnight). So not flying means that 111 people would not make it to Bilbao (without their bags) and a similar amount of people wouldn’t make it to Zurich (with their bags).

Personally, I would rather take the flight and get my bag a day or two later. Annoying af yes but at least you get some compensation to get some clothes.

If half the people are flying home it’s not even that big of a problem.

You haven’t met them in person because they are at home busy… playing factorio.

The question is what are you doing outside?

I wouldn’t say anything. You could provide a sense of belonging, guidance etc but many cults also do that.

Now, many also promise eternal salvation and the like and that is 100% a scam. Literally the same as snake oil.

Sure.

Western countries are under pressure by their own population to fight climate change. For that they need to implemente measures that reduce their impact, which most governments would rather not do as it usually comes with some “negative consequences”. Now, if they can make the problem smaller by having other countries change their way of living instead, it’s a win for them, because problem gets smaller, pressure decreases (or more realistically increases less) and they can focus on making lines go up and getting their votes.

So I don’t think that they will have a big incentive in keeping it private. Of course private companies will, but that’s a different story.

Hopefully that made sense. It’s late here xD

Due to the environmental impacts they would have a strong incentive to not do that.

Not because they care that much about the climate, but if they can make a significant percentage of continents like Africa and Asia reduce their food production emissions they they themselves would need to reduce theirs less