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Nobody ever planted a tree in this photo. It was a working gravel pit 30 years ago.

We need to get over our obsession with planting trees and let nature do the job. The results are just SO much better.

It's also about realising we are not, in fact, central to everything. 🌍

A favorite! Don’t lose the marrow.

I don’t like opera, but the world needs more opera talk!

Stay the course. And good luck!

Source?

Reality?

As the one trying to argue otherwise, the burden is on you to prove it’s possible

I’ve only ever spent time in Midland/Odessa. If I knew west Texas could look like this, I’d be much more excited to visit.

Ok. For sure.

How?

You’re ignoring the other, non/plastic petroleum components in solar, not even taking into consideration production/transportation.

Solar panels will never be carbon neutral. They simply can’t be with the tech currently available.

Almost. To replace 40% of fossil fuels wouldn’t be practically possible (even with near limitless budgets) for at least 50 years.

The amount of carbon fuel that is needed to make/transport solar and wind means they will never be carbon neutral.

Lithium ion batteries are another blind alley.

That’s an interesting distinction. I’m not sure you can make one work without the other, because a lot of energy goes into processing crude oil and natural gas into other products. But it might be possible.

Totally Big Trouble in Little China!

I appreciate a homage to an amazing 80s movie.

Yes…. However, without petroleum there would be no solar panels or wind farms. As far as I can tell (and my knowledge may be limited here), the only “renewables” that are actually petroleum free are geothermal, nuclear, and hydro.

What is going to replace petrochemicals? I’m not talking, just, energy. I’m also talking about the 6,000+ everyday products that have petroleum as the base ingredient. Including the phone/computer we used to type this.

Legitimately asking. We don’t have a viable alternative, so what do we do?

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Bring It On, Donald: The January 6 Committee Stands on Truth Donald Trump’s latest threat to “jail” members of the January 6 Committee is nothing more than the desperate howl of a man who knows history will regard him with shame.

Oh listen, we aren’t afraid. My response to Trumps threat:

adamkinzinger.substack.com/p/bring-it-o...

Who cares what you think 🤦🏻‍♂️. What did your daughter think?

“Humanitarian” doesn’t mean what I think they think it means.

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I worry about Armenia.

The Rolls and Bentleys have the weight and suspension for quad mounted .30 cals

Lots of cool local weather content in our update stream this morning:
* Sunrise photos from this morning
* Sunset photos from last night
* Today in weather history
* The outlook for rain in the week ahead ⬇️
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So specific zoning is bad, but other zoning limits are good?

It was an unfair trap, and I apologize for that.

But the zoning you’re talking about changing seems to be for suburban areas in the first and urban in the second. Two disparate situations with distinct constituencies.

I didn’t say small town. I said farm or rural property.

Final: Caps 4, Habs 2

VICTOIRE

#CapsHabs | #ALLCAPS

It stretches credulity to believe a liberal from NYC would be happy with a heavy industrial plant opening up across the street from your house/apartment if a developer decided it would be the highest/best use.

You say, “car = dependent”. I say, “car = freedom”.

To each his/her own.

Okay, bye!

The other problems are life-style choices. Sounds more like a desire to change their new surroundings to suit them instead of adapting themselves. Perfectly reasonable, with a fix: try somewhere else?