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For climate change, considering that we have probably have less than 40 years of habitability left in most regions, natural gas is worse than coal on any timeline that matters. Methane has a GWP of >80x that of an equivalent amount of CO2, but it degrades in <12 years in the atmosphere. This...

I see this asked a lot. The reason we don't publicly protest has a lot to do with state-sanctioned violence. In some states, it is now legal for motorists to run over anyone attempting to block a roadway. In all states, it is now acceptable for police to use a tactic known as kettling, in...

Facilitating natural processes is our best bet. Gardening on a continental scale as was done centuries ago can restore hydrologic cycles while sequestering carbon and securing natural services like provision of clean air and water. You would think America's biblical literalists would be all...

Not all changes will be measured in degrees. "Tipping points" is the term for unreversible ecological regime changes. "I oppose seeing the remaining productive ecosystems on Earth go the way of the Sahel, the Great Barrier Reef, and the Aral Sea." Edited to add: Have you compared Haiti to the...

So long; and thanks for all the fish!

I'm glad your behavior fits in the GRAS category. Regulators should be concerned with outlying behaviors and population risk, not just normal consumption and individual risk. People are strange, especially about consumption.

I cook most of the food consumed by my household. Cinnamon is mostly for baking. A 1lb bag typically lasts 1-2 years or so. Edited to add: Weird. I don't contribute here often, but when I do, jhodge is here to tell me I'm wrong.

You don't agree, but the EU food safety experts do. Serving size listed on my 1lb bag of cinnamon is 1 Tbsp. It isn't just cinnabon and pumpkin pie. Lots of influencers and chef-blogs promote cinnamon's supposed benefits for diabetes and weight loss. And yeah... put anything in a pill and...

Americans who bake may already know, but US food safety regulations around cinnamon were a problem before this lead contamination story. Originally, cinnamon was from a single species of tree and is currently known as Ceylon Cinnamon. Now, most cinnamon in the US comes from China and is known...

Provided the rates are properly managed... What would inspire them to start properly managing something? These are the investors who loudly profiteered by gouging fuel prices when Russia invaded Ukraine. Why would they let a little environmental catastrophe or human suffering slow them down...

I was around for those earthquakes. Homes were damaged all over the state. Cheaply rented state legislators didn't care until their capital building was literally crumbling in on them and disrupting proceedings. Oil companies generated obscene wealth by destroying the biosphere. Should we...

Sorry Mr. Wahi, that activity is restricted to members of congress. Do not pass go, do not collect $200.

Responded to wrong post.

Why don't we just place the innocuous conjuctive "But" directly preceding any use of his last name? I mean, musk as a noun has unpleasant connotations, however "But Musk..." used repetitively in conversation over time seems likely to create subconscious negative association.

I don't understand people who would tell you to ignore the threats. I too have loved ones who do not conform to conservative values. I don't consider them to be safe in red cities or states. Some people may not want to be lumped in with the right wing, but I wouldn't want to be lumped in with...

Where did OrvGull say anyone would "actually, literally round up and murder gay people?" I saw the post where OrvGull said "Arizona may not be safe" because Arizonans might elect people who engage in hateful rhetoric such as gay concentration camps. Again, an example of hateful rhetoric has...

I see. So we should ignore all their warnings and even the assaults and only acknowledge them when they are engaged in "actual bad things" because it is distracting and you don't want to be "lumped in" with them. And we can "fuck right off" if we don't agree with you. I think I understand...

A huge leap that only you are making. No one stated or implied that concentration camps are inevitable. OrvGull simply pointed out that the political rhetoric in those areas is threatening. In response to that you are hurling personal insults and vulgarities. I find your behavior astonishing...

Who else here is discussing "every place and person in every red state?" OrvGull isn't making personal attacks, but rather characterizing political rhetoric in certain areas as more threatening than others. It seems to be important to you that no one characterizes political rhetoric in red...

I didn't say Arizona is the Third Reich and I didn't call you a Nazi. I simply called attention to your dismissal of the idea that the american right can be considered a growing threat to certain populations. Does that make you uncomfortable?