Environmental Insanity: Company wants you to ship them your compostable food waste
A new green tech startup wants us to rethink what we do with our banana peels, pepper tops and other kitchen scraps, …. Why it matters: Scraps thrown away in…
Follow up: “Will Thanksgiving make a bad season of respiratory illness even worse?”
The Experts’ Prediction: As the holiday approaches, infectious disease specialists are bracing for the possibility that big family get-togethers and travel will propel the spread of RSV, flu and COVID-19.…
Demographics: Population Under Age 18 Declined Last Decade
By comparison, the younger population under age 18 numbered 73.1 million, or 22.1% of the U.S. population in 2020, a 1.4% decrease from 74.2 million in 2010. The slow decline…
Caffeine Culture: Caffeine’s environmental degradation
Here in the U.S. it is estimated that 420 million cups of coffee are consumed every day. Many of those are in disposable paper cups – which are trashed in…
Demographics: China’s population has begun to shrink
Deaths outnumbered births last year for the first time in six decades. Experts see major implications for China, its economy and the world. Source: China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic…
Aviation, Climate: “The rich should pay higher fares to clean up aviation”
Oddly enough, the goal is that only the elite will be permitted to fly – while telling everyone else to curtail their carbon emissions: Rich travelers will have to pay…
Blow it up!: Dead whale washes ashore on Oregon coast
Oregon has experience blowing up whale carcasses: Dead whale washes up on Oregon coast at Fort Stevens State Park | kgw.com
Caffeine Culture: Why many studies on coffee health effects are worthless – and misleading
I am not exaggerating when I say that coffee nearly killed me. This is the first post on the topic of coffee and caffeine.
Demographics: Oregon Community College Enrollment Continues to Decline
This might be why? Look at the population of the age 15-19, and 20-24 groups. Sources: Oregon community college enrollment drops again – oregonlive.com and Oregon Population 2022/2023 Related: Oregon…
Geopolitics: The natural state of the world might not be the mostly peaceful past decades
“Polarization permeates our world, whether in domestic politics or interstate relations,” S. Jaishankar, the Indian minister of external affairs, wrote in a recent book called “The India Way.” He also…