Climate: Need to ban charcoal cooking grills
In fact, we need to ban all grills that burn something – wood, charcoal, propane: Charcoal may be great for barbecues — but it’s bad for the planet | (ted.com)…
Public health, media: Covid-19 booster shots
The media says it is difficult to get a Covid vaccination due to incredible demand. Practicing Factfulness My closest RiteAid store is booked out 2 weeks. The next closest store…
Climate: Need to ban wood stoves
The EPA changed the terminology from “wood stoves” to “wood heaters”. Next step is to establish tighter emission standards to de facto ban “wood heaters”: Several counties in Oregon, including…
Climate: More and more people are dying due to climate
The news story tellers say more and more people are dying from climate disasters. Except, actually, not.
Climate: Must limit vehicle speeds to 55 mph or 100 kph (62 mph) in Europe
In Germany, Last Generation demands an end to all fossil fuel use by 2030 (just 6 years away) to save humanity. That would, ironically, result in the collapse of the…
Climate: Air conditioning must be banned
We need to ban air conditioning because it makes global heating tolerable. Or something.
Public health: Another person livid she got Covid
In her tweet, at the end, she has almost figured it out – almost. Factfulness She thought she could do NPIs the rest of her life to avoid Covid. She’s…
Drones: Most “No Drone Flying Zone” signs are meaningless
Only the FAA regulates airspace and many “No Drone Flying” signs are not legally enforceable. The myth of the ‘No Drone Zone’ sign: What you should do if you see…
Transportation: Raising speed limits is irresponsible
Raising Speed Limits Is Irresponsible, But States Keep Doing It Anyway | WIRED Until motor vehicle fatalities drop to zero (they have been dropping steadily for decades), we must not…
Demographics: WSJ charts show the challenges of our declining labor pool
Why America Has a Long-Term Labor Crisis, in Six Charts – WSJ