[NOTE: “Impossible “ burgers are now quite possible. But after a few tries, they’re not quite palatable enough to divert me from the occasional Mickey Dee’s. It appears that most other consumers feel much the same; after the novelty wore off, plant-based “meat” sales have fizzled. Yet a change just has to come: for all … Continue reading Lab-Grown Bacon? I’m Interested, But Cautious
AP News: Report: World’s coal use creeps to new high in 2022 BY FRANK JORDANS December 16, 2022 BERLIN (AP) — Coal use across the world is set to reach a new record this year amid persistently high demand for the heavily polluting fossil fuel, the International Energy Agency said Friday. The Paris-based agency said … Continue reading Global Warming? Coal Usage Sets New Record Anyway
Praise the Lord & Pass the Tater-Tots . . . The Guardian The big idea: has organic food passed its sell-by date? Touted as a cure for environmental and physical ills, the organic movement is falling short of high expectations Julian Baggini — 12 December 2022 After 10 years of slow but steady growth, sales of … Continue reading Is Organic Food Better? Skepticism Is Growing
‘What’s not to like about nuclear fusion? Only the delivery date’ Gwynne Dyer · Columnist – December 15, 2022 Nuclear fusion, the holy grail that would finally end all the world’s energy problems, has been receding into the future at the rate of about one year per year all my adult life — it was … Continue reading Gwynne Dyer: Nuclear Fusion Can Save Us— If it Arrives In Time
More Republicans Died Than Democrats after COVID-19 Vaccines Came Out By YALE UNIVERSITY Futurity — NOVEMBER 30, 2022 The sharp divergence in excess death rates that emerged in the post-vaccine period “is pretty striking… and the magnitudes are quite large.” CORONAVIRUS PUBLIC HEALTH A new study looks at excess deaths by partisan affiliation in two … Continue reading O.M.G. – What Goes Around Really DOES . . .