Buckeyes_Suck

I think scale is your first obstacle. Costa Rica is a country of 5M, with per capita energy usage of 1900 kWh per year... the US is 330M with a per capita energy usage of 12000 kWh per year. we use 400 more times energy total and 6 times more energy on a per capita basis. my off the wall opinion on why you don’t see trillions of dollars spent on this is because there’s confidence among the highest ranks that fusion will be commercially viable in the next 50 years.

Yep, if Trump wins I’m sure that’ll be the case. Currently I’m vacationing on the coast of Maine and it’s crazy the number and size of signs I see for both sides. People have 4x8 billboards in the front yards. I guess that’s what happens when your vote matters.

The 2/3 number makes sense. Coronavirus has been extremely politicized, with Democrats embracing the idea of Mail in voting to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Meanwhile staunch republicans will vote in person in fear of the postal service ghosting their ballots.

Completely agree. I wondered after the paycuts if botcherill was purposely pushed out. It would have been a clever way of doing it without backtracking on their stance in support of botcherill.

This place is epic, especially if you hike the trails opposite the side with all the people.

Wtf is wrong with you?

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-authorizes-declassification-of-all-russia-collusion-hillary-clinton-email-probe-documents

Cmon man...Cain was in remission with a severely compromised immune and digestive system. He also never got out of the hospital once admitted. cain would just as likely died had he caught the flu...

Eh I think it’s about optics and risk aversion. If he doesn’t go and gets gravely Ill Biden wins in a landslide. He goes, gets the best treatment and is out in 2 days and has more ammo for his position on covid.

My opinion is that it was more precautionary than necessary. We’re talking about the most powerful position in the world. Why risk it.

I’m a huge fan of dec 2001and nov 2000

I don’t think he’s in denial of covid, I think that he just doesn’t consider it to be dangerous enough to shutdown borders and industries. Latest mortality number from CDC puts Covid at .26%, which is statistically no worst than a bad flu. The only reason that total deaths will be higher than the flu in a given year are due to lack of antibodies. As far as climate change goes I wrote a paper in college that basically says that we’re egomaniacs(Americans) if we think we can do enough to influence climate enough to be able to pick and choose where we inhabit this earth. The money and time spent on slowing climate change would be much better spent on relocation and infrastructure improvement. I’m not saying to not make a concerted effort to be green, just that there is no guarantee that our best efforts to slow it will be successful. Furthermore, history has shown us that life on earth thrived under much warmer temperatures than we currently have, and that the ice ages have been evolutionary bottlenecks.

How cute!

Anyone catch this? https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/23/houston-coronavirus-mutations/?arc404=true

Crazy looking sunrise this morning.

If its colleges maybe this means the student loan bubble wont pop.

They found the issue.

Riding a motorcycle it’s extremely noticeable. I live near main and random and when heading towards transit in the morning you hit a wall of warmth. I’ve always wondered how much urbanization is contributing to global warming.

I get the risk, and my point is that its one that myself and others would be willing to take if it meant helping a cause. I get on my motorcycle everyday knowing the risks, and that's probably way more risky than covid. And like @BuffaloWeather I do take it seriously. There are people in our family that my wife and I dont go near because were constantly exposed to new people because of our jobs. And thats what we should be doing, protecting the vulnerable while allowing the virus to spread among the non vulnerable at a rate the healthcare systems can keep up with. Because if theres never a vaccine we'll be crawling along for the next 133 years to get herd immunity.

I think I could argue the ethical part. Its simply the sacrifice one to save many argument.

Like china?

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-020-00927-3

I agree but they are taking a much less economically and civil rights damaging approach.

Yea and @BuffaloWeather agreed. Its not a crazy idea. Morbidity rate among the young and healthy is estimated to be less than that of influenza. So build herd immunity to save the truly at risk, the elderly, diabetic, and obese.

What is wrong with you. You're completely off the rails over at ameripol too. Keep that shit over there.