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7 Billion Tons

EPA Rule

I assume the 7 billion tons is just looking at the direct emissions from automobiles.  The thing is that most of the electricity generation in the US comes from burning natural gas or coal.  Once you burn these things to make electricity, transmit it to homes or charging stations and eventually run the cars, have you saved any CO2 emissions?  I doubt it.

The obvious low-hanging fruit is power generation.  If climate alarmists were serious, they'd be proposing a crash program of nuclearizing our electricity production. Once that's done, cheap electricity will induce people to move to electric heat and more electric appliances, it also will create demand for electric cars, mostly for commuting, since they can be charged at home almost for free.

The alarmists are of course not serious, or maybe they really are serious but really stupid. Whichever it is, we shouldn't let unserious or stupid people make laws.

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Classic Lileks

The workout was a bit annoying, as one of the irregulars gathered all the lower-weight barbells around him like a class of elementary school students to whom he wanted to tell a story. He had some routine that required this weight then that weight, and since he looked very pleased with himself I wondered whether he was thinking "these other guys, they don't know the strength advantage you get from multi-varied weight differential hoisting. Me, I know, which is why I give myself a look of self-regard and stab my hair with my hand before making sounds of conspicuous exhalation."

Wordle 796

 

Dear Washington Post

Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel are not the same rank.

Article

The race for Virginia’s 7th Congressional District features a pair of county supervisors, two state lawmakers, a self-funded tech entrepreneur and veterans of most branches of the military — including a Navy SEAL, two Green Berets and a retired Army colonel who played a key role in Trump-era Washington.

 Maybe they don't know that there's such a thing as a Lieutenant Colonel?

The others seeking the GOP nomination are Marine Corps veteran Jon Myers; John Prabhudoss, former chair of the Federation of Indian American Christian Organizations; retired Army Lt. Col. Jeffrey Sacks; and Terris Todd, a former Heritage Foundation adviser and Trump appointee in the Department of Education.

Funny how mistakes like this only happen in one direction.

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