Building biodegradable plastic is tricky, because a plastic container can’t fall apart until it’s no longer needed to contain its contents. E,g., you don’t want a plastic milk bottle to last 500 years, but it needs to last at least …
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Anti-Vaxxers Are Now Denying Vaccinations to Their Pets
Until recently, Americans uniformly accepted the science behind vaccinating their dogs and cats against diseases like rabies that could potentially kill not only the pets themselves, but any of the people they bit or scratched. That was before the Trump …
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The “Science of Sustainability”
The idea at left isn’t a bad one, but there are a number of complexities at play here. Renewable energy in all its forms is rooted in the idea of transforming some kind of energy into electricity. This cannot be …
Air Power
About 20 years ago, a friend asked me if I was aware that cars could run on air. I asked, delicately, what she meant, and she explained that cars can run on compressed air. “Ah,” I replied. “Of course they …
How Fools Process Their Garbage
Wow! This device shown at left, the “Lomi,” is even more asinine than its competitors. It’s ridiculous, but at least these folks are honest enough to admit that the user is consuming huge amounts of electricity at great expense to …
Japan Does Not Have an Issue with Homelessness
Look, if you’re going to make up complete bullshit about the science of dealing with homelessness, don’t pick Japan, as they have the lowest homelessness rate in the world at 0.003%, which is approximately 1 homeless person out of every …
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Is the Earth Running out of Oxygen?
LOL! Where is it going? Mars? One commenter said: “Why are our scientists scaring us like this?” What do you think is more likely: a) a team of scientists actually said this, or b) some jackass who writes clickbait claims …
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How Japan (Doesn’t) Fight Fires
I’ve been to Japan. They’re sharp people. At the very least, they don’t have people stupid enough to indiscriminately shoot water all over a village because of a kitchen fire.
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“The Mill” — Kitchen Composter
I hope I never have the displeasure to meet someone stupid enough to believe that this device: a) eliminates food waste and lowers grocery bills (unwanted food is thrown into this machine vs. the garbage), and b) eliminates all waste. …
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Flat Earth
Does this guy really believe this, or does he simply want attention? Here’s an interesting article entitled: “What Would Happen if the Earth Were Flat?” Whole bunch of things I had never thought of.
