Apocalypse Watch

LearnedCoward · May 12, 2019, 12:13pm

Wasps 1, me 0

MarjaE · May 14, 2019, 5:52pm

MarjaE · May 15, 2019, 1:08am

MarjaE · May 16, 2019, 3:18pm

nimelennar · May 16, 2019, 3:24pm

PG&E’s culpability doesn’t come as much of shock at this point

Of course it wouldn’t; the power lines were probably melted in the fire and can’t shock anyone anymore.

chgoliz · May 16, 2019, 5:29pm

LearnedCoward · May 16, 2019, 6:07pm

Stochastic terrorism shrugged off as lone wolves

smulder · May 18, 2019, 3:46am

AndyHilmer · May 18, 2019, 4:19am

fucking hell

I knew I skipped our team-building event to day-drink for a good reason.

chgoliz · May 18, 2019, 2:28pm

The only thing I will say, as a non-expert, is that I noticed the open firing (no scrubbers) of industrial chimneys in Gary, Indiana starting back up around that time. At first, it would be at night, apparently because that’s when inspectors might not be around to notice. But soon enough I’d see it any time of day: openly spewing burning industrial waste into the air without the necessary filters.

When I was younger, you knew to close all the car windows and vents and put the fan on recirculate as you got near Gary, to keep the noxious fumes down as much as possible while driving through.

LearnedCoward · May 18, 2019, 2:38pm

I noticed the same problem all along the Calumet. Burning waste from the landfills, open industrial pollution from the million and one factories there, no filters. Every time I’ve had to drive past there, which was weekly if not daily, I’ve had to roll my windows up and turn on the air conditioning.

I can’t drive past industrial runoff and flaming shit for years and be surprised when methane levels go through the roof.

MarjaE · May 22, 2019, 5:17pm

But survival seems politically untenable…

chgoliz · May 25, 2019, 4:33pm

You know how Illinois is considering an extra $1,00 tax on electric cars?

In Oslo, they are openly stating that they are using a tax strategy to help citizens make the better choice: they only tax petrol and diesel cars, because of the pollution, whereas if you have an electric car there is no tax.

chgoliz · May 25, 2019, 4:34pm

Where did the second link go? It shows up for me if I go in to “edit” the post.

Wisconsin_Platt · May 26, 2019, 12:33am

In my six years here, I’ve determined Illinois will tax anything.

jerwin · May 27, 2019, 9:38pm

smulder · May 29, 2019, 7:06am

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MarjaE · May 29, 2019, 4:55pm

“Freedom Gas”

LearnedCoward · May 29, 2019, 4:59pm

I freedom gas in their general direction

mindysan33 · June 1, 2019, 5:14pm

That seems to have disappeared?