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All this driving does come at a human cost. In 2016, China had a road death rate of 18.8 per 100k people, which was 54% higher than America's rate of 12.2.
That's more than 260,000 road deaths in China every year,
Just in case you didn't realize China has a ton of roads and cars. 104.5 deaths per 100k motor vehicles per year, vs 14.2 in the United States.
It's incredible how fast screen technology is progressing. The Apple Watch now has a larger resolution than the original iPhone:
*not to scale.
Yet another reason why *intensity* of wildfires, which is increasing, is more important than the size of wildfires. Hotter, more intense fires burning in increasingly dry vegetation in many regions consume more biomass--produce larger & now globally significant carbon emissions.
𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗 @dharnanoor
In a follow up, prescribed burns release far less carbon.
“Marin County water officials are competing with Mohammed bin Salman, the crown prince of Saudi Arabia, to purchase three portable desalination plants to bolster water supplies.” https://t.co/ikchE5rHzF
CalMatters @CalMatters
Just build permanent ones, it's not like we're going to stop having drought issues.
Progress in lunar landing technology: how to build a solid landing pad FAST (that doesn't kick up abrasive regolith fragments that damage the lander):
Instant landing pad!
People in this thread trying to tell me there are cars in Star Trek need to watch more Next Gen and Voyager. The *utopia* parts of Star Trek are car-free.
Laura Foote 🌇 @NeverSassyLaura
Cars are dystopia! Also, she included her favorite Star Trek quote.
NEW: Biden will to nominate Saule Omarova, a law professor who has criticized cryptocurrencies and advocated for the govt to have a much bigger role in banking, to run the OCC
Saule Omarova
w/@jesseahamilton + @benbain
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Well this is certainly interesting.
1. As most of us know, California water consumption is overwhelmingly dominated by agriculture. sfchronicle.com/local/article/…
2. Both agricultural and urban water consumption have declined in absolute terms over the past 30 years, during which time the population increased by a third (keep this in mind whenever anyone tells you absolute decoupling isn't a thing). ppic.org/publication/wa…
Apparently water reduction for agriculture could reduce water usage by about 20%.
