And not just infections. People are also less likely to be involved in accidents or altercations if they are indoors. (View Post)

Here's a perhaps fairer way of looking at the issue: https://ibb.co/S7CycL3 Integrate to obtain cumulative emissions per capita before patting ourselves on the back and pointing the finger at China a… (View Post)

It works both ways. Need is a function of price, and price is a function of supply. That's why we have to approach from both the production and consumption side. (View Post)

At some point we will have to do net zero, given the finite nature of fossil fuels. Better to do it earlier rather than later and not transform the world into a global hothouse though. (View Post)

Well, there is dark matter and dark energy: where's the missing mass that's holding the galaxies together, and why's the expansion of the universe accelerating? And how can we make QM and relativity … (View Post)