ICYDK – Cow Farts, Ballot Box Farts, & Nuclear Amazon
If we feed seaweed to cows, will they fart less? Good question, Oregon State University! One of the uncomfortable truths about climate change is that cow farts are a big part of greenhouse gassing, so OSU is testing if a seaweed diet will reduce that. While you’re at it, see if wrapping the seaweed around a little bit of rice and sashimi helps, because I’m interested in that too.
You’ve probably heard about the ballot boxes getting bombed by now. Three of them have been hit in Portland & Vancouver, and as police are closing in on a perpetrator, they are pleading for civility as we approach election day. Which should do the trick, right? The government asking for people to be cool? No reason for those people not to listen to the government, right?
And finally, Amazon is getting into the nuclear business. 4 nuclear power plants are going to be built along the Columbia on the Washington side. It’s upriver a ways, and it’s 4… what they call “Small Modular Reactors,” and it’s their way to try and reach net-zero carbon emissions. OK. Plus, since it’s Amazon, in the future when you need plutonium, you can get it next day.