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Transport Evolved News TEN Episode 474 - Don't Slow On EVs, Joe!
Via: Outis • Alternative Energy • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 9 months ago
“The Biden Administration may be slowing its initial goals on EVs and fuel economy, Ford offers big EV discounts, and Trevor Milton’s Diesel-loving...”
This is my go-to EV news source. Weekly and wide-ranging. But beware!!!! They're gay!
Cheap Chinese cars from Mexico could be 'an extinction-level event,' U.S. trade group says
Via: Outis • Alternative Energy • 25 Comments • 1 Like • 9 months ago
“A U.S. manufacturing trade group urged the Biden administration to block the import of low-cost Chinese automaker imports from Mexico that it says...”
I've been a gearhead for over sixty years. When I was a kid, General Motors was by far the greatest industrial company in the world, controlling well over half of the American automobile market - the largest automobile market in the world. Over a couple decades, I watched in disbelief as GM...
Floating spiders and insect-eating plants: leaky dams revive Dorset's bogs
Via: Outis • Environment/Climate • 2 Comments • 2 Likes • 9 months ago
“Porous dams in Purbeck are being used to 'rewet' the mires, bringing a richer landscape for flora and fauna”
Rewilding, again...
Switching to electric vehicles would be fantastic for kids' health
Via: Outis • Alternative Energy • 1 Comments • 1 Like • 9 months ago
“Swapping combustion engine vehicles for electric ones would be a huge benefit for children's health, resulting in less asthma and respiratory...”
Direct health benefits never occurred to me. Which is pretty dumb, since I have COPD.
Scientists Discover Birds Lied About Being Related To Dinosaurs
Via: Outis • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 1 Like • 9 months ago
“In a shocking revelation that left the entire ornithological community reeling, Cornell University scientists reportedly discovered Tuesday that...”
It's s-o-o-o-o sad...
What Is a Species, Anyway?
Via: Outis • Pets & Animals • 1 Comments • 9 months ago
“Some of the best known species on Earth may not be what they seem.”
When I was a kid, "species" was simple: any two animals that could produce viable offspring were of the same species. Then someone pointed out that some animals "could" biologically but never actually did. And a Great Dane and a Chihuahua are of the same species but are never going to have...
A gnat has found a creative way to escape this deadly flower
Via: Outis • Health, Science & Technology • 1 Comments • 9 months ago
“Scientists uncovering a gnat that has managed to turn a death trap into a nursery for it's young - a plant-insect relationship that defies definition.”
Parasites and symbiots.
Lab-Made Meat? Florida Lawmakers Don’t Like the Sound of It.
Via: Outis • Wine & Food • 10 Comments • 1 Like • 9 months ago
“Legislators there and in several other states want to restrict the manufacture or sale of meat made in a laboratory, even though it barely exists....”
Ummm.... How does it taste? Are there any health risks? While most research is being done in the States,we'll probably have to wait for Europe to tell us if we should eat it. Americans don't seem to care about taste... only about culture wars.
Trapping Crawfish for the 5 Acre Pond!
Via: Outis • Environment/Climate • 18 Comments • 4 Likes • 9 months ago
“Building ponds and raising pet bass at our farm in Sweet Home Alabama!”
The last time I went fishing was about seventy years ago. I remember that there were worms...