Triasha

Technically, the carbon came from the air and returns to the air, but taking the pellets from where the tree died and turning them into pellets and transporting them to the furnace costs energy too.

Also all the tree carbon that doesn't make it into the pellets goes into the air. So the cost is greater than the gain.

If we grew trees and then buried them it could be a form of carbon capture. But we need to get the energy to do that from somewhere.

I mean, I hope this is true.

Fair assessment. Feel free to vote for the socialist candidate.

It's not weird if you agree with the premise in general just not her in specific.

As if the only lives that matter are Palestinians.

She was on the left end of the Senate. If she is a moderate, so is the whole democratic Senate.

She could prove me wrong, but there is a lot of evidence that she is more progressive than Biden, who was already much more progressive than we thought when we all held our noses and voted against trump in 2020.

There is no shame anymore. Or maybe there is too much shame, and people repress thinking about it because it's too painful.

We live in a democracy. We have a representative from of government. These elected officials represent us, they reflect our values. Yes, even if we did not vote for them. Your neighbors are not aliens or NPCs. They are your community.

I cannot contenence choosing to not vote and pretending you are not a part of it all. Long ago I came to terms that many of my neighbors wish I did not exist. I'm trans, and they wish I would stay inside a closet, a basement, or a grave. I take comfort that many others recognize my humanity and celebrate my achievements.

Our government reflects our values. If you don't like that, then work to change it. Tea partiers did, and they shifted an entire party towards racism and authoritarianism. Maga fans a Qultists worked to make the country reflect their values and now Vannce has a chance to turn the white house into the Handmaid's Tale.

If that happens then it's our fault. I can't pretend that people are not my neighbors just because they think I'm a groomer or a predator no matter how wrong they are. Neither can anyone else pretend that the electorate is not voting for dictatorship.

512 votes would have made a difference.

We collectively decide what the constitution means.

Mostly the Supreme Court decides, of course, but we can vote for presidents that will pick justices that agree with us and congressional reps that will impeach justices that don't.

Congress shall make no law respecting can be interpreted in different ways. Every part of the constitution is open to interpretation.

France put together a winning left coalition in 2 weeks.

How does the US being a bigger, wealthier, country mean we are weaker? I'm so tired of these arguments about what we can't do. If Biden dropped out 2 weeks before November it would be a disaster. As it is, he is listening to the legitimate concerns of the people.

She was a cop. She did the thing we wish all cops did and left the profession.

I still I still believe that Biden is more cogent than Trump any dementia patient can rant about nonsense for 2 hours. It takes more brainpower when you can't just rattle off whatever lies popped into your head 5 mid sentence.