Great story! Do you have any photos?

However, blind can be good when it race. I did not bring up MLK, but as long as someone does, we should emphasize rather the actual words as compared to the race-driven policies of the Democrat party defined in black and white, no pun intended, in their dozens of references to color in their national platform and all throughout their politics. Rhetorical question: have you ever heard that requiring a government issued photo ID to operate a motor vehicle is a r****t ploy to keep non-w****s off public roads?

I have been writing and calling my reps and senators to introduce legislation to disallow any reference to race in all future federal legislation and executive policies. What a concept. I encourage others to do the same. It would never fly, of course, but only because Democrats can never let go of race as a permanent campaign issue. But MLK is gone now so the left can use him any way they want. So, no, I did not use MLK. Others do that. I just responded to an earlier post with a few irrefutable facts.

Since you brought up politics, it is interesting that MLK was assassinated when Hoover's boss was a president who fought against the first two modern era civil rights laws ('57, '60) that were sponsored and signed into law by the same party that freed the s***es.

Back to the original topic of the war on CO2, the civil war was won with the aid of dirty coal powered steam locomotives. Note, too, that another tactical edge went to the north using the first electronic digital communications system.

Thank you, brother. About MLK day, even as a little kid, I had an idea that he was a genius in his own way from his plain speech and advocacy for peaceful civil disobedience that probably saved many lives. Saving l***s m****rs.

My hope and only reason for posting is that on the way to the Attic someone's gray cells might notice and spend a little time in actual thought. Besides, I didn't start with the comment relating to genetics (politics in your language). You are criticizing the wrong person. The real shame here and nationwide is that on the very holiday reserved to honor the brave and brilliant Dr. King, whose dream it was to end distinction by color, the Left can't let race go and never will.

You missed that I was responding from a scientific perspective to the earlier political post. The shame is on those who can't handle the science and seek refuge in politics where emotion supplants reason.

They were born into a generally more socialist system and are accustomed to the concept of redistribution of personal wealth. They also do not have a mainstream press constantly echoing mantras of racial division on which the Left depends. (Compare the number of references to race in both the GOP and Dem platforms.)

A proper discussion among proponents of the Need to Protect Life vs the Right to K**l the Unborn is too deep for this forum. Besides, the degree of both open-mindedness and an understanding of human development needed for such a debate are all but absent among the latter group. If it were not so, it would cease to be an issue.

The UK has spent billion of pounds and has set mandates to manufacturers. I wonder how the sales would fare without taxpayer subsidies and these mandates, e.g. that 22% of all cars sold in 2024 be zero emission. Remember also that zero emission refers to just the car, not from the NIMBY power plants where electricity is produced.

If that was the case it would have been almost impossible to prevent, short of airing out the battery with the caps off if it was not the sealed type. You will not mind if I keep that in mind next time I charge one.

We all know about H2 gas produced when a lead-acid battery is charging, but yours is the first I ever heard of an actual mishap. We are happy to know that acid did not end up on your face. Scary stuff.

The answer is to make up for each step's losses by injecting energy in subsidy form supplied by a centrally coordinated taxpayer network. Everyone contributes a little and the last stage collects. Think of it as a monetary perpetual motion machine.

Maybe it's because in your lifetime gasoline powered cars outnumbered electric by 1000:1, give or take an order of magnitude.

So what if some posts in this section are not centered on great "glass" or "the only brand that matters"? So what if some posts come from the misinformed and the poorly educated? Because they come from fellow photographers, they get a friendlier audience and enjoy more respect than in many other places. If Israeli violinists and Iranian cellists can get along like neighbors in the same orchestra, why not let photographers share their thoughts about other parts of their lives in a civil forum where they share at least one passion?

The biggest issue I have with Windows versions is when drivers for peripherals are not recompiled by the manufacturer for newer OS versions. The equipment can become obsolete unless the drivers can be installed with a compatibility mode. I now avoid brands that chose not to maintain their drivers, turning their otherwise good hardware into e-waste. This is not MS' fault, but the idea that my otherwise decent computer will not run W11 will have me turn to Linux eventually. On the other hand, I believe my one remaining Win 7 machine get occasional security updates. Perhaps MS will not abandon 10 completely in 2025 given the large number of pc's out there that fail the Win 11 compatibility test.