I've got a much better question: why the fuck have we still got a state church that's allowed to speak in Parliament?

It's genuinely encouraging seeing how quickly LGBT rights are progressing in that area of the world.

As a very correct person once said, "reality has a left-wing bias".

The first real-world demonstration of our ability to protect the planet against catastrophic asteroid impact is a pretty big deal, but I guess hitting a rock tens of millions of kilometres away with a fridge isn't impressive if you're a dullard.

"The density of batteries is too low" he writes in the comments section of an article about making denser batteries more suitable to air travel.

Those planes are still intended to run on electric-only the majority of the time.

And yeah, "that's not what I meant" is the traditional naysayer god-of-the-gaps argument.

"Electric planes aren't viable."

-- Short range planes become viable --

"Well I didn't mean those ones, that's a niche."

-- The niche expands --

"Well I didn't mean those ones either"

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etc, etc, etc

If they're not viable, someone should tell Air Canada - they just bought 30.

The article doesn't claim that NASA invented solid-state batteries.

Wow, congrats. Seeing progress after years of stalemate is always super satisfying. Hope it continues for you.

Up here in Vancouver we're continuing to expand the transit system (which to be fair is actually a pretty good transit system), but the city design is still extremely car-centric. It's starting to change in some districts, though, with the city experimenting with replacing sidewalks to aid with water retention and stop the risk of flooding.

Step 1 is trying. It's taken us a while to get there, but what strikes me from so many environmental success stories is just how easy things are once we bother trying.