Why are they still tax exempt?

Look at the disclaimer at the top. Then, ignore the rest.

> nor probably ever will

Actually, there are several possibilities within reach. Mars had water, so we might find signs of current (or, more likely, past) life. Several moons of Jupiter and Saturn also have water. So, maybe within our lifetimes.

"Deviated from course" by 15,000 km?

...how some of us make sense of reality.

There are far too many people that are willfully ignorant, and cling to their false beliefs even in the face of undeniable evidence.

Meanwhile, parents slam priests for sexually assaulting kids for the last century.

This reminds me of a quote from Carl Sagan: "Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence."

"Russia claims..." is just as unreliable as "Trump claims..."

We Americans have a weird definition of horror? Or, for that matter, anything?

Have you not been paying attention for the last couple of centuries?

The problem is that he's making a moral statement, while the Vatican has been shielding and enabling pedophile priests for decades (centuries?). He seems to have forgotten, or is ignoring, that whole "let he who is without sin cast the first stone" thing.

Colossal mistake.

For reference, 0.04 light years is about 500 billion km, and our solar system (the 8 planets) is about 10 billion km across (the Oort Cloud is much bigger, but most people use the orbits of the planets).

Here's a thought:

Using solar directly is more efficient that using it to extract H2, which is subsequently used for essentially the same purposes.

However, there are times when solar or wind have to be turned off, because they are producing more energy than can be used at the time, and storage is still not well developed.

So, rather than turning the renewables off, they could redirect the energy to extracting H2. This would make much more sense than using solar for H2 extraction instead of using it on the grid.

This is one example of why "anti-woke" should be more accurately labeled "anti-intelligence".

While it sounds interesting, it is not very practical. If the rods have no maneuvering capability, aiming them from orbit is incredibly difficult.

This is a good idea, if you're going to use the heat directly for home or water heating. However, it's not very applicable if you primary need is electricity.

Here's the thing - people in the bronze age didn't know a lot because that kind of knowledge hadn't been discovered yet. Therefore, they were ignorant through no fault of their own.

Ignorance today is inexcusable. Modern society has access to knowledge, but many choose to ignore it. This is willful ignorance, and is far more detrimental to society than simple ignorance.

I can't imagine a situation dire enough, short of one that kills the majority of the human population.

If faith is defined as belief in the absence of evidence (and sometimes, even when contradicting evidence), then faith should play no part whatsoever in science.

Why are we surprised by this?

Also, why are we treating them as if they are a legitimate governing body, when they are basically a lawless mob?

Too bad this wasn't enacted 40 years ago.

Also, let's not forget that CO2 isn't the only emission from burning fossil fuels. There are pollutants that poison the air, which account for about a million deaths every year.

By then, climate change will have done so much damage that the health of the ozone layer might no longer be important.

As I recall, Neptune has barely finished one orbit since its discovery.

> he somehow avoided being convicted

That's the default outcome - which one again proves that the Catholic church is morally bankrupt.

Most vents that I have seen come with an optional tube. This tube is designed to fit around the outside of an existing metal tube.

You might have to cut the vent tube shorter, depending on how close the end of the rigid pipe is to the outside wall.