Recent content by stfoskey12

Since 1990, much of the developed world has continued to see economic growth while seeing a decline in CO2 emissions. https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-relationship-between-growth-in-gdp-and-co2-has-loosened-it-needs-to-be-cut-completely Plastics are a separate issue, but I don't see why...

This is their best test yet it seems like. I am curious how long it will take before the Starship becomes fully operational.

What's up with that random green spot in Kansas?

Okay, but manual transmission cars are already very uncommon in the US. Even if a few enthusiasts keep gas powered cars, I don't think they'll remain the default car forever.

I have avoided walking in any tall grass. I got them a few times as a kid, and it was quite annoying.

I'm visiting family in North Carolina, and it is remarkably cool for summer. Today the high was only 80°F (27°C) and the low this morning was a cool 61°F (16°C).

When I've lived in an apartment, AC has never been over $80/month. I think it may cost up to $120/month in the house I'm moving into, but it will be split three ways among housemates.

What I find funny is whenever I have gone to the Great Lakes region in summer, it has always felt pleasant. Sometimes it's been a little humid, but nothing compared to the Southeastern US. Of course I'm sure it would feel different if I went there in a heatwave. One of my friends recently got a...

This was mine too. I don't remember the magazines, but I remember my dad and I watching the early returns come in on TV. I went to bed without knowing who won and my dad told me in the morning. I was in 1st grade, so I was too young to have an opinion on who I wanted to win. I also remember the...

Yeah my dad has a heat pump in his house in North Carolina. And I think a lot of apartments have them too. But the house I'm renting currently has a gas furnace.

Today is a hot and humid summer day where I am, but I am enjoying a cool, air-conditioned house. It made me wonder what proportion of people on CFC have air conditioning systems where they live. Where I have lived in North Carolina and Oklahoma, A/C has always been near-universal, but when I...

The way I see it is that Israel doesn't want to recognize a Palestinian state either. Hence we are at an impasse and each side feels it is necessary to kill to get what they want.

I don't think killing embassy employees will do anything to help Palestinians. It will just reinforce the stereotype many Americans have of pro-Palestine supporters being pro-Hamas and antisemitic.

McDonald's is fine, but I never go there on my own. I like the regional fast food chain Braum's much better.

I think Oklahoma makes annexation fairly easy. Oklahoma City and Norman both annexed a ton of rural land around the 1960s-70s to prevent losing a tax base to suburbanization/white flight. OKC has a few older suburbs like Nichols Hills and The Village that are completely surrounded by the city.