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Please share with us why you think that polices that other nations take, particularly major nations, are dependent on the stances of the US or who is President? Do you believe that events adverse to what is deemed the interest of the US only happen because of what the US does or doesn't do? I would advise you to stop worshipping at the altar of absolute American power. It's a delusionary religion. And you still have no answer for my questions about why you believe that if Trump were President, Putin wouldn't have invaded Ukraine. When did Trump ever demonstrate toughness in standing up to Putin? On the contrary, he illegally denied weaponry to Ukraine for months while civil war rages in the Donbas despite their entreaties.

There's explaining and there's explaining away. That latter is what Trump's flunkies do. Maybe you should apply for a position on his campaign staff.

You mean, he might have meant he was only the 2nd or 3rd most innocent man in American history? Give it up, already.

We also know that the Republicans in Florida don't respect referendums, which most truly reflect the will of the people. For instance they gutted a referendum that passed giving felons the right to vote. And in response to that, they made it much harder for referendums to make to succeed in being put up for a vote: "The Republican-controlled Legislature — at the urging of groups such as the Florida Chamber of Commerce — have pushed to cut down on citizen initiatives after voters approved measures creating a $15 minimum wage, legalizing medical marijuana and restoring voting rights for many people with felony convictions. Some of the changes include raising the threshold needed to pass an amendment to 60 percent. But more recent changes affecting how voter signatures are collected, how long the signatures remain valid, when the Supreme Court reviews the ballot language have also made it harder to make the ballot." https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2022/08/04/the-outlook-for-an-abortion-rights-amendment-in-florida-00049765 They've made it so difficult that the only issues that have a chance of being put on the ballot are those are sponsored by the legislature. A group spent 116 million dollars trying to get a referendum on the ballot and failed to make it in time.

Why do you think this somehow softens his statement?

And what kind of person wouldn't understand that he was speaking ironically?

More distortions from you. Show me where it's claimed they will be utopias. And why should there be a plan presented here? The question in this thread uses a misleading premise.. As though it has some actual relation to the 15 minute city premise. All we have to show is that it has nothing to do with a real 15 minute city premise which is simple enough. Here's the basic founding principle of a 15 minute city: "The 15-minute city (FMC or 15mC) is an urban planning concept in which most daily necessities and services, such as work, shopping, education, healthcare, and leisure can be easily reached by a 15-minute walk or bike ride from any point in the city." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/15-minute_city#:~:text=The 15-minute city (FMC,any point in the city. And why 15 minutes? The actual idea of a 15-minute city is fundamentally mundane — a form of urban planning that recognises that for journeys that take much longer than a quarter of an hour we tend to use vehicles, and so aims to maximise the density of walkable amenities. https://www.ft.com/content/93d58155-5a4e-4135-ac6f-00d5a3c8e4d1

Only if you believe frequency doesn't enter into it.

Talk is cheap. Shell, BP boost profit, sink investment in renewable energy While the big five oil companies registered record profits on the back of the energy crisis, relatively little will be reinvested in renewables as climate goals are slashed. https://www.dw.com/en/shell-bp-boost-profit-sink-investment-in-renewable-energy/a-64656800

A very tiny exception. And it came well after Iran was already enriching its uranium despite the sanctions imposed by Trump. So this remark of yours: "Sanctions on sanctions no money no nukes. Why does everyone have to spell it out to you guys?" remains false.

You mean before mobile phones, droughts, hurricanes, and floods passed unnoticed by the scientific community?

Iran is still under those very same sanctions. And yet it is still managing to produce more and more highly enriched uranium.. Do you have any use for facts at all?

Can you ever get your facts straight? Kathy Griffin's career took a big hit after she pulled that stunt.

Actually, the proof is that deals don't work when Trump represents the United States. No other signatory had a problem with that deal. It was Trump who trashed it. And Iran accelerated its nuclearweapons program after Trump withdrew from the agreement. Stop making things up.

What was Trump doing to stop Iran from having nuclear weapons? Releasing them the restraints stipulated in the agreement was how he was keeping from from acquiring nuclear weapons? In fact, Trump's withdrawal from the agreement, re-unleashed Iran's nuclear weapons program.

Perovskites still aren't ready for use. There's still the durability issue. But PERCs wouldn't be the overwhelming favorite currently if the weren't cost competitive. But due to its cost parity and higher efficiencies, it has since become the official industry standard for new solar PV projects. In fact, the International Energy Agency reports that PERC panels currently enjoy almost 75% market share among new PV installations. https://aurorasolar.com/blog/what-you-need-to-know-about-perc-solar-cells/#:~:text=The main selling point of,panels is a compelling option.

I think your information is out of date: "Crystalline polysilicon remains the dominant technology for PV modules, with over 95% market share. The shift to more efficient monocrystalline wafers accelerated in 2021, with the technology capturing almost all crystalline PV production. In parallel, more efficient cell design (PERC) is also expanding its dominance with almost 75% market share. New, even higher-efficiency cell designs (using technologies such as TOPCon, heterojunction and back contact) saw expanded commercial production and captured about 20% of the market in 2021. " https://www.iea.org/reports/solar-pv

The headline should read The Wacko in Waco.

Actually, there are several types of monocrystalline panels, including PERC cells which are more efficient than standard monocrystalline cells and perform better in hot weather.

It's virtually always the case that when someone who has got no fact to support their arguments, instead they make it personal.

Maybe it is: "Researchers have found that temperatures have increased in Thailand over the past half-century, though there is some variability in their assessments. Thailand's Department of Meteorology reported that the annual mean temperature in Thailand rose by one degree Celsius from 1981 to 2007.[1]: 231  Another study found that average annual temperatures in Thailand increased by 0.95 °C between 1955 and 2009, more than the average world temperature increase of 0.69 °C. The annual highest temperature has increased by 0.86 °C and the annual lowest temperature has decreased by 1.45 °C over the past 55 years." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change_in_Thailand

Even 84% of economics geologists, the people whose jobs depending on exploiting mineral resources,agree that human caused climate change is a real thing "The subdiscipline with the lowest level of agreement on our primary question about attribution of global warming was 'Economic Geology', where 84.1% of respondents replied 'Human Activity' (n = 127), 12.6% answered 'Natural Patterns' (n = 19), and 3.3% answered 'No Warming' (n = 5). " https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac2774

And thank you for sparing me the tedium of cleaning up after you.

Stop making falsehoods. Not only do you offer no evidence, but you show no interest at looking at evidence to the contrary even when it's handed to you on a plate, so to speak. All you've got to offer on this topic is willful ignorance.

I can't find it featured on the home page any more.