Unattended Baggage Show Notes 8/12/2023
Episode #210: Someone should tell gov’t how trees work
Alex & Adrian finally make the Obama 2024 bet, please…just tell us the cow’s name, why you might be flagged as a human trafficker if your child’s a different race, facial recognition doesn’t care if you’re pregnant, baby bust means fewer maternity wards, and this podcast was not (yet) AI generated.
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Yes, she could…and it’s time to make the bet
Michelle Obama could be America's next President
Episode 191, 4/1/23
One of the greatest con jobs of all time
US awards $1.2 billion to Oxy, Climeworks-led carbon air capture hubs | Reuters
Leyland Cypress trees absorb 130 pounds of CO2 per year at maturity
They grow well across ⅔ of the US, including the southwest
Growth rate 4 feet per year height, 3 feet per year circumference, reach maturity in 6-7 years
2 million metric tons of CO2 removal would require 34M Leyland Cypress trees
Average forest density, 160 trees per acre
33M trees would require 212,000 acres of land
Cost of Leyland Cypress seedlings in bulk ~$8
Total cost of trees seedlings: $300M
Time to 2M metric tons CO2 absorption target for trees = 6 years
Cost of land: $0 (the government already owns it)
Cost of management: $10M per year
Bottom line: The Oxy plant will cost $1.2B + $65M per year, and will only hit a goal of 1M metric tons of CO2 removal by 2029 or 2030, according to the CEO.
The government could achieve the same goal of removing 2 million metric tons of CO2 from the atmosphere every year for ¼ the price, hit the 2M metric ton goal in a much shorter time period, with zero impact on the environment, plus create a habitat for a variety of other plant and animal species..
WTF was the cow’s name?!?
An exhibitor was removed from the Wisconsin State Fair after cow is named after old racial slur
Heatwave
Record hot ocean temps could turbocharge the hurricane season, says NOAA
The first jobs taken by AI? Journalist
News Corporation profits plunge 75% - but media giant hails 'opportunity' of AI
With reporting like this, maybe we need AI
https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/us-news/elon-musks-spacex-rocket-rips-30677676
More aliens
More police interactions
Kenosha officers forcefully arrest the wrong man inside an Applebee's
Airline customer service
Man killed for threatening Biden
Man killed in FBI raid after alleged threats against Biden, other officials
And you think America is bad?
Iraq bans media from using term ‘homosexuality’, says they must use ‘sexual deviance’ | Reuters
Alabama Brawl
Alabama boat brawl video, Black self-defense and America’s long legacy of racial violence | Opinion
Montgomery brawl doesn't constitute hate crime charges, police chief says : NPR
Biden and his behavior for the press
Trump trolls in Iowa
'I'm Glad They Didn't Hang You,' Iowa Man Tells Mike Pence
Hunter gets special counsel
Attorney General Garland appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe
Fewer kids is not a good sign
Maternity units are closing across America, forcing expectant mothers to hit the road | CNN
WTF???
This doctor said vaccines magnetize people. Ohio suspended her medical license. - cleveland.com
Fun at DEFCON
For the first time, U.S. government lets hackers break into satellite in space - POLITICO
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