One thing about living in a colder climate is that it's a lot harder to deny cars have an impact on climate change because you see the clouds coming out of tailpipes when the temperature drops.

For some reason on the way home tonight I started wondering what percentage of a cars exhaust was CO2. So I started doing a little searching on it.

I quickly found something that broke down the components of car exhaust. But then I realized I needed to know how many pounds of exhaust are created per gallon of gas. A few clicks down that rabbit hole and I ran across this:

One gallon of gasoline weighs approx 6 pounds. But those 6 lbs of gas produces about 20 pounds of CO2! This is due to the freed carbon atoms bonding with oxygen in the atmosphere.
https://epicenergyblog.com/2013/05/24/how-many-pounds-of-carbon-dioxide-co2-does-a-gallon-of-gasoline-produce/

This just completely blows my mind. I've always been a "car guy" and love cars and automotive culture but future generations are really going to hate us over them.

#ClimateChange #TIL

If you’ve voted or plan to today, please don’t spend the remainder of your day watching Steve Kornacki or his prognosticating TV clones.

Have confidence knowing your participation in the election process helps save our nation.

#VoteBlue & afterward relax; do something less stressful.

Take care of YOU.

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Bad reporting: Candidate X says there was voter fraud.

Good reporting: Without proof or evidence, candidate X alleges voter fraud, inciting his/her followers in a nation with increasing political violence.

It is 2022. Get it right. Or a new job.

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Vote as if
Your skin is not white,
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Your friend is a missing indigenous woman,
Your spouse is an immigrant,
Your land is on fire,
Your son is transgender
....

#VoteBlue
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Adam raises an excellent point. Musk has quickly turned his brand from quirky to Trumpy, figuratively and literally. Paying Musk a dime would now feel like buying a Trump steak or staying at Mar-a-Lago. And guess who buys eco-friendly Teslas? It ain’t MAGA.

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Y’all might as well slap a trump sticker on those teslas

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