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[pantheraba]

Drought in Mexico reaches critical levels as lakes dry up

Authorities fear that once-thriving bodies of water that served surrounding communities may turn into dusty plains.

www.aljazeera.com

aj has some of the best reporting on environment issues.

When AJ first came out I thought they were a mouthpiece for the Taliban or a terrorist organization. I have been turning to them lately for their perspective on issues...what I have seen from AJ is realistic, basic reporting of news and events.

 

[FireFighterZero]

I’m fairly confident you’re trying to take the piss, I don’t see how if I’m honest.

I doubt you’ll clarify it, but if you did, that’d be great.

If there wasn't such a anti blue collar bias you guys wouldn't get so assy when called "unskilled labor".

The term itself shouldn't even exist.

 

[FireFighterZero]

People amaze me with their waste, be it water, electricity, gas, whatever. I go by homes all the time where “Every Light in the House is On”. Folks waste water and gas with the same abandon. I use no more of any of them than I have to.

But but but...LED lights are good for the environment!

 

[lxskllr]

"My LED lamp uses 10x less power, so now I can burn 10 of them!" :^D

 

[gf beranek]

Ha! That's funny.

I often recall my 1950 Buick Special, with its straight 8 and 3 speed transmission, 4 tons of rolling American steel, gave me14 miles to the gallon. Gas was cheap at 55 cents a gallon. Cruising the California highways in complete style, safety and comfort. Only thing bigger on the highway was a semi truck. The good old days.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I remember fuel hit 1.00 during the embargo days while I was feeding my 64 T Bird 20 gallon tank every other day commuting 35 miles each way to school and work. It was a "Holy Shit!" Back then.

 

[lxskllr]

That's about $5.63 in today's dollars. Pretty spendy.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Yup. Not far from that now here.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

But I dont need to sleep in my car every orher day in line before my 730 am class
Yet...

 

[lxskllr]

Gas was $3 here when I looked Friday. Most expensive I remember ever was a few years ago when it was around $3.50.

 

[flushcut]

Gas is knocking on the door of 4 bucks here same with diesel.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

I should take a picture at the pump to make yall feel better. Deva might be higher in Frisco though.

 

[flushcut]

No that's OK.

 

[Mick!]

If there wasn't such a anti blue collar bias you guys wouldn't get so assy when called "unskilled labor".

The term itself shouldn't even exist.

When did I ever get assy about being called unskilled labour?

You don’t make much sense anymore Jim.

 

[Bodean]

There is a place here at $4.65/gallon... right off the freeway.

 

[Tree09]

3.19 for diesel yesterday

 

[Bodean]

Diesel is more expensive here as demand is great w the bmw/vw diesel crowd and commercial vehicles... they must be rich. Stick it to them too...

I see the renaissance du essence.

 

[Bodean]

3.19 was like 1988....

 

[cory]

Gas was cheap at 55 cents a gallon.

I remember them days!

 

[treesmith]

Diesel was $2.84 yesterday.

 

[CurSedVoyce]

Over 4 here. And rising.

 

[BeerGeek]

$2.83 - $4.09 for regular (depending on location)
$3.01 - $379 for diesel

 

[gf beranek]

In matters of immediacy I'm surprised the price of fuels have yet to spike sharply beyond the last 10 year trend. I speak solely for what I know of northwestern California fuel prices since the early 2000s. And since then, between all the highs and lows in the price of fuels, it really hasn't changed all that much... to be continued.

 

[Raj]

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/haldimand-norfolk-toby-barrett-1.6033209

 

[treesmith]

Apparently folks get their knickers in a twist over the sight of a noose....you can’t make this stuff up...had there been someone IN them, I could see the issue. Just a piece of rope? Absolute idiocy. I think I’ll go hang one in the carport just for the fun of it. Might hang one in the maple out front too.

7 nooses found at Amazon construction site in Connecticut in past month

A $100,000 reward is being offered for information leading to those responsible after seven nooses were discovered at the construction site of an Amazon distribution center in Windsor, Connecticut, in the past month. The first incident was reported to police on April 27, after a hangman’s noose...

www.yahoo.com