To answer my own query, it would seem that Oklahoma ranks 48th in the education stakes.

I also see that Oklahoma's top educational official has had an attempt to stop the Freedom From Religion Foundation from sending letters to Oklahoma school districts raising legal concerns about accounts of school officials proselytizing to students, such as with school-sponsored prayer and Bible readings thrown out.

So where is Oklahoma when it comes to educational achievements?

Hasn't this already been seen when states have imposed effective bans on abortion or attacks on teaching of particular subjects? Medical and teaching professionals decide they don't want the hassle and avoid these states. As a result, teaching stands fall and medical practices close, especially in rural areas.

It is a good job these states have plenty of guns, we wouldn't want them to be unable to shoot themselves in the foot.

You are speculating, and I will speculate even further. If there is a Western renaissance, it will be without the US. Reading the international papers, it is apparent that the US is now regarded as unreliable and a dubious ally. Other alliances are being formed, and other trading partnerships, and there are discussions going on about reducing the reliance on the US.

The clue is in the phrase in the first sentence, "which provide vital climate and agricultural data for scientists". Since Trump and his acolytes claim that "climate change" is a hoax, why fund programmes that might show that it is happening.

In a similar vein, I see that the US Department of Health and Human Services is terminating 22 federal contracts for mRNA-based vaccines because of "safety concerns".

Who needs facts, when you can simply declare what is, and what is not true?

So, how many tunnels and of what length has The Boring Company produced since it was incorporated?

I don't know about the US, but the average distance people drive here in Europe is less than 100Km/day (I presume "greater than 600 miles" is actually 1000Km).

I am not sufficient of an engineer to decide whether this is feasible or economic, but how about EVs having a small battery for the average day journeys, and space to add a larger battery if you have the occasional need for a longer journey?

You just know the fundies are going to be all over this. When do we expect the executive order from Trump banning it in the US?

So, which bit of the cell after "conception" does the soul come from?

Domestic cats are much more of a danger to birds than wind turbines.

It has also been shown that painting wind turbine blades can mitigate bird kills.

Simply doing a blackboard calculation isn't enough, you need to look at some empirical facts as well. These show that 97% of Scotland's electricity already comes from renewables.

Scotland already produces about 97% of its energy from renewable sources.

Because the ACM has more people who think John Rawls has something to say about society than Ayn Rand?

That would be the discredited political movement called "Social Darwinism", nothing to do with the theory of evolution.