The biggest issue with nuclear isn't safety (at least in the G20). The biggest issue is development and deployment time. If we started a massive nuclear plant building program, the first plants would be coming on-line in 15 to 20 years. In the meantime we will have had to build solar, wind, and hydro to fill in the gap. Long term, nuclear can be part of the mix. But energy solutions need to arrive faster than nuclear can.

I don't disagree with you. I'm all about reducing total emissions the most economically.

But note that the OP did not mention scooters, which are obviously a larger problem.

And remember the conservative freak-out over the Obama-era "Cash for Clunkers" program, because of the idea that undeserving people (a.k.a. melanin-enhanced minorities) might be getting a benefits from a government program?

How many leaf blowers, lawn mowers, construction vehicles, etc. are running simultaneously vs. cars/trucks?

Since the answer is orders of magnitude more, a 0.1% reduction in car emissions is much better for the total environment then if all emissions were eliminated from leaf blowers, lawn mowers, construction vehicles, etc.

A slight bit of critical thinking would do you a world of good.

Amazon has profited from the infrastructure that the Seattle taxpayers have provided for them over the years, including an education system that has provided the workers that have been the engine that has driven Amazon's wealth. And now that Seattle is asking Amazon to give a tiny percentage back to help the community that fostered them, they threaten to leave.

This is the kind of selfish short-term thinking that will destroy this country.

Problem #1: Authors complain that the definition of "planet" doesn't include exoplanets (because they don't orbit the Sun)..
Solution: Change definition to include other stars or say that the particular star doesn't matter if the other criteria are met.

Problem #2: Authors complain that the criterion that a planet must "clear its orbit" is imprecise and is dependent on other objects.
Solution: None needed. Let the IAU define the border cases. As for being dependent on other objects, the point is that for an object to be a planet, it must utterly dominate its orbit, leaving nothing significant.

Problem #3: By the IAU definition, Earth was not a planet for the first 500 MYears of its existence, because it hadn't yet cleared its orbit. Authors call this "bizarre and absurd".
Solution: Why is this a problem? There was no guarantee that the Earth was going to survive as a planet. Another Theia-like impact could have ended it.

Problem #4: It is a linguistic paradox (and vindictive to boot) to say "a dwarf planet is not a planet."
Solution: So what? A guinea pig is not a pig. Spotted dick is not a dick. Etc.

It never ceases to amaze me how emotional the "Pluto is a planet" people are and how the MSM gives these people much more publicity then they deserve. In the immortal words of Neil DeGrasse tyson, "Get over it!"

1) The person who created the fake web site/law firm/etc. and perpetrated the fraud.

2) Amazon, since they did not do due diligence and ensure that the complaint was legit. And if there original fraudster (see 1) cannot be found, that even makes Amazon's due diligence look even worse.

Trump has *not* been honest.

He doesn't actually need to do anything. He could simply leave the EO in place, and if the 20 AGs still want to sue, let them.

Plus, Trump is a coward. Instead of making the announcement himself, he sent Sessions out to do it. Trump will then blame everybody but himself for consequences of this incredibly short-sighted action.

His "problem" was that he felt that women were simply inferior to men in tech, and had the self-serving pseudo-science to back it up.

That is most assuredly creating a "hostile work environment" (imaging if his supervisor had been a woman), and Google acted appropriately.

It does seem that Slashdot has decended into 4chan territory in the last few years.

Most of the "science" that the Google guy cites has been thoroughly debunked, as have most of the theories that say that "evolutionary development" justifies structural inequity.

Also, there is a bell curve, but "The Bell Curve" is a pile of racist claptrap designed to make white guys feel justified in their racism.

The fact that we allow American flags to be burnt shows that we have freedom.

How many Russian flags do you believe are burnt in Russia? Chinese flags in China? Saudi flags in Saudi Arabia?

Great band name.

But seriously, I agree with your comment completely.

So exactly who is paying you Anonymous Cowards to claim it will just be moved to NOAA? There's no evidence to that effect, and plenty of statements from Lord Trump and his mouthpieces to indicate that no money will be spent on climate change research in the future.

No, it doesn't. It just shuts it down.

You apparently didn't notice that Trump was elected by a minority of the voters, the Republicans in the House of Representatives were elected by a minority of the voters, and the Republicans in the Senate were elected by a minority of the voters.

It's not surprising. Authoritarians rarely have much regard for the will of the majority. But minority rule can't last for long. The real majority will have its way, one way or another.

Welcome to permanent minority status, white man. You'd better hope the majority doesn't treat you as badly as you treated them when you had power