Probably not top ten of mind, but Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) has been trotted out by the fossil fuel industry for a generation as a panacea for carbon emissions, in order to prevent any real legislation limiting the combustion of hydrocarbons.

Amen. Too few people understand this or fail to make this distinction.

Nothing is smart if you dont connect it to the internet.

It’s made a world of difference to me in my IT support services business. It’s not always right, but it’s always helpful even when it isn’t. It’s far better at looking at a page of log information and picking out the one bit that explains why the thing I need to work isn’t working. I’ve been emboldened to do a lot of projects that I was previously uncomfortable with. The key is I know enough about nearly anything that I can tell when im being led down a garden path.

The quality of the prompt is everything.

I know that your comment was sarcastic, but Canada supplies a whack of potatoes to the US annually. Nearly 2.5B in frozen French fries alone. There is a marginal potato trade the other way, nominally in processed products. Like Stonemill Kitchens amazing red potato salad, which I’m not allowed to fucking buy because its American and I’m craving the shit out of that stuff.