https://www.newyorker.com/news/us-jo...xt-space-state
The UP would probably be as NIMBY about Disney
World as it is about a Space Port. Here's hoping
that the Florida state government values both its
theme parks and space ports. The weather there
is nice for both of those. The New Yorker references
Nancy Langston. Her books are book club fare in the
UP.
http://www.nancylangston.net/
Methanol as a fuel additive may improve octane
but tends to increase nitrogen oxide emissions.
DDT is something of a "forever chemical".
Its use, if at all, should be carefully balanced
against its projected environmental and health
effects for populations that have close contact
with the environments that it would be put into.
It says something that a researcher investigating
DDT in Africa mentions that there is an ongoing
shift to the use of neonicotinoids instead of DDT.
Those have their hazards as well - they are
implicated in the decline of pollinator populations.
https://www.un.org/africarenewal/mag...vironmentalist