It’s all relative. I live in Denver and don’t think the Nebraska border (almost 3 hours away) is particularly close. But when I drove home from Minneapolis a few days ago, I was thrilled to be in the home stretch

The seat was previously Democratic too, for what it’s worth. The split was about 70/30.

Ditto Department of Defense

Did you read the full sentence?

So kind of like saying “I am 14 yeared” (the same way a shirt with stripes is a striped shirt)? That’s actually kind of interesting.

Wait until you realize where the word verano comes from

In my first language (English) a 14-year-old would day “I am 14 years old” which means “I am 14 years old”

In my distant second language (Spanish) they would say “tengo 14 años” which, like Italian, means “I have 14 years”

The judge dismissed the case with prejudice, meaning prosecutors cannot refile the same charges.

You know, unless SCOTUS gets rid of the double jeopardy clause of the 5th amendment. Which, looking at the actual text, I guess I shouldn’t be surprised if someone tried

nor shall any person be subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb

Sounds just as settled at Roe v. Wade

The thought counts

Was there even thought though?

Energy is not created or destroyed, it only gets transformed from one form to another. Fuel represents a storage of energy. So when you burn fuel, you are taking the energy contained in that fuel and using it to create heat energy, harness it to make a car move, generate electricity (which you seem to agree is energy as well), or whatever.

Think about high school physics. Bring a 200 pound weight to the top of a tower, and it has potential energy. Nothing happens, just as nothing happens to fuel without a spark, but if you drop it out turns into kinetic energy. Let it hit the ground, and the sidewalk will absorb some of that energy as it breaks, it gets absorbed into sound energy, the whole process repeats on a smaller scale as it bounces, etc. All energy, and not in the hippy “the universe is all energy, maaan” kind of way.

The first part of this Technology Connections video also shows how propane is stored energy that gets converted: https://youtu.be/OOK5xkFijPc - just because that spark was needed to convert the energy in that propane to heat, doesn’t mean the spark is the source of the energy. If you’re going to be pedantic enough that I have to explain that.

I never said it would happen immediately 😉

Gas isn’t energy

It absolutely is. Do I need to explain why that’s a ridiculous take, or have you had enough coffee by now to realize it?

Yeah, I was honestly wondering what an election conspiracy theory could possibly be coming from Kash Patel’s FBI.

Just don’t die there - it’s illegal

Svalbard, Norway doesn’t even require a visa to live there, but you do need to be able to support yourself (basically, have a job lined up before you arrive) and you’ll need to be able to enter the Schengen region to get there.

Not sure why you’d want to go out of your way to immigrate to Russia of all places given… Gestures at Putin

I mean… Gas prices are relatively low right now, at least here in 'Merica. I’ve seen them more than double what they are now, how did that happen?

It does? I honestly love it and it will be very hard for me to go back

Still nothing terribly new here. Energy has always had inelastic demand, meaning usage doesn’t change much with price. Whether gas costs 1, 3, or 5 dollars people still need to get to work and will still buy stuff. Maybe people will start to combine trips or whatever with higher prices, but nothing huge.

Which wasn’t a factor before? 😉

I’m not sure about that. The way I see it, there will be more supply for the below-expectation demand, which would make prices go down