StringJunky

Yes, it's more complicated than I thought. Up 'til now, I thought algae was a good way to get rid of some CO2. Maybe not. It needs a more irreversible/stable process.

I never thought about that: the fact that the sequestration may not be relatively permanent, like fossil fuels are.

That's good for reducing CO2 though, isn't it? Would that not be a better use of the ocean and less harmful to the existing oceanic ecosystem?

Does it matter that the amount is in practice low, but rather the principle of what the authorities consider toxic, which they expect us to comply with?

Yes, the last thing you want in your landfill is antimicrobial agents.

What would it do to decomposition organisms in landfill and what would be the effect of that on the landfill?

This is a science forum not a religious forum.

If you mean can you get more out than you put in then no.

We can be sure of one thing: he won't be quiet and will pull whatever dirty trick he can. He's certainly cut from the same cloth as Tayip Erdogan.

Yes, the instant someone gets tetchy, they are palming their guns. This why I don't want UK street bobbies to have them; it's just easier to wave a gun than tactfully defuse a situation... it's human nature.

He's already trying to stir things up for November saying there's going to "violence" if the Dems take the Houses.

I like the Japanese police policy of 'de-escalate not escalate'. They have guns but they will talk first, then use their long sticks, then their gun; in that order. I half suspect many US police are too overweight to chase and can't be bothered to de-escalate.

That happens to everybody, so don't think you are going to be left out.

Yeah, in the same spirit, pure capitalism doesn't have the funds or desire to help those in need, so best just 'pop them off'.

Yes, it's important for your sense of self worth not to totally rest on the actions and opinions of others.

I'm now just interested to see how far and for how long Trump can front this all out before he's well and truly scuppered, and even his party can't cover up for him.

In internet parlance, you've been 'ghosted'. It's not nice the first time someone does it to you but next time won't hurt so much.

Written words can convey things that we don't intend because they lack tone and the reader is left to decide the intent behind those words in a negative or positive light; depending on their mood at the time.

That's a good point.

Toy or not, she would still have got shot in the UK. Why would an adult wave a toy gun around unless to make people think they've got a real one.

As a minimum, I would say it's having input about the surroundings.

It's surprising how many people think this is a special ability.

Yes, I think intelligence is a subset of consciousness and the two probably get conflated. We only know what we know and a higher level being would think we weren't clever. Because we don't know of any better, we are arrogant enough to think we are it.

If an organism can make a choice, it's conscious. It's just by degree and sophistication that separates different hierarchies of organisms; it's not a present/not present phenomenon. from what I've read, this ability goes down to worms albeit extremely primitively. This is interesting about ants: If ants have the possible ability of self-recognition, it would seem reasonable to surmise they have some level of consciousness imo. It is only "uniquely human" if we define it by criteria which only humans can attain.