Air Pollution, Los Angeles, Climate Change, the Trump Administration

 

Its worth noting that when the Trump administration destroys a major diplomatic effort to *begin* to deal with the pollution from container ships, that they are deliberately affecting the health of everyone in Los Angeles.  Google AI informs me that:

The twin Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are the single largest source of air pollution in Southern California, responsible for a significant portion of regional emissions. They contribute over 10% of fine particulate matter (\(PM_{2.5}\)) and nearly a third of nitrogen oxide (\(NO_{x}\)) emissions in the basin, which are major components of smog. \(NO_{x}\) emissions: The ports are responsible for approximately 10% of the region's total nitrogen oxide emissions. In 2021, spikes in pollution were observed due to congestion, with ships idling offshore.\(PM_{2.5}\) emissions: The ports contribute over 10% of the region's fine particulate matter, a pollutant linked to significant health risks. Cancer risk: Diesel exhaust from the ports accounts for more than two-thirds of the cancer risk from air pollution in the Los Angeles basin. Impact: The combined emissions from the ports rival the daily emissions from all 6 million cars in the region.

Bees Get Hooked on Nicotine and Fall Over Dead say Scientists

With hive collapse syndrome threatening world civilization by dying before their residents, the bees, can serve their primary economic purpose for mankind, which is to pollinate agricultural crops in our great country, scientists have looked high and low to find the cause and help prevent economic disaster which would of course affect the earnings of the shareholders, a fate all good Americans, whether man or bee, can agree must be avoided. The bees can goddamn well die as far as we are concerned as long as they pollinate beforehand.

Now science has proven that the alleged cause of the threat to the shareholder's earnings is not, as the tree huggers have said without a shred of proof, caused by harmless and helpful pesticides which are only working to improve shareholder value, not damage it.  No the real cause of hive collapse syndrome is not the innocent and beneficial pesticides, but lies within the bees themselves.

This lazy bee can barely stand up she is so drunk on nicotine, nectar and pollen.

In an important new article published in Nature, science has proven that the real cause of hive collapse sysndrome is the bee's moral turpitude and lack of anglo-saxon work ethic. Instead of steadfastly pollinating like they should, they get hooked on nicotine-related substances and abandon their economic purpose and spend all day just lazing around and smoking, or in this case, sipping, nicotine. Its not the pesticides per se that are causing the bees to become slackers and suck nicotine until they fall over dead. It is their own lack of moral willpower.

One more time American industry has been vindicated. The bees need to go to church more often and teach their children the benefits of moderation and hard work and this problem is solved.

An article about this in The Guardian

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/apr/22/bees-may-become-addicted-to-nicotine-like-pesticides-study-finds