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The sun heats the object and causes it to emit vapor, it emits more vapor on the side facing the sun, these emissions have a measurable affect on the orbit. See the section on 2l/B…

this [0] website and the book [1] it references might interest you: [0] https://www.darkhorseanalytics.com/blog/data-looks-better-na... [1] https://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_…

Not everyone wants synthetic pesticides or GMOs in their food.

I had a similar experience at a major university in chemistry lab freshman year. The class required a subscription to a site that was owned by a professor. Everyone in the departme…

>The regulation itself is about 60 pages, and references numerous other regulations itself. It most certainly adds up to hundreds of pages of regulation. Not that that changes anyt…

>The USDA has its own unique, long winded definition, so does the EU, and so do many other countries, and private organisations. It’s not “hundreds of pages” as you originally clai…

>Depending on who you ask, each certifying body will have their own unique definition that amounts to hundreds of pages of regulations. “Organic” is equally as meaningless and nons…

>How is only allowing "natural" pesticides not appealing to the naturalistic fallacy? If you really care about improving ecosystems, you should be using the best knowledge and tech…

It’s driven more by a holistic understanding of the ecosystem as a whole than by any sort of naturalistic fallacy, at least on the producer side. Modern pesticides are creating res…

>achieve that by using nonsynthetic fertilizers, herbicides and pesticides in large quantities Citation needed. In fact, the organic program requires farmers to manage the weeds an…

>No idea if USDA permits unlimited use... They do not, in fact it is a last resort. [0] https://www.ecfr.gov/cgi-bin/text-idx?SID=94361624bc8858349d...

In practice, organic farms are required to use pesticides as a last resort, whereas conventional farms use as much pesticide as they feel is necessary routinely. Furthermore, pesti…

>What makes organic farming different, then? It's not the use of pesticides, it's the origin of the pesticides used. This is not exactly truthful, at least in the United States. Or…