Red Mosquito

simple schoolboy wrote:Stock animals will often grow faster with the application of antibiotics. There's speculation that one of the reasons Americans are getting larger is that they are consuming those same antibiotics from the meat they consume.

What's the mechanism of antibiotics improving the efficiency of calorie absorbtion?

i thought it was from the growth hormones in milk

96583UP wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:Stock animals will often grow faster with the application of antibiotics. There's speculation that one of the reasons Americans are getting larger is that they are consuming those same antibiotics from the meat they consume.

What's the mechanism of antibiotics improving the efficiency of calorie absorbtion?

i thought it was from the growth hormones in milk

If it was the growth hormones in milk we should be looking more like Sylvester Stallone.

simple schoolboy wrote:

96583UP wrote:

simple schoolboy wrote:Stock animals will often grow faster with the application of antibiotics. There's speculation that one of the reasons Americans are getting larger is that they are consuming those same antibiotics from the meat they consume.

What's the mechanism of antibiotics improving the efficiency of calorie absorbtion?

i thought it was from the growth hormones in milk

If it was the growth hormones in milk we should be looking more like Sylvester Stallone.

I do. Feel my chest.

Greta feeling green right now.





Also considered: "Retrograde? More like Upgrade!"

Doing my part.

Refineries tend to be optimized for the type of crude oil they were initially set up on, so maybe the oil California used to produce in abundance 70 years ago is closest to the middle East light sweet crude. Alternatively, the Jones Act makes it impossible to transfer crude domestically as there aren't significant pipelines connecting California to other oil producers or maybe the special summer and winter blends California requires work best with these inputs.

Anyone have a heat pump?

Thinking about getting one for our lake place as part of some remodeling that we’re planning on in the new year (relocating the current aging furnace and A/C is part of it).

spike wrote:Anyone have a heat pump?

Thinking about getting one for our lake place as part of some remodeling that we’re planning on in the new year (relocating the current aging furnace and A/C is part of it).

We have one, highly recommended if you get a multistage system. Electric bill went down about 20% after install (vs 25 year old model) and it's like 50db so you barely hear it when outside.

Bi_3 wrote:

spike wrote:Anyone have a heat pump?

Thinking about getting one for our lake place as part of some remodeling that we’re planning on in the new year (relocating the current aging furnace and A/C is part of it).

We have one, highly recommended if you get a multistage system. Electric bill went down about 20% after install (vs 25 year old model) and it's like 50db so you barely hear it when outside.

nice. what's a multistage system? have you needed any repairs... curious if expensive.

spike wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

spike wrote:Anyone have a heat pump?

Thinking about getting one for our lake place as part of some remodeling that we’re planning on in the new year (relocating the current aging furnace and A/C is part of it).

We have one, highly recommended if you get a multistage system. Electric bill went down about 20% after install (vs 25 year old model) and it's like 50db so you barely hear it when outside.

nice. what's a multistage system? have you needed any repairs... curious if expensive.

Multistage just means the system has a variable speed motor which is where the energy savings come from. It's definitely more expensive, breakeven on the cost premium was about 3 years if I remember, but energy prices are much higher than when we bought a few years ago so we lucked out a bit.

What the fuck actually killed off the carrion birds? North American Condors by DDT or w/e (North American Turkey Vultures unaffected and thriving). Indian Vultures by a particular NSAID?

A few days ago, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Crews have since been burning off the toxic chemicals.
Claims that's the air/water quality are safe are turning out to be
false. Evacuation orders are even being lifted as people return to the area.

Stickman wrote:A few days ago, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Crews have since been burning off the toxic chemicals.
Claims that's the air/water quality are safe are turning out to be
false. Evacuation orders are even being lifted as people return to the area.

Pretty insane. This is a massive environmental catastrophe effecting thousands and it's largely radio silence.

Bi_3 wrote:

Stickman wrote:A few days ago, a train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio. Crews have since been burning off the toxic chemicals.
Claims that's the air/water quality are safe are turning out to be
false. Evacuation orders are even being lifted as people return to the area.

Pretty insane. This is a massive environmental catastrophe effecting thousands and it's largely radio silence.

But the alien balloons though.

Wait?! Did the balloons cause the derailment?

It's kind of weird that the state isn't telling us anything about anything and everybody seems to be cool with it.

Stop avoiding the question, BurtReynoldsfromtheinternet!