Polls are always suspect because readers of the questions interpret them differently and the questions are not sufficiently nuanced for everyone to understand. e.g.“free speech should be legal only under certain circumstances” would be correct if you we intentionally intending to influence someone via a lie … think Trump suggesting you inject bleach to cure a virus.Polls with very short yes/no questions are basically useless.
Fact of the matter is … we cannot drill enough or mine enough coal to keep up with demand for electricity. See Department of Energy website doe.govWe need to give up thinking that oil and gas are a solution and continue to develop the alternatives as fast as possible. The oil and gas lobbies are doing the same things as the tobacco industry did during the 70’s. That method killed (and will kill) many people.
The only possible evidence for a “lab leak” would be an analysis of the number of reported infections of all types of infection in lab personnel. A normal “Level 5” lab would have a much smaller number of infections of any kind from lab personnel — not zero but smaller than the population. It’s nearly impossible for any of the agents to escape. The lab does not want personnel to even come into direct contact with the agents. The air escaping the lab is incinerated. Passage of air through the building is contained by negative pressure and airlocks. You have to shower and change clothes going in or out. Death by lightning strike is more likely than an agent escaping from a lab.“Low confidence” must be confidence in the FBI evidence.
Lisa is wrong mostly because the demand for electricity is outstripping the supply and the demand is growing faster then the suppliers (oil and gas) and utilities can deliver. You can see this on the DOE website and McKinsey websites. Oil and gas companies pay ………. our politicians to keep drilling. Renewables alone is also limited for other reasons. Department of Energy has a “long duration energy storage” (LDES) moon shot goal that can dramatically improve the situation.
The Congressional Budget Office warned the (then Republican) Congress about the Trump tax cuts costing too much. All the GOP ignored the warning — probably knowing in advance the next Prez would be a Democrat and they could demand spending cuts. Since those tax cuts had virtually no impact on me, I vote to restore the 2016 tax policy.
Some day, you should read the preamble to the Code of Hammurabi.