Cracked Eggs and Jet Trails

The Cracked Egg. Did you know that eggs meant for the grocery market undergo an automatic acoustic sensor test to determine if they are cracked. Takes only a fraction of a second. Cracked eggs are then rejected and ejected. (No, they are not sent back for repair.)

‘Tis a shame we don’t have acoustic sensor tests for people to make a similar determination. But our cracked types are allowed to plunder on, offering little and taking a lot.

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Contrails. Did you know the contrails of jets may cause more global warming that all other sources combined? And it’s getting worse.

https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=https-3A__weather.com_science_environment_news_2019-2D06-2D28-2Dair-2Dcraft-2Dcontrails-2Dglobal-2Dwarming&d=DwICaQ&c=u6LDEWzohnDQ01ySGnxMzg&r=mbbwiLKJmVf9GVoMN0YFR07kSNz_FRSQwQFzSWbMq4Y&m=EoTbr_hLiCwE-JrR-lHAn-UNyuy4KvbBN2LJhv_XX5I&s=KPo0Josc5m_hp8xQu-_h0RUHwxCtXcvo831g91Fltnk&e=

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Fill your mind, certainly. But don’t let it get cluttered.

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