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  1. A quotation from Shelley

    First our pleasures die — and then
    Our hopes, and then our fears — and when
    These are dead, the debt is due,
    Dust claims dust — and we die too.

    Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) English poet
    Poem (1820), “Death,” st. 3, Posthumous Poems (1824)

    More about this quote: wist.info/shelley-percy-bysshe…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #shelley #percybyssheshelley #death #diminishing #dwindling #dying #fading

  2. Large #ElectricTrucks give fewer environmental benefits [Surprise - NOT!} #EVs now include larger trucks like #Ford150Lightning #DodgeRam1500, but #MIT #TrancikLab #data shows larger EVs provide #diminishing #ClimateBenefits #Heavier #EVs require more #electricity to #charge & may have a similar #EmissionsImpact to smaller gas-powered cars, although #Ford spokesperson Artealia Gilliard notes that emissions savings will improve as the #grid is #decarbonized [so...never] nytimes.com/interactive/2023/0