I agree about the Equifax hack… to some degree the information that was stolen becomes less useful (or ‘stale’) over time for financial exploitation and ID theft, particularly after such a hack becomes public. So unless there’s been a rash of ID theft and credit fraud that hasn’t filtered into public awareness yet, a state actor being the culprit seems most probable. China or Russia seem to be the most likely candidates, and would be holding that info for other kinds of exploitation like you said. If China did it, I imagine this would be quite the win for them as they could use this in combination with the OPM hack of security clearance holder information (assuming China was behind that too as is suspected) to build even more detailed profiles of millions of US persons for use in espionage, counter-espionage, and shadier aspects of diplomatic leverage. It’s what I would do if I were in their shoes, and I’d be tempted to bet my left nut the US Intelligence Community has done or is attempting the same on most or all Chinese citizens as well.

Pot mead… The psychoactive ingredients are oil soluble, not water soluble. Mead won’t infuse with THC or CBD, even with the emulsifying properties of honey. You would need to extract a hashoil, mix with honey and add to a finished dry mead after ferment.

What you want is a soluble similar drug. Try prickly lettuce resin. It’s legal, probably growing in your yard already, works like CBD in marijuana, with a strong sedative and numbing effect. It is derived from a plant latex, so latex allergies are the biggest concern.

Just look the plant up on YouTube if you’re unfamiliar with it. It’s a great painkiller.

Alternatively, Kilp Dagga (a warm weather mint) has similar effects and is soluable in water, usually taken as a pot substitute in teas. It just tastes like ass, so you need a good strong mead with sweet flavor, balanced with some acidity, and probably a strong flavoring agent like ginger and habenero. It’s also legal anywhere in the US in any quantity and avoids the latex issue.

Neither of these are screened on drug tests and have similar effects.

As with any psychotropic, use in moderation, not while driving etc. If you make and consume these, be responsible and have one glass before bed or when you don’t have someplace to go or other responsibilities. Keep it away from kids etc.

Roger that. We can respond as we see the demand signal. But there’s a long way to go with charging/storage in parallel with us getting our crap together. Even a 25% shift in 20yrs would be crazy huge. The US uses about 4800Terawatt-hrs (TWh) of gas a year and we only make about 4200TWh of electricity.

Unfortunately, dealing with it will involve acquiring a ton of Rights-of-way through people’s property, sometimes with the force of the state. That’s the part of the business that really pulls against my own morals. But society will demand it.

And as I’ve said before, we have tons of jobs (at least down South). If electric vehicles happen at scale, we’ll have more jobs than qualified people to do them (construction, maintenance, engineering, operations). There’s an outlet for automation refugees…

PS – you’re killing me with these gun builds. I’m trying to hold out for the year and now you do this! 🙂