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"This eruption could impact climate not through surface cooling due to sulfate aerosols, but rather through surface warming due to the radiative forcing from the excess stratospheric H2O." ...from the abstract of the study referenced in the article. https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1029/202...

I worked at this New Jersey facility when the parking lot solar was installed. The parking availability was only minimally impacted. Base pylons were installed over a period of about a month. That involved condoning off a small section of the lot while a crew cut a four foot square through the asphalt then used an powered auger to quickly excavate for the concrete pour. As I recall the crew completed a couple of those per day. The final installation of mounting structure, panels and electrical connections was done over a number of weekends. There was no trenching involved. As I recall the construction went surprisingly fast. I spoke with one of the building maintenance supervisors a couple of months after completion. He stated they were extremely happy with the power savings and return on investment. https://www.google.com/maps/@40.8458928,-74.0970349,3a,75y,1...

* edited out reference to surviving hurricane. Can't recall exact year this went up.

I was a daily pot smoker for about three years (ages 15-18). My consumption gradually decreased over the next four years until I stopped completely. I couldn't say if pot was responsible for any cognitive impairment. I do have a poorer memory than most of my peers. I'd be quicker to blame my poor memory on the multiple concussions I've had over the years than on my pot consumption. Marijuana exacerbated my very introverted personality. It's possible my social development was crippled to some degree. I'm not good with the people.

I do know a few individuals who have smoked pot regularly for decades. I don't see cannabis having had any negative effects on them or their families. They are intelligent, successful people in long term stable relationships.

I disagree. Marijuana can impair reflexes significantly, at least for some individuals. My high school drivers education class (1979) had an electronic device used to measure brake reflex time. The device had simulated accelerator and brake pedals. A red lamp would light to signal the need to brake. I believe the average response time for most teens was around 250ms. I smoked pot nearly everyday during this period of my life. On the day our class was put to the brake response test I showed up high, as usual. I scored over 1 second on the response test. The instructor at first thought I was putting him on. He reset the device and had me try again. The response time was the same. I'll also admit that during this time I had episodes where I would "zone out" while driving high on pot. I would not remember a significant portion of the drive I had just undertaken.

My read of the article referenced is that current measurement techniques for Marijuana do not accurately correlate with driver impairment. That's not the same thing as stating Marijuana impaired drivers are safer than ones intoxicated with alcohol.