Roast beef now comes with (*bleah* caramel coloring)

I recently went to buy some deli roast beef and was surprised that a lot of it in packages on the rack said "Caramel color added." I passed on all this and got what I had previously been buying: Safeway's "Primo Taglio" roast beef.

Much to my surprise, Safeway (or its supplier) has joined the caramel color bandwagon, making roast beef

 look like corned beef:

Bleah! I'm not buying any more of this stuff; I'll stick with making my own  or buying at PCC.

Carbon-dioxide removal: our best chance?

There doesn't seem to be anything like the political consensus to reduce emissions, not to mention the continuing / increasing love of the U.S. driver for big pickup trucks and SUVs:

... and a lot less for the kinds of cars (both EVs) we'd have to move to in large numbers to have a hope of solving the carbon problem:

Nissan Leaf

Chevy Bolt

But in a recent New Yorker article, Elizabeth Kolbert interviews scientists who have developed techniques to actually remove carbon from the atmosphere.

For just 100 million of the trailer-sized modules, you can keep up with current emissions. Sound like a lot? There have been 700 million iPhones produced since 2007 ...

Let's get going on this!