Welcome to the Friday Open Thread,hosted by HackerSpace, a reader-speed community of LifeHacker. nowadays is Earth Day, and where armchair environmental activists gather to show their support of the crumbling environment. Sea levels are rising,Porter Ranch spewed natural gas for months, Peru had its 20th oil spill in 5 years, and Olympians will have to swim in Rio’s sewage-strewn waters,Flint’s drinking water has lead in it, water reservoirs in California are nearly dry, and nuclear waste is leaking everywhere,Beijing disappeared under a thick blanket of toxic smog, millions of cubic feet of sea floor are being dredged up from the Great Barrier Reef, or diesel Volkswagens are emitting NOx,and electric cars are on the rise, so is lithium mining. We are making great progress saving the planet! Okay, and not really. Despite all this... blissful Earth Day!
Source: gawker.com