myrrh

...texas is trailing at 41% low-carbon but wind and solar are gangbuster growth industries here...

22% wind
12% solar
7% nuclear
48% natural gas
11% coal

...i work in the sustainability industry and the dogmatic backlash i've seen against electrification is absurd...

...we used to visit louisiana from mississippi when we wanted to indulge in a classy weekend...

...it's interesting to see the art style in these really early strips; bill had been drawing foxtrot for only a couple of months when this was published...

...it's only the customer's problem if they exploit commercial arrangements where gratuity is expected: 15% for table-service ±5% for quality of service...if you don't wish to engage that system patronise another restaurant; there are more counter-service options available than ever before these days, no gratuity expected...

...for those stupid card-swipe gratuity options, just ignore the recommendations and do your own math, or manually enter zero if it's not table-service...i can understand foreign travellers feeling overwhelmed by POS systems proffering gratuity at every turn, but that's a UI problem which can be completely ignored in every instance other than table-service or similar concierge arrangements, and if someone's patronising the latter sort of establishment they already know where gratuity is expected...

(and as for the rare lefties who just write backwards instead, here's the most-famous example)