I wouldn't really call it a machine gun ancestor, per se. More an early semi-automatic. Still, hardly the first, just a really complicated version of one with a very large slug and a large, heavy ammo capacity. It's cool, but there are other period weapons that survived in memory much better for good reason.

"Idiotic."
What a wonderful and insightful critique of a professional study of the problem. I'm glad you've provided reams of data to back up your refutation!

Oh, wait.

Availability has increased due to prices falling. Particularly availability of sugar from corn and bread from grains. Maybe you've not thought this through, but those two things? Pretty significantly damaging when overindulged-in.

I hate with an intense passion the use of the word "disappearing" in nonscientific articles about climate change. Surely there's a way to paint it in a negative light without outright being silly about words.