I distrust people who see a silver lining in every cloud. I\u2019m not a scientist but I\u2019m pretty sure a silver lining to every cloud would be a sign of some serious ecological problem. I know the silver industry says up to ninety percent of the earth\u2019s atmosphere can be safely composed of powdered silver, but I have lingering doubts. These doubts nag at me. The studies they cite, some of them, appear to be tobacco industry studies with the word \u201ctobacco\u201d crossed out and replaced with the word \u201csugar,\u201d which was replaced with \u201csaccharine\u201d and then, finally, \u201csilver.\u201d<\/p>\n
But they are conserving paper, and saving trees, so I guess I can applaud that. Let it not be said I am one of those nay sayers who are in it just for the opportunity to say nay.<\/p>\n
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The studies they cite, some of them, appear to be tobacco industry studies with the word \u201ctobacco\u201d crossed out and replaced with the word \u201csugar,\u201d which was replaced with \u201csaccharine\u201d and then, finally, \u201csilver.\u201d But...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-my-books","category-writing"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3u13S-j8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4485,"url":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/the-three-graces\/","url_meta":{"origin":1186,"position":0},"title":"The Three Graces","author":"David Raffin","date":"July 10, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Joe points toward a statue of three joined entities.\u201cThe Three Graces,\u201d says Joe. \u201cEach based on the famous figure model Audrey Munson. 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