Jesus. That was prretty damned comprehensive.
And FWIW, I did read your duckweed epic poem, or most of it. Very convincing...
I hope you will continue to post this stuff up inside DD. It spreads some light and needed optimism in dark corners. As someone who writes a weekly diatribe titled "This Week in Doom," looking at the wreckage we are making of our world is pretty depressing. We continue to need some light--