Solar Power Has Transformed Afghan Opium Production This crazy story isn’t one that’s for the better. But Solar power has transformed the poppy growers in Helmand Province in Afghanistan. Crazy world. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-53450688 Renewables Outpaced Coal and Nuclear to start 2020. https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/07/27/renewables-have-outpaced-nuclear-and-coal-to-start-2020/
Archive for the ‘Health’ Category:
2020-07-19 Air Pollution Deadlier Than CoViD19
What is the Number One, absolutely most important thing in your life at this very second? Without it, you will die in a few minutes? It’s the air you breathe, the one fifth of that air, the oxygen you need to keep you alive. This article from March, 2019 is serious. Toxic air is killing
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2020-07-18 San Onofre Nuclear Waste Article
Where to store nuclear waste for ten thousand years. https://www.theinertia.com/surf/san-onofre-nuclear-waste-dilemma-national-emergency/ Information about Community Engagement meetings
2020-07-12 The Secret Reasons Why Nuclear Power Is Not Viable
From the comment I left at Dave’s JHAT YouTube video https://youtu.be/yofGtxEgpI8 Thank you, Dave, for the balanced and informative view. But I must bring up the “externalities” that almost every nuclear power proponent fails to address. One of the reasons why the burning of fossil fuels, especially coal, has to end is that the mining,
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2020-07-06 Adam Kucharsky Explains How CoVID19 Spreads, Anti-Vaxxers
Kucharsky is an epidemiologist. This is a great 13.7 minute talk similar to Ted where he explains the four “D. O. T. S.” determine the R (reproduction) value. Start at the 4:10 point. https://youtu.be/G-GlD3oVxE8 An article on antivaxxers and CoVID19 They’re already starting to cause people to not want to vaccinate https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/06/just-50-americans-plan-get-covid-19-vaccine-here-s-how-win-over-rest
2020-07-05 Livestock Causing Shrinking Colorado River Water Supplies
2020-07-08 This article tells how growing feed crops for livestock is using up 23% of the water. The large part of this water is used to grow the feed for the cattle. The northern part of Texas and Oklahoma are running dry because the underground aquifer is being depleted. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/jul/02/agriculture-cattle-us-water-shortages-colorado-river?utm_term=RWRpdG9yaWFsX0dyZWVuTGlnaHQtMjAwNzA4&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=greenlight_email&utm_campaign=GreenLight
2020-07-02 Climate Change Denial & Insurance
Do I have insurance? Yes, even though I don’t need to have it. Why? Because I didn’t have it and I got sued. But that’s another story. Do you have insurance even though you are not required to? Possibly. Probably. If I don’t have insurance and I get sued, I could lose a lot, I
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2020-07-01 Covid Age Calculator; VR Demo How SARS Binds To ACE2
Watch the YouTube video (link below) and go to the link in the description and fill out the Covid age calculator. This is an excellent way to determine risk. https://youtu.be/XIEmvEQzAf4 This amazing and informative 3D Virtual Reality Demonstration of how the SARS virus’ spikes bind to the ACE2 receptor on the epithelial cells. He also
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2020-06-17 Renewables Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels
Jason WillauerAsked, “What is your source … Renewables cheaper than conventional?IRENA.This 2+ year old article says that by 2020 renewables will be cheaper. Well, it’s 2020 and they already are. The clowns in this administration are trying to save the Fossil Fuel Industry, but no matter what they do, the fossil fuel producers are going
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2020-06-12 Superspreaders And CoVID19
From Ars Technica article https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/06/just-10-20-of-covid-19-cases-behind-80-of-transmission-studies-suggest/ Quote “Cowling noted that Japan—which has been relatively successful at managing the pandemic—has employed an anti-superspreading policy called the three Cs: Avoid (1) Closed spaces with poor ventilation, (2) Crowded places, and (3) Close-contact settings, such as close-range conversations. The risk for superspreading is highest in situations with all three
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