Sabine Hossenfelder is awesome. This particular episode is fair and impartial towards nuclear power. One thing I didn’t hear her talk about was that nuclear power requires mining uranium and there have been hundreds of deaths from lung cancer caused by breathing radon gas in the mines. And this is especially true for the uranium
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This ocean anoxia is a new hazard. https://www.sciencealert.com/here-s-a-glimpse-at-a-future-hothouse-earth-if-greenhouse-gasses-aren-t-curbed
New Zealand salmon farmer – salmon are dying due to warmer water. https://cleantechnica.com/2022/05/30/new-zealand-salmon-farmer-says-climate-change-is-happening-faster-than-expected/
Battery-like device absorbs CO2. https://techxplore.com/news/2022-05-low-cost-battery-like-device-absorbs-co2.html
Researchers say it’s more efficient than the standard reverse osmosis desal system. Fast, efficient fluorine-based desalination membrane to purify saltwater
India heatwave caused by climate change. When the temperature is 37 deg. C or 100 deg. F, and the humidity is very high, the body cannot cool itself by evaporation and cannot regulate its temperature, which causes heat exhaustion, heat stroke and hyperthermia and the person will die. https://www.reuters.com/breakingviews/india-heatwave-throws-food-security-loop-2022-05-12/
My decade old GE started leaking on the floor after the bearings went out – it howled like a banshee. I went to Lowe’s and bought a new Maytag and the salesdroid wanted me to pay $40 to have the old one hauled away. I said no thanks, I’ll get rid of it. But I
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Every consumer should understand this very important article about the economic reality of building a gas fired power plant. The term Stranded Asset should be explained. The electric power producers are not making decisions that are in the best interests of their customers and shareholders. The banks should be required to finance new fossil fuel
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This authoritative source explains the sources of greenhouse gases. I was surprised about nitrous oxide. Quote: << Human activities are responsible for almost all of the increase in greenhouse gases in the atmosphere over the last 150 years.1 >> Overview: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/overview-greenhouse-gases It has a link to an annual report “Inventory of US greenhouse gas emissions
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The NASA climate web page on consensus about AGW – anthropogenic global warming or human caused climate change. https://climate.nasa.gov/scientific-consensus/
