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UK heat pump adopters open up homes to encourage others to ditch gas boilers
VisitAHeatPump service allows householders to look and ask questions about low-carbon system
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/11/uk-heat-pump-adopters-open-up-homes-to-encourage-others-to-ditch-gas-boilers
England can go green by converting our golf courses to renewables: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/09/england-could-produce-13-times-more-renewable-energy-using-less-than-3-of-land-analysis
England could produce 13 times more renewable energy, using less than 3% of land – analysis
Onshore wind and solar could provide 226GWh of electricity without impairing food production, says Friends of the Earth
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/09/england-could-produce-13-times-more-renewable-energy-using-less-than-3-of-land-analysis
Global heating is causing more rain: https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/rain-new-york-city-cause-b2522702.html
Why is it raining so much in New York City?
‘Wednesday’s Weather Rating: 0/10,’ forecasters summarized
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/rain-new-york-city-cause-b2522702.html
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Definitely I can testify of changes in irish weather since my childhood Ireland always had plenty of showers and grey days but the rain is getting heavier-Ireland is waterlogged and will get wetter still! Farmers are struggling and unprepared. 🌧🌧🌧
Anywhere on the planet is capable of geothermal energy if you drill deep enough, at 10km, on average, the steam is hot enough to turn a turbine generator. You can use the infrastructure allready built to convert fossil and nuclear to clean geothermal with a well. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/02/geothermal-energy-electricity
US aiming to ‘crack the code’ on deploying geothermal energy at scale
Recent $74m investment made alongside assessment that 10% of electricity could be generated by geothermal by 2050
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/02/geothermal-energy-electricity
Energy storage does not have to be batteries: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/thermal-energy-storage-industry
Salt, air and bricks: could this be the future of energy storage?
Start-ups turn to heat over batteries and are aiming to industrialise the practice
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/01/thermal-energy-storage-industry
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This is certainly very intriguing. The growth of the thermal energy storage industry marks a significant step towards sustainable energy management. By enabling efficient storage and utilization of thermal energy, this technology offers promising solutions for reducing carbon emissions among other green benefits.
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Interesting!
Food for the climate crisis. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/mar/29/palestinian-seeds-conservation-climate-crisis
‘They kept us alive for thousands of years’: could saving Palestinian seeds also save the world?
Vivien Sansour, founder of the Palestine Heirloom Seed Library, believes biodiversity could help feed an entire planet in crisis
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2024/mar/29/palestinian-seeds-conservation-climate-crisis
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Palestinian seed conservation initiatives address the climate crisis by safeguarding biodiversity and ensuring food security in the face of environmental pressures. These efforts represent vital resilience against climate change impacts. This has been useful as a source of nourishment to these wonderful people
Thanks for signing up for your bee seeds!
https://speakout.38degrees.org.uk/surveys/thanks-for-signing-up-for-your-bee-seeds-kick-1003?utm_source=email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=blast44560
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Cool initiative!
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In the UK half of our fresh water is wasted in turbine generators, and I have tipped off the Spanish government. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/01/catalonia-declares-drought-emergency-extending-water-limits-to-barcelona
Catalonia declares drought emergency, extending restrictions to Barcelona
Water reserves fall below 16% as region’s president says it has not rained in some areas for three years
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/01/catalonia-declares-drought-emergency-extending-water-limits-to-barcelona
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we should reject this with the strongest term we need to see better climate solutions and ideas
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This is absurd and should be stopped, clean water should be used in the right purposes.
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Quite a huge number of fresh water spent on turbine generators when you think that there's people without clean drinking water
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We Need a Moore's Law for the Carbon Footprint of Computing In the climate crisis we have to look at how to reduce the carbon footprint of our computing. This would involve minimising green house gasses at production, use, recycling, and deconstruction at end of life. Buying our products in carbon intensive China is a suicide mission, and we can be leading the way to getting a cleaner China by ensuring that our component producing companies use renewable energy to power construction, which is now cheaper than new build fossil fuels. Factory cooling can be most cheaply done by planting trees nearby rather than having air conditioning, as Google has found to good effect. As the United Nations is attempting to plant a trillion trees, every one counts; if we plant the trees in equilateral triangles we can plant 15% more trees. (for mathematical proof see: http://www.kadir-buxton.com/crow-s-footing-increases-crop-yield ) We must now design our tech to use as little electricity as possible, and have a Moore’s law for efficiency instead of speed. Every time there is an increase in computer speed the software becomes sloppier, we can reduce future energy consumption by improving software design, minimalism must be made to be more important than “bell and whistles.” Do we need a new version of our favourite game every year when a new extra difficult level could be downloaded? Bloatware must be confined to the past. Mobile phones are renowned for having a battery that lasts for two years, and those phones that you can replace batteries with often die soon afterwards, this cynical design flaw should be removed by law. Refurbished tech should become a standard, once we break free from the tradition of replacing our tech every three years for insurance purposes we can have a Luddite policy of producing replacement parts for old tech (have you tried to get a replacement motherboard for one that has failed only to find you need a new chip and RAM as well?) New tech and software should only be allowed if it can be proven to cut CO2 emissions in the medium term, and this would have the effect of keeping prices down. All of these policies would help to spread computing into the developing world, either as new, refurbished or free.
Increasing Crop Yields by 15%-Crow's Footing
Planting in equilateral triangles increases crop production by 15% more than planting in squares-mathematical proof
http://www.kadir-buxton.com/crow-s-footing-increases-crop-yield
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Scientists say that mental illness is caused by poor, and little, sleep. My insomnia cures webpage works in five nights, and cures mental illness at the same time. Don't let the psychiatrists fob you off with medication, a survey of surveys found that if you do not take the medication you will be ill for an average of five years, if you take the medication you will be ill for six: https://www.kadir-buxton.com/insomnia-cures
Insomnia Cures that can Cure Mental Illness
Sea air brought to your home, sleep better by using boring books, Kegels, and others
https://www.kadir-buxton.com/insomnia-cures
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t's important for individuals facing mental health issues to consult healthcare professionals and consider a range of evidence-based treatments.
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Mum of asthmatic girl, nine, who died from air pollution is suing Government
Ella Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, 9, from south-east London, died after an asthma attack in 2013 having been exposed to air pollution and now her mum is suing the Government for compensation
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/mum-asthmatic-girl-9-who-31971317
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It's heartbreaking to hear about the death of a young girl due to air pollution, and it's understandable that her mother is seeking accountability from the government.
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London would have better air quality than ULEZ if they made all buses and taxis EVs.
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I have a free method to make £100 billion a year for the climate crisis in the UK alone, while cutting CO2 emissions by big Pharma by 80%, who are as polluting as the car building industry. Learn how to help at: https://www.kadir-buxton.com/the-kadir-buxton-method
Cure Mental Illness In 30 Seconds
The Kadir-Buxton Method cures the mentally ill, sufferers of fits, it makes one feel 21 again, and can delete unwanted memories.
https://www.kadir-buxton.com/the-kadir-buxton-method
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A lot to learn here. Thanks for sharing
Andy Kadir-Buxton
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For how to escape from quicksand, and walk on quicksand please see: https://www.kadir-buxton.com/my-blog
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Inventions and Campaigns from the Inventor of Microsurgery
https://www.kadir-buxton.com/my-blog
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Uruguay’s green power revolution: rapid shift to wind shows the world how it’s done
Stung by the 2008 oil price spike, Uruguay now produces up to 98% of its electricity from renewables. Can other countries follow suit?
https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2023/dec/27/uruguays-green-power-revolution-rapid-shift-to-wind-shows-the-world-how-its-done
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Uruguay’s rapid transition to wind power is an inspiring example of a sustainable energy transition for the world to follow
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California approves rules for recycling toilet water for drinking purposes, they would shut all turbine generators, which use 50% of fresh water in the UK. https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/wastewater-recycling-drinking-purposes-california-b2467501.html?lid=kbmc2hrpygfy&utm_medium=email&utm_source=braze&utm_campaign=Climate%20Newsletter%2022-12-23&utm_term=IND_Climate_Newsletter
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While recycling toilet water for drinking purposes has the potential to minimize water waste , it's understandable that some may have concerns about the safety and feasibility of such a process!
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Hydro Genie Makes Heat Pump Radiators Hotter To help win the climate crisis we need our heating to be from efficient heat pumps, and there is a technical problem in that the radiators are not as hot as fossil fuel heated radiators. This is where Hydro Genie comes in, it is retrofitted to existing heating pipes and is wired to the control circuit. Circulating water is the most inefficient part of a heating system. It contains dissolved oxygen that, when heated, forms as bubbles on the heat exchanger in a boiler. This acts like bubble wrap, slowing down heat transfer and producing rusty black sludge that clogs the system. A Hydro Genie System removes the dissolved oxygen to stop this happening. Using applied physics, fluid dynamics and electronics, it cleans, enhances and regulates the heat transfer to the circulating water in a central heating system. This also leads to up to 20% more heat being generated across the radiators. The savings on your heating bills, mean that Hydro Genie Systems quickly pay for themselves. For example, if you install a Platinum system (typically used in larger properties), then you could recoup the cost of installation in just four years or less.
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This is an interesting solution to non fossil fuel pumps not heating as much as their fossil fuel pump counterparts.
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Artifical whale poo could improve the oceans. See: https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/march/artificial-whale-poo-could-help-restore-ocean-biodiversity.html
Artificial whale poo could help restore ocean biodiversity
While it could provide a useful stopgap, there is no guarantee the technique, or whales, will ever fully restore what has been lost.
https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/news/2022/march/artificial-whale-poo-could-help-restore-ocean-biodiversity.html
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The use of artificial whale poo to enhance ocean biodiversity is an intriguing and innovative approach. It demonstrates how creative solutions can contribute to restoring our oceans, which is crucial for combating climate change and maintaining a healthy planet.
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If you would love to have solar panels but don’t own your home or can’t afford the outlay, how about investing in Britain’s first “shared” solar park that is promising cheaper, zero-carbon electricity, direct to your energy bills for the next 40 years?... https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/07/uk-solar-energy-firm-scheme-save-ripple-energy
UK solar energy firm offers ‘shared’ scheme that could save £200 a year
Company behind Devon venture hopes it will become a blueprint for projects owned by consumers
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2023/may/07/uk-solar-energy-firm-scheme-save-ripple-energy
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bold and brave
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Nice one. Clean energy should be made affordable and available to all.
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Saving the Swedish Reindeer from Extinction Glen Tyler’s research suggests that reindeer will try to stay several kilometres away from power lines, as the sparks from the power lines frighten them. This threatens the livelihood of Sami herders in northern Europe, who are struggling to find enough land to graze their reindeer. As a result, some groups of herders have started to sue the power companies and have received compensation, says Glen Tyler, who has acted as an expert witness for the herders. With the anatomical discoveries of Glen Tyler, and known seasonal changes in natural light, the deep blue of the reindeer’s tapetum in winter started to make sense. In the polar winter, the sun is permanently out of sight. But for a few hours a day, it rises close enough to the horizon for shorter wavelengths of light to be scattered by the atmosphere onto Earth’s surface, creating a kind of twilight. “It is a totally blue-saturated environment,” says Glen Jeffery – and it also contains a relatively large amount of UV light. The evolved changes to the lens and cornea of reindeer eyes allow the retina to receive this light – but even then, the low levels of illumination would make vision difficult. The deep blue colour of the tapetum, however, enhances its reflectance at those shorter wavelengths, so more light is scattered back through the retina. I saved the Canadian Caribou from extinction when they refused to cross the ground where an oil pipe line had been buried. The Canadian Prime Minister asked for help internationally because if the Caribou did not get to their breeding ground they would go extinct. We simply took the calf from the matriarch and put it in the back of a truck, the matriarch followed the truck, and the herd followed the matriarch. Once the caribou had crossed they did so every year, the same trick works for elephants, and no doubt will work for the reindeer of the Sami herders too. The Prime Minister was so pleased that he said I could join any ethnic Canadian tribe that I liked; I chose Mohican, a once extinct tribe, and now own their lands, which is half of Canada!
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New Scientist Letter 3 December 2022 Mealworms are an answer to ‘compostable’ plastics 12 November, p16 From Andrew Kadir-Buxton, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, UK I read your report on problems with compostable plastic. A friend of mine tried to compost such plastic and found it didn’t break down. I suggested adding some mealworms to his compost and the plastic was soon eaten. This is scalable, and perhaps the adult mealworms could be turned into pet food at the end of the process.
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UK politician Grant Shapps says it is impossible to build wind turbines on land because they are too big. The inventor of Economy 7 has written to him to ask Ripple Energy to ask them how they did the impossible in the ground breaking co op that pays share dividends by way of cuts in energy bills thanks to Octopus Energy.
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UK Prime Minister Liz Truss is telling environmentalist King Charles not to go to COP27, and is not going herself. Charles should go and make his speech because this is a climate crisis. Liz will stay at home and frack and exploit oil and gas, somebody has to be useful.
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Replacing Private Cars With Public Coaches Dr. Alan Storkey submitted to the UK Transport Committee Inquiry into Bus Services in 2006. In it Alan says that buses have not been part of an integrated transport policy. The advantages of buses are important, By bunching journeys they economize on road space use in crowded areas, cut fuel consumption and greenhouse gases, and by addressing congestion, they also reduce the fuel consumption of other vehicles. Potentially they are crucial for green, uncongested travel. The problem is that buses are underutilised because they are rarely used for long journeys and this explains our inability to replace car journeys with buses. They save road space by a factor of 15 to 20 by putting passengers on one vehicle and can cut traffic on heavily used areas on road journeys. Because they are smaller than trains their can be more of them picking up more often. Coach stations need to be moved to motorways and major trunk road intersections; this would avoid city centre congestion. This would also involve priority lanes for the buses. The UK, with it’s high population density should be ideal for this journey gathering road based system. Buses transport passengers to the coaches, which then do not lose speed going into the centre of town. Traffic lights would respond to a radio frequency which would grant the coaches priority at junctions and roundabouts, just like ambulances do. Because of breaking distances the M25 can carry 15-20,000 passengers in cars or 260,000 in coaches. Alan says this would cost £1 billion to implement, which is 27% of the price of widening the M1 alone. As coaches are safer and cleaner than cars there is less of a health issue than cars. George Monbiot goes further to say it would only work with the capping and rationing of the carbon we use and the road space we use.
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Ethereum accomplished a long-awaited transition to a proof-of-stake (PoS) system in an occasion often known as The Merge on Thursday. By doing so, its power wants dropped by greater than 99 per cent instantly. Before The Merge, Ethereum consumed roughly 112 TWh/yr utilizing a proof-of-work (PoW) blockchain just like bitcoin that required huge quantities of computing energy to safe transactions and generate new items of the cryptocurrency. This is roughly equal to the annual electrical energy consumption of a rustic the scale of the Netherlands. Following Ethereum’s Merge, the overall power expenditure for securing the cryptocurrency is now near 0.01 TWh/yr. “The Merge will reduce worldwide electricity consumption by 0.2 per cent,” Justin Drake, a researcher on the Ethereum Foundation, claimed throughout a livestream of the occasion.
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Fighting Plant Diseases The possible ability of Biochar to fight plant diseases was shown on the UK program, “Countryfile” on 21 February 2016. A video on the subject can be seen at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsG88orHAfA It wards off Ash dieback (Chalera) in Ash trees.
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