On top of this, nuclear power is in the cross hairs despite having close to the lowest CO2 emission of all types.
Maybe if the pro-nuke people hadn't made such a mess (21 serious incidents in Sellafield, for instance, including a major leak that wasn't detected for 9 months), the public opinion would have been more favourable.
Not really. With solar panels you can start small. Even a single panel can provide a few hundred watts in the African sun. That's enough to run some small equipment that you can use to manufacture stuff, and slowly build up. Try that with coal.
if you could take it out before it becomes toxic to the ocean!
Before you get a chance to take 0.1% out, the other 99.9% will already have broken down. Like I said, if you want to do something about it, you have to stop the stuff getting into the ocean in the first place.
But the diet soda drinkers were more likely to have diabetes (9% diabetes among the people drinking 0 diet soda, and 26% among those drinking 1+/day)
Most likely, these people were drinking regular soda, got diabetes, and then switched to diet soda. The diabetes was damaging the blood vessels and leading to stroke and dementia.
In a small study, the researchers analyzed the sweetener sucralose (Splenda®) in 17 severely obese people
They only looked at sucralose, They only looked at 17 people, with an average BMI of 42. Also, the subjects didn't just consume sucralose, they had sucralose + a ton of glucose.
You'd be stupid to extrapolate the results of this study to metabolism of normal healthy people with normal eating habits.
Actually, they also found a correlation between strokes and diabetes, plus they found a correlation between diabetes and artificial sweetener consumption.
So, most likely, it goes like this: people eat too much carbs, they develop diabetes, and the diabetes causes stroke. At the same time, their doctor tells them they are diabetic, and should switch to diet soda.
Basically, the part of your digestive tract that identifies incoming sugar and triggers an insulin release can't tell the difference between sugar and sweeteners.
Plants only benefit if their fruit is eaten by the right animals. For instance, if a fruit is eaten by a worm or insect, until only the seed is hanging from the plant, then there's no advantage for the plant. On the other hand, if the fruit is eaten by an animal that chews and breaks the seed, there's no advantage either. So, you'll find plants make chemicals to attract certain groups of animals (that are most likely to aid in seed dispersal) and also other chemicals to deter others.
Freed from these tethers, incredibly insightful things can be realized for the first time in the mind. After you come down, and you remember the experience, you will never view the world the same-old way again, but will process subsequent life experiences from an additional, fresh, and wholistic view-point. It is a marvelous eye-opener.
Sounds like fun, but what if the fresh and holistic viewpoint is objectively worse than the old sober one ?
I remember seeing an interview with an artist who tried using psychedelic drugs. Under the influence, he made the most beautiful painting, with amazing colors and structure and profound meaning. He was soo amazed at the depth of his perception, and creativity.
The next day, when he was sober again, he looked at the painting, and noticed he had painted the whole sheet muddy brown.
That's why you have a standard module with known life expectancy. Why re-engineer a custom foolproof solution for each satellite?
The standard module can die just as well as the rest of the satellite. A low orbit can't fail. Even in the case of a collision, pretty much all the debris will come falling down.
The new satellite constellations will be in low orbits, and there will be a lot of satellites, allowing both high speed and low latency. Whether they will sell high bandwidth for a reasonable price remains to be seen, of course.
My favorite recipe: put a cup of plain yogurt into the blender, and add a spoonful of sugar and a squeeze of lime juice. Then dump a 10-ounce bag of frozen organic strawberries in (still frozen!), and run the blender on "high" while using the "tamper" to push the berries down into the blades. When the texture is smooth, serve
Sounds like a lot of work. I just put some frozen (straw)berries in bowl, put it in the microwave to thaw, add some yogurt, and eat it.
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We're talking about 19th century.
On top of this, nuclear power is in the cross hairs despite having close to the lowest CO2 emission of all types.
Maybe if the pro-nuke people hadn't made such a mess (21 serious incidents in Sellafield, for instance, including a major leak that wasn't detected for 9 months), the public opinion would have been more favourable.
Solar panels have a very large capital expense
Not really. With solar panels you can start small. Even a single panel can provide a few hundred watts in the African sun. That's enough to run some small equipment that you can use to manufacture stuff, and slowly build up. Try that with coal.
What alternative do you suggest there was ? Wood is a very limited resource, and peat was running out.
What if I throw in a free, $400 value, juicer ? Would that convince you ?
if you could take it out before it becomes toxic to the ocean!
Before you get a chance to take 0.1% out, the other 99.9% will already have broken down. Like I said, if you want to do something about it, you have to stop the stuff getting into the ocean in the first place.
24 cans has about 1.2 KILOGRAMS of caffeine (24 cans * 50mg/can).
Without doing the math, I can see that must be wrong.
There won't be more studies. The goal was to create a headline that people would remember. Mission accomplished. We're done here.
But the diet soda drinkers were more likely to have diabetes (9% diabetes among the people drinking 0 diet soda, and 26% among those drinking 1+/day)
Most likely, these people were drinking regular soda, got diabetes, and then switched to diet soda. The diabetes was damaging the blood vessels and leading to stroke and dementia.
In a small study, the researchers analyzed the sweetener sucralose (Splenda®) in 17 severely obese people
They only looked at sucralose, They only looked at 17 people, with an average BMI of 42. Also, the subjects didn't just consume sucralose, they had sucralose + a ton of glucose.
You'd be stupid to extrapolate the results of this study to metabolism of normal healthy people with normal eating habits.
published by respected med schools.
And often funded by industry with hidden agendas.
No need to filter, or worry about getting the plastic out. The bits will break down by sun, waves, and bacteria.
If you want to do something, it's better to start at the beginning, and reduce the amount of plastic that goes into the ocean.
Actually, they also found a correlation between strokes and diabetes, plus they found a correlation between diabetes and artificial sweetener consumption.
So, most likely, it goes like this: people eat too much carbs, they develop diabetes, and the diabetes causes stroke. At the same time, their doctor tells them they are diabetic, and should switch to diet soda.
Basically, the part of your digestive tract that identifies incoming sugar and triggers an insulin release can't tell the difference between sugar and sweeteners.
No, the beta cells in your pancreas sense how much glucose is in your blood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Otherwise, people who consume artificial sweeteners would get hypoglycemic.
There's no data, no evidence, just a guy manipulating numbers with excel until he finds a result he likes.
Torture the data until they confess.
The data is in this study. Higher BMI is correlated with increased consumption of artificially sweetened drinks.
You also can't trust your mind when it's not in an altered state.
This says more about you than about evolution.
Doesn't say anything about me, actually.
Plants make fruit so birds and deer will eat it,
Plants only benefit if their fruit is eaten by the right animals. For instance, if a fruit is eaten by a worm or insect, until only the seed is hanging from the plant, then there's no advantage for the plant. On the other hand, if the fruit is eaten by an animal that chews and breaks the seed, there's no advantage either. So, you'll find plants make chemicals to attract certain groups of animals (that are most likely to aid in seed dispersal) and also other chemicals to deter others.
Freed from these tethers, incredibly insightful things can be realized for the first time in the mind. After you come down, and you remember the experience, you will never view the world the same-old way again, but will process subsequent life experiences from an additional, fresh, and wholistic view-point. It is a marvelous eye-opener.
Sounds like fun, but what if the fresh and holistic viewpoint is objectively worse than the old sober one ?
I remember seeing an interview with an artist who tried using psychedelic drugs. Under the influence, he made the most beautiful painting, with amazing colors and structure and profound meaning. He was soo amazed at the depth of his perception, and creativity.
The next day, when he was sober again, he looked at the painting, and noticed he had painted the whole sheet muddy brown.
Diversity helps the survival of the group
But evolution doesn't care about groups. It only cares about genes.
Some drugs are made available to us via the evolution of plants, so why do they exist at all?
Because the plants have a use for them. As a protection mechanism, for instance.
That's why you have a standard module with known life expectancy. Why re-engineer a custom foolproof solution for each satellite?
The standard module can die just as well as the rest of the satellite. A low orbit can't fail. Even in the case of a collision, pretty much all the debris will come falling down.
The new satellite constellations will be in low orbits, and there will be a lot of satellites, allowing both high speed and low latency. Whether they will sell high bandwidth for a reasonable price remains to be seen, of course.
My favorite recipe: put a cup of plain yogurt into the blender, and add a spoonful of sugar and a squeeze of lime juice. Then dump a 10-ounce bag of frozen organic strawberries in (still frozen!), and run the blender on "high" while using the "tamper" to push the berries down into the blades. When the texture is smooth, serve
Sounds like a lot of work. I just put some frozen (straw)berries in bowl, put it in the microwave to thaw, add some yogurt, and eat it.
People don't want to choke down 2 raw carrots and a cup of kale every day
That's why I cut up the carrots and kale and cook them in dinner (not necessarily at the same time), skip the apple, and add some berries to dessert.
But it doesn't seem like the machine actually makes juice, it sounds like it's just a press that squeezes the juice out of the bags.
And none of the idiots thought of making the opening bigger, and put it at the top, so you could just pour it.