Public health: Highly infectious viral pandemics end through immunity
A Harvard med school professor notes that infectious viral epidemics only end through immunity; NPIs, at best, delay but do not end pandemics.
Climate: We need to ban meat consumption
How a mere 12% of Americans eat half the nation’s beef, creating significant health and environmental impacts (phys.org) “the latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans, which suggest four ounces per day…
EVs: What is a “gas guzzler”?
"Gas guzzler" is a widely misused (by the media) term - it means a car that today gets 22.5 mpg or less.
Environment, Smart phones: Fairphone 5 is a sustainable phone
Fairphone offers a repairable, sustainable, long term usage high end smart phone.
Economy: “Four in ten under-30s rely on family money to cover their down payment on a property”
Only example given turns out to be an economist with an $800,000 list price education, who got assistance buying a house after graduation. Hmmmmm.
Climate, Social: Burning Man mud due to climate change?
A few people have posted on social media that the muddy man celebration in the northern Nevada desert is due to climate change. Let’s practice factfulness. 1998: Burning Man documented…
Business: Remote work is so 2020 – FB says back to the office
Meta/Facebook is requiring staff to be in the office at least 3 days per week: Meta employees are back in office three days a week (cnbc.com) Meta joins Amazon, Zoom…
Climate: Britain’s Climate Change Committee says to stop heating homes at night
Seriously. Says should swap out gas for electric heating, and not use at night.
Climate: France seeks to ban “cheap flights”
There are many influencers, documented on this blog, that wish to ban air travel. By raising prices, as France proposes, the common folk will be de facto banned while the…
Climate: Rationing is the “fair way” to fight climate change
Rationing: A fairer way to fight climate change? (phys.org) We may need to ration fuel, food, travel, air flights and much more. The authors propose to limit “long haul flights…