Dr Kara L

@KaraL
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Apropos the final #COP28 agreement:

We don't want to use fossil fuels, we want transportation, heating and cooling, communications, industry, and the other benefits of energy use. But there is nothing we do that can't be done with non-carbon energy options that don't require burning fossil fuels that devastate our #climate.

If the highest paid nurse, outside of management, qualifies for Universal Credit it is surprising they’re striking, it’s it surprising there are over 100,000 vacancies? #SupportTheStrikes
⚠ 278.741 Gt of CO₂ remaining for +1.5°C (66% prob.)
⏲ 6 years 244 days 3 hours until overshoot
🌬 13.261% of world energy from renewables

BBC News have written an article called "Staying Warm; What does an unheated room do to your body?"

A healthy male journalist was connected to medical monitors and the impact on his body documented as the room fell from a cosy 21c to 10c-the average winter temperature of an unheated room.

It's interesting, but it's bland data without context and lived experience, so let me tell you what it's actually like to inhabit a space that's not warm enough...

#CostOfLiving

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-63602501

Cold weather: What does an unheated room do to your body?

The BBC's health and science correspondent undergoes an experiment to find out how a cold home affects him.

BBC News

Because they cantaloupe.

#joke #humour #barely