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Helen Czerski

11 yrs ago I found this funny: 'How many Microsoft designers does it take to change a lightbulb? None. They just define darkness as “industry standard”

But now I can't unsee this:
'How many huge companies does it take to fix the climate? None. They just define global warming as “industry standard”

13 December at 13:24 | Open on fediscience.org
Helen Czerski

Ever wondered why walking around museums is weirdly tiring? At normal speed our legs act like pendulums, swinging forward from the hip & saving us a huge amount of energy. In "museum shuffle" our muscles must do ALL the work of constant readjustment. So cake in the cafe is scientifically justified 🥳

8 December at 11:20 | Open on fediscience.org
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Mike

@helenczerski That's fascinating and rings true.
But I also get 'Art Museum Back' - I first noticed it when I started doing Art History as part of my Humanities Degree about 25 years ago. It's a crippling lower back pain which seems to be associated with standing and looking at art works, but I'm convinced it is associated with the walking because using those folding stools only help slightly.
Humans? Who designed them?

8 December at 18:13 | Open on cupoftea.social
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Mysti

@helenczerski I have a frozen knee which prevents me from walking with that lovely pendulum-like gait. Can testify it's exhausting not having it.

8 December at 18:40 | Open on sfba.social
Helen Czerski

It is completely ludicrous that anyone is still talking about hydrogen for home heating - it’s far less efficient, less safe, more expensive and less flexible than heat pumps. This report is the last nail in a coffin that is already more nail than coffin.

theguardian.com/environment/20

#climate #hydrogen

21 Oct 2023 at 10:34 | Open on fediscience.org
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hubzillar
It is not silly, but exploration of alternatives. Not everyone wants to rely upon electricity networks. Infrastructure resilience is better with multiple networks.Renewable source hydrogen with anaerobic digestion methane would be suitable usage of extant gas distribution systems.
21 Oct 2023 at 10:47 | Open on tiksi.net
Neil Turner

@helenczerski There was talk of a metropolitan hydrogen network in Bradford a couple of years ago, but thankfully it seems to have been replaced with a heat network powered by heat pumps. I'm very convinced that heat pumps, powered by low carbon renewable energy, are the future.

21 Oct 2023 at 10:47 | Open on mastodonapp.uk
Gordon Cowtan

@helenczerski It’s like it’s the zombie option. Regardless of the facts, it’s kept alive with a constant diet of money.

21 Oct 2023 at 10:51 | Open on mastodon.scot
Helen Czerski

This is MADNESS.

"The UK government will defy scientific doubts to place a massive bet on technology to capture and store carbon dioxide in undersea caverns, to enable an expansion of oil and gas in the North Sea."

Carbon capture/removal techniques (which don't even work yet) are not an excuse to keep burning anything. They're utterly pointless until we have decarbonised everything else as much as we can. Renewables are already cheaper & better - there's no contest.

theguardian.com/environment/20

This is MADNESS.

"The UK government will defy scientific doubts to place a massive bet on technology to capture and store carbon dioxide in undersea caverns, to enable an expansion of oil and gas in the North Sea."

Carbon capture/removal techniques (which don't even work yet) are not an excuse to keep burning anything. They're utterly pointless until we have decarbonised everything else as much as we can. Renewables are already cheaper & better - there's no contest.

Guardian headline about the UK government gambling on CCS.
30 Mar 2023 at 20:25 | Open on fediscience.org
Tim Ward ⭐🇪🇺🔶 #FBPE

@helenczerski Whilst it would seem reasonable to fund some modest R&D into CCS, just in case it turns up something, it is also only prudent to plan for a future without it.

30 Mar 2023 at 20:30 | Open on c.im
Burnt Veggies

@helenczerski This is discussed at length in The Climate Book by Greta Thunberg, which I am currently reading. I recommend it for everyone.

30 Mar 2023 at 20:40 | Open on mstdn.social
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@helenczerski It is hard to believe this is the same country that held out and fought back in WWII. All imagination has been domesticated in the service of an energy overconsumption and profits for an oligarchy.

30 Mar 2023 at 20:43 | Open on mastodon.online
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