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Author. Science. Innovation. Books include The TakeOut Diet, The Optimistic Storm Part 1: the end of the fossil fuel era.
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* Cook food
* Use electricity for transport.
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More details in my book OptimisticStorm.com Part 1: The end of the fossil fuel era.
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That so many are sucked into conspiracy theories denying climate science and technology is the challenge facing society. Yet these very same people, sucked into the alternative universe, need to have a cheaper, more prosperous and cleaner society. Not complicated.
* Heat air
* Heat water
If you want to listen to two experts in energy, don't miss Michael Liebreich and Lord Adair Turner's reflections on the past 20 years of the energy transition. In the early 2000s, no one knew how the world would decarbonise. Today, wind solar and batteries will provide 95% plus.
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/2 They appear to lose about 2 to 3 IQ points.
Have you had 4 Covid infections in last 5 years. Ten IQ points lower?
optimisticstorm.com/covid-reduce...
There's many dumb announcments recently, especilly in the health and energy sectors in USA.
Has Covid Lowered the IQ of people?
Covid spike protein damages the brain and reduces IQ. SARS-CoV-2 spike protein accumulates and persists in the body for years after infection. People get brain fog.
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What's the evidence for older people to take them?
Evidence is a bit scarce. If you have had a stroke, continue to take them.
If you have not, and live a healthy life, maybe not.
Very nuanced. Complicated!
optimisticstorm.com/statin-effec...
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Statins, or HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, are widely prescribed for cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention due to their proven efficacy in lowering low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels, stabilising atherosclerotic plaques, and reducing inflammation.
Are you older? Should you take statins and other similar drugs?
Stroke remains a significant cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide, with older adults, particularly those over age 60, at the highest risk of first-time ischemic stroke.
Cleaning Up podcast with , Professor Tristan Smith, a leading expert on shipping decarbonisation from UCL Energy Institute.
Fundamental is LNG use is going to drop.
The USA WH is repayment of the $90 million in election donation by gas industry.
www.cleaningup.live/the-us-just-...
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/5 Each infection. Have 5 infections over a decade or two? At this stage it appears cumulative. It won’t happen overnight, and unlike a death, it won’t be easy to measure.
We will see it with the number of people with chronic illnesses.
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or the economic cost ($14 trillion, $35 trillion, etc). Or the inconvenience, or it was just the flu.
The true cost? As the years roll on, young and middle-aged people are infected with COVID again and again. It is probably their health will slowly decline. 3% fitness, 4 IQ points.
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* if you have lingering issues from your prior COVID infections, you’re at least susceptible to getting them ME or CFS.
* If you recovered from them, they may come back
* When people talk about the devastation from COVID, they usually talk about deaths. (7 million, 20 million, 30 million)
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The most controversial take on COVID, and what everyone is getting wrong about this, is that it’s a disease whose burden falls primarily on the young. Not the old.
Long Covid has all the hallmarks of ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) or chronic fatigue syndrome. They are complex diseases.
Whatever you think of COVID, of its origins, or whether serious or not, one in eight people have long COVID impacts. Long COVID is described as post-infection symptoms persisting for at least a month. Long COVID has been part of the infection right from the beginning.
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https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/renewables-boom-global-solar-installations
If you thought the world built a lot of renewables in the past few years, just wait for the next half of this decade.
Solar is expected to double the past 5 years' growth.
Incumbent analysts often get projections wrong.
www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
/2 It took the Human Genome Project over $75m, 9 months for 1 person from one end to the other. That's now $200 and 4 hours.
Why? Better health. AI is now part of this project. There are over 2000 cell types. More material in optimisticstorm.com Part 2, Better Health.
https://hubmapconsortium.org/human-reference-atlas-charts-human-body-at-single-cell-level/
The Human Cell Atlas (HCA) is will catalogue every cell type within a human being. Daunting project considering the human body is over 37 trillion cells. The task of decoding their roles and charting their locations involves approximately 4,000 researchers working in 190 labs across 102 nations.
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/3 Range of over 600km.
en.byd.com/news/byds-ne...
Every announcement - another 10% improvement spells the end of petrol and diesel transportation - cars, buses, trucks, and ships.
For more on this in my nook OptimisticStorm.com - spells the end of fossil fuel (gas, oil)
Increasing density of cells is alredy 3 times commercial versions.
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* can be charged at rate of 1,300 kW by very fast MW charger.
www.spglobal.com/automotive-i...
Meanwhile BYD - 2nd second largest global battery manufacturer, (Sept 2025)
* Survived the "nail" test - the safest battery in the world
* twice as dense as LFP Batteries
What price likely for batteries - wright law strikes relentlessly
While "gamechanger" is a common cliche. Sometimes announcements come along worthy of the word.
In April, CATL, the worlds largest battery manufacturer announced
* A range of 520 kilometers (km) with a five-minute charge
* Can go from 5% to 80% charge in 15 minutes in cold weather.
especially concerning climate change and vaccines.
- In contrast, liberals tend to trust science and follow scientific recommendations.
optimisticstorm.com/mistrust-in-...
In Optimistic Storm, we review the impact of mistrust and how it is driven by fossil fuel companies and other bad actors.
- Mistrust varies across different groups, including age, rural vs. urban populations, and political affiliations.
- A key factor in science trust is political ideology.
- Conservatives and those with authoritarian beliefs are more likely to distrust scientific information,
Mistrust in science has been on the rise for decades.
- This growing mistrust is primarily fueled by political polarisation.
- It's amplified by partisan media and social media algorithms.
- The spread of misinformation contributes to the lack of trust.
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Batteries provide more tools to flatten out peaks.
From Prof Jan Rosenow,
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ig.ft.com/mega-batteri...
optimisticstorm.com/baseload-to-...
Mega batteries are unlocking the energy revolution.
The electricity system is the largest commodity supply chain in the world that doesn’t feature storage. Every technology benefits from storage. The top 1% of peak hours are 8% of your bill. The top 10% of hours are 40% of your bill.
My book OptimisticStorm.com looks at the challenge. Happening now. Households don't want to support the gas lobby.
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Not many are talking about what happens as houses change from gas to electricity. Saving big. But what happens to all those existing pipelines? Will the companies try to get consumers to pay?
optimisticstorm.com/stranded-gas...
How much land is needed by solar to power the world?
Golf courses use more land than solar power.
Australia, about 0.016% of land area (About 1 hundredth of one per cent).
interactive.carbonbrief.org/factcheck/so...
In my book OptimisticStorm.com Part 1 - The End of the Fossil Fuel era.
RMI have these out to 2070. Little change by 2030, gone by 2070
My view in OptimisticStorm.com "Part1 End of fossil fuel" is faster than IEA. Prediction is hard.
