I’m very struck by the fact that kids who grow up in the TFL zone have basically free and highly efficient transport over a huge area whereas in other parts of the country our kids have to pay a lot of money for infrequent and unreliable transport. The impact that has on your horizons must be huge.
Regional strategies are essential for house planning in order to build affordable homes where they are needed | Tom Serpell
Regional strategies are essential for house planning in order to build affordable homes where they are needed
I forget to order tagliatelle on shopping delivery so decided to make some instead. The rolling it through the pasta mangle proved hard work for my cancer addled body but here's supper! I even mixed the egg & flour mix by hand just like a Nonna would do. Alas I had to imagine the Amalfi coast...
There are cold climate heat pumps that will provide 100% of your heating needs to -13F or lower. And in terms of where most people live, that temperature range is good enough for 99% of humanity.
That’s really exceptional. Do you know that <1% of people live in climates colder than 0 degC. Heat pump technology now works at temperatures cold enough to address the heating needs of 99% of Humanity. journals.plos.org/climate/arti....
Climate change may pose an acute threat to humanity due to physical and biological constraints on regional habitability. A recent study proposed that the human climate niche is a narrow segment of the...
”The proliferation of large electric vehicles risks undermining the environmental and economic benefits of the green transport transition” Policy response: 1. Regulate/tax large vehicles 2. Incentivise smaller EVs 3. Redesign urban spaces to discourage large vehicles 4. Promote a circular economy
Nature Energy - The proliferation of large electric vehicles risks undermining the environmental and economic benefits of the green transport transition, argues Christian Brand.
Kathmandu valley receives half the annual average rainfall in 2 days. More than 700mm (over 27 inches) of rain in less than 30 hours! nepalitimes.com/news/60-dead...
On second checking, inspired by the marvellous Martin Macdonald I find that Britain's participation in Erasmus cost a mere £200 million a year. The £3.34Bn figure was the value of the entire program. Amazing value for money and there for the asking. The EU offered it and we turned it down.
A blue faience hippo from #AncientEgypt - these little guys are so charming (& much less scary than hippos in real life!) This one lives in the KHM (Vienna), & is least 3800 years old! AncientBlueSky
