#FYI #EnergyUse #GlobalHeating #ExtremeHeatwaves #ExtremeWeather #HealthEffects

Interview with Danny Harvey, professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, on the science behind extreme weather events intensifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLXWaatk-U

https://www.europesays.com/1781310/ Hannibal residents advised to cut energy use during peak hours #BoardOfPublicWorks #ColdWeather #ConserveEnergy #Energy #EnergyUse #Hannibal #PeakAlert #PeakHours #Thermostat

The resources used by AI algorithms is enormous - it's the reason why I don't use any AI features.

Do less harm to the planet, and use AI only for when it's really necessary (for me, I don't find it necessary at all!)

https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/using-gpt-4-to-generate-100-words-consumes-up-to-3-bottles-of-water-ai-data-centers-also-raise-power-and-water-bills-for-nearby-residents

Pissy about Pasta

https://www.sciencealert.com/a-nobel-physicist-explained-how-to-cook-pasta-and-now-everybodys-angry

#OctopusEnergy #SavingSession yesterday so decided to change the time of my evening walk and clocked up some steps instead of being in the house. #EnergyUse #ClimateCrisis

Today’s new thing:
Try to save 75% on our usual energy usage between 17:30 and 18:30

Another Octopus saving session, but at a more difficult time in the evening and this time we were at home, so the challenge was:
To eat in the dark (with toddler and try to explain what’s going on and keep him entertained)
Turn off everything that could safely be switched off to get to under about 6p per kilowatt hour (kWh). We got it down to 5p per kWh.

Bast/Carr/Madron/Syrus 2022. "Four reasons why data centers matter, five implications of their social spatial distribution, one graphic to visualize them" #EnvironmentandPlanningA

open access here: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0308518X211069139

Spoiler: Circles are #energyuse; Triangles are #Amazon #datacentres where #energyconsumption is unknown.

Just relocated to the toot.wales instance, so will repeat my #introduction.

I'm an #environmental #psychologist at Swansea University. I work on #behaviourchange in #transport, #trafficsafety, #energyuse and #wateruse.

I work with #engineers and #architects to create a #lowcarbon #builtenvironment that works for people.

In looking at these topics I use the #psychology of #habits and #socialnorms and look at the influence of the #builtenvironment and #culture on people's everyday #behaviour