Episode #1026

Episode #1026

News Items

• Measles Outbreak
• Reintroducing Wolves
• TIGR-Tas Gene Editing
• Blood Donor Who Saved Millions Dies
• Star Mergers

Quickie with Bob

https://phys.org/news/2025-02-simulations-nightmare-atlantic-current-shutdown.html

Questions and Emails

I agree with Steve’s assessment about the fragility of this beautiful crystal we call human society. Which is one of the reasons I went to school to learn about food production when I was a young man. A resilient society has local food (etc.) capability. A resilient society is much less efficient than the large corporate model – I grow enough fruit on our small farm for only about 3 or 4 dozen households. But, if I go down, there is another orchard 10 miles away that can take up the slack, disperse scion wood, offer classes in fruit tree care. I am certain the value of community resilience will continue to gain traction as time goes on. Thanks for what you do.

Science or Fiction [ Show Answers ]

• Item #1 Science

  Hydrogen makes up about 10% of the human body by mass. https://www.news-medical.net/life-sciences/What-Chemical-Elements-are-Found-in-the-Human-Body.aspx

• Item #2 Fiction

  Only about 10% of global hydrogen production is considered green hydrogen. https://www.irena.org/Energy-Transition/Technology/Hydrogen

• Item #3 Science

  There are about 17,000 hydrogen-powered cars on US roads, but more than 50,000 hydrogen fuel cell electric forklifts operating in the US. https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/hydrogen-transportation

Skeptical Quote of the Week.

‘Dictators seek to control men’s thoughts as well as their bodies and so they attempt to dictate science, education and religion. But dictated education is usually propaganda, dictated history is often mythology, dictated science is pseudoscience.’ — Edwin Grant Conklin, 1937