Everyone freezes! This is the climate police
We have good authority because in winter, Canada can sometimes get very cold. As our Canadian readers can prove, machinery is usually a bit fashionable under such cruel conditions. [emphasis, links added]
The battery refuses to flip, the hard stuff becomes fragile, the liquid freezes or gums, and the size of the solid material is actually shrinking.
Operating a car in this environment can be particularly challenging for both the passenger and the engine, as both require heating before they can be performed within specifications.
Under particularly harsh conditions, cars can take 15 to 20 minutes of idleness before the engine and cabin reach comfortable conditions, and remote car starters have become an extremely popular solution.
The Carbon™ Church's Tyke Canon is that parishioners are not allowed to have good things, which explains the following regulatory shipments:
When called “bold moves” to combat climate change, The City of Ottawa has introduced strict rules that restrict residents from using remote car starters to heat their vehicles for more than a minute before driving.
The law aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve local air quality, sparking heated debate, especially given Ottawa's infamous harsh winter.
If the driver is not internal, the new rule allows the vehicle to be idle for only 60 seconds.
Yes, you read correctly: It is illegal to heat your car in Ottawa in Ottawa weather. Additionally, in the same post, we found early leading candidates for annual quotes:
“Everything matters,” said City Councilman Laura Green.We know it's cold, but we also know that climate change is a real and pressing issue. It's about protecting our future. ”
We should admit that we cannot verify that green exists or accurately quote it in the article. For example, such persons are not listed on the city leader’s website, which suggests that her name or position may be inaccurate.
Still, this sentence is so perfectly encapsulated one of the fatal flaws of climate dogma that we decided to run with it.
Not every point is averaged, and Unable to balance the well-being of everyday citizenship and bureaucratic planner goals, livelihoods and political comfort are the origins of the ongoing global pandemic uprising.
To avoid doubting the authenticity of the last sentence, please explain:
Washington Democrats want to study the impact of medical anesthesia on climate change. The aim is to address the environmental impact of anesthetic gases used in medical, dental and veterinary practices.
The bill says the state can ban the manufacturing, distribution, sale or use of anesthetic gases.
These are just countless commands we could have chosen.
Ridiculous and meaningless, they are particularly interesting because the precise carbon emissions available for reduction are quantifiable. They can also be contextually related to global trends in the great carbon counting game.
What benefits will it bring to tremble in the cold during a snowstorm or bite on a belt during surgery?
Let's break our trustworthy calculator and do our best.
enumerate quid Ottawa's new authorized good citizen Pro Quowe just need to see the official city press release celebrating the good news:
By reducing unnecessary idling of vehicles, we are reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving air quality in Ottawa. If each Ottawa driver reduces the daily idle of the vehicle by two minutes per day, the emissions of carbon dioxide will be reduced by about 31.2 million kilograms per year.
For leisure observers, 32.1 million kilograms certainly seem like a big number. Oh, that's 32.1 billion grams, or better yet 32.1 trillion trillion trillion.
0.0321 is a rather fragile contribution when recasting this huge amount in the internationally accepted standard measure of carbon emissions (millions of tons of carbon dioxide equivalents).
By comparison, China accounts for 12.604 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2023, wasting Ottawa's new authorized sacrifices every 80 seconds, nearly 1,100 times a day.
To transform our heretical lens into the carbon cost of anesthesia, we first point out that the heart of the bill is just the order to quantify the “problem” and study emission reduction strategies directly recognized in the proposed legislation:
(1) The Ministry of Ecology must commission a study that will be completed by July 1, 2026: (a) identify potential gas sources for gases with higher global warming potential for anesthesia purposes in Washington; (b) determine how Washington uses these gases; (c) estimate emissions; (d) suggest potential regulation points for each of each gas; (e) recommend measures to reduce or eliminate these gas emissions.
While the bill's text doesn't mention the price that all these studies will cost Washington taxpayers, we suspect it's definitely more than just one DOOMBERG subscription.
During an afternoon study, we were able to quantify the dangers of carbon and determine how Washington best captures much of it.
Next is a brief summary of the work, which we suspect is enough to excel in government work.
According to comments Lancet Planet Health years ago,”[i]n The release of hydrofluorochemical and chlorofluorocarbon anesthesia gases in 2014 was equivalent to 3 million tons of carbon dioxide. ”
To estimate Washington's share of this subsidy, We believe that the group of seven (G7) countries is the exclusive user of this gas.
In a happy coincidence, Washington's population (7.8 million) is exactly one percent of the G7 total (780 million), fixing the total carbon bill of anesthesia in 0.3 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, or about an “Ottawa sacrifice”, our new preferred Yardstick for measuring all small quantities.
This is a fraction of Washington's total estimated carbon emissions per year of 96 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalents.
What if I still think this trivial award is worth hunting? Again, there is no need to put in a huge effort to quickly determine the path forward.
The American Association of Anesthesiologists (ASA) publishes estimated global warming potential (GWP) over 100 years100) For gases used in anesthesia: defluorane, isofluorane, nitrous oxide and heptafluorane, while Wikipedia is filled with data on sulfane.
Here is the chart form:
The obvious policy proposal that flows out of these data is to consider limiting the use of Desflurane and prioritizing other gases.
The study was published in Lancet Planet Health Agree, point out 80% of the anesthesia emissions “from Desflurane only”.
However, this is where clinical efficacy must be weighed against carbon obsession, as there is good reason for Desflurane to be widely used: it can induce anesthesia faster, provide more precise control of its depth, and can appear faster once the surgery is completed.
Reading break in Freputras
