The waterways around a lot of military bases are also contaminated from decades of using/dumping PFAS firefighting foam

Agreed, this makes doing a STEM PhD in the US a gamble for foreign students. Getting to year 4 and then having to drop out because you can’t get an extension is a huge disincentive to bring talent here

Eh, I disagree with the headline. The body of the article is about how do we cool more efficiently or reduce the need for cooling, which are great goals. It’s not that A/C can’t get the job done, it just uses more energy and therefore is costly and polluting depending on the energy source.

Here’s a relevant video on passive homes from Undecided with Matt Ferrell

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Yeah, this is the answer. The headline isn’t a new idea/finding

They are not independent of each other though. We wouldn’t need nearly as much crop farming if it weren’t going to feed livestock

Yeah, I’m not fully vegan either because it is hard to go 100% in our society and I grew up in a very meat heavy household, takes time to change. I tend to stick more with Impossible for the plant based meat alternatives, especially the ground beef substitute. I find finishing it in the air fryer/convection oven improves the texture a lot. But chickpeas have become a larger part of my diet, they’re pretty versatile.

about 80% of agricultural land globally is used for raising love stock or growing food to feed livestock, but animal-based products provide less than 20% of calories consumed by humans. Meat is the main cause of industrial farming

If only there was some sort of Impossible plant-based solution that went Beyond expectations in terms of taste and lower resource use than meat…

Just check out the resumes of pretty much any astronaut. They’re all incredibly accomplished people, the selection process is so competitive