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AllanfromWales1 t1_j9jdpf5 wrote

Reply to comment by SemanticTriangle in Companies with climate change initiatives may be the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Researchers say this supports the theory of companies 'greenwashing' with symbolic gestures rather than making material change that can help fight climate change. N = 600 companies from 35 countries. by MistWeaver80

All I know from personal experience is that several gas-fired power stations are currently in the design phase in the UK with carbon capture technology included to greatly reduce stack emissions of CO2. The companies involved are big emitters, the carbon capture and storage technology is more than just greenwashing, but it takes time to design and build new plant.

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WildAppearance t1_j9jdnfy wrote

Reply to comment by Mete11uscimber in Emotion dysregulation predicts belief in conspiracy theories, study finds by lolfuys

That isn't exactly what they found, though. They found that emotional dysregulation is correlated with belief in conspiracy theories. They specifically did not propose a cause, instead saying more research is needed.

I'll just repeat what always has to be said when scientists study the "obvious": it's still worth studying rigorously, and tbh I don't know of any other studies that touch on this specific correlation.

I'd also disagree that this study suggests that "fear" is the root cause of why people fall for conspiracy theories. Fear is a universal human emotion, but not everybody is a conspiracy theorist. Rather, inability or lack of learned skill in regulating emotions in general is what predicts susceptibility to conspiracy theories. Based on my own anecdotal experiences I could guess that the inability to regulate emotions like anger and sadness are also important in making someone susceptible to conspiracy thinking.

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ConsciousCr8or t1_j9jdfd3 wrote

Reply to comment by yeathatshouldvework in Study has found that a drug for post-partum depression works by inhibiting systemic inflammatory pathways, the new finding is monumental in that it suggests that PPD is likely caused, at least in part, by inflammation by giuliomagnifico

Whole food diet and stay away from any and all heavily processed foods, period. And Maybe walk some… I’ve seen and felt personally that light exercise and healthy food can seemingly work like magic. For real.

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ConsciousCr8or t1_j9jcxie wrote

Reply to comment by DoItToItPruitt in Study has found that a drug for post-partum depression works by inhibiting systemic inflammatory pathways, the new finding is monumental in that it suggests that PPD is likely caused, at least in part, by inflammation by giuliomagnifico

??? Um… nope. That is Not accurate. Trauma impacts the microbiome. A jacked up microbiome informs generalized inflammation leading to many other known (and some yet to be discovered) diseases and disorders. There is so much research with findings like this.

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SemanticTriangle t1_j9jbogd wrote

Reply to comment by AllanfromWales1 in Companies with climate change initiatives may be the biggest greenhouse gas emitters. Researchers say this supports the theory of companies 'greenwashing' with symbolic gestures rather than making material change that can help fight climate change. N = 600 companies from 35 countries. by MistWeaver80

And these are the same companies with the means to make changes. Does this paper seek to actually disentangle the enabling mechanism of success and the correlation between economic output and emissions from greenwashing?

Surely what matters is not just absolute emissions (but that also!) when considering greenwashing, but actual delta between baseline emissions and current emissions.

>"Sometimes a hypocrite is just a person who is in the process of changing."

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cakeweefs t1_j9ja02z wrote

Reply to Women with satisfying relationships tend to have fewer chronic illnesses by BlitzOrion

>The researchers used data from 7,694 participants in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women’s Health (ALSWH) who were aged 45-50 in 1996, with their health and wellbeing tracked via questionanaires roughly every three years up to 2016.

>They were regularly asked to indicate their level of satisfaction in their relationships including with partners, family, friends and colleagues.

>The participants were also monitored for the 11 conditions identified as National Priority Areas in Australia: diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, stroke, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), asthma, osteoporosis, arthritis, cancer, depression and anxiety.

>Fifty-eight per cent of the women who had no chronic conditions when the study started, went on to develop multiple chronic conditions over the 20-year period.

I would be very interested in further research on the correlation between social isolation and chronic health conditions. It seems like a chicken and egg dilemma presently.

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Empty_Positive_2305 t1_j9j7ljy wrote

Reply to comment by DoItToItPruitt in Study has found that a drug for post-partum depression works by inhibiting systemic inflammatory pathways, the new finding is monumental in that it suggests that PPD is likely caused, at least in part, by inflammation by giuliomagnifico

Yeah, no.

Depression hit me like a truck out of nowhere in the autumn of 4th grade. Nothing traumatic happened, was a happy kid, just boom, everything went from color to black-and-white practically overnight.

Sometimes genetics just sucks.

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Reply to Women with satisfying relationships tend to have fewer chronic illnesses by BlitzOrion

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zeldestein t1_j9j1p3w wrote

Reply to comment by GANTRITHORE in Globally, the total cost of energy for households has likely increased between 62.6% and 112.9% since Russia invaded Ukraine, say international researchers. An additional 78–141 million people worldwide could be pushed into extreme poverty as a result of these increases. by MistWeaver80

> How much help did oil companies get early pandemic when prices tanked to below $0?

Bizzare question especially when considering the timeline and the end results of what happened during COVID lockdowns.

Are you unaware of government subsidies for fossil fuel companies? And have you never heard of PPP funds?

To my knowledge, claiming that oil companies received no assistance during covid when their prices went to $0, they received a lot of funds in fact. So much assistance in fact that they came out ahead and made serious coin.

They received anywhere from $3 to $7 billion dollars in this country alone for the period.

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zeldestein t1_j9j0xaj wrote

Reply to An international team of researchers has published a study showing that the destruction of key hydrothermal vents by deep-sea mining could have knock-on impacts on vent fields hundreds of kilometers away. by GeoGeoGeoGeo

In other words, we have no idea how much of an impact this will have in upper layers. The fact that the mining industry is even contemplating this without a lot of interference is a form of madness.

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zeldestein t1_j9j0qki wrote

Reply to Emotion dysregulation predicts belief in conspiracy theories, study finds by lolfuys

Belief in conspiracies would definitely fall under mental illness if not for the fact that many conspiracies are actually true and are continuously proven as such. It is perfectly normal for people to start believing in conspiracies if the level of trust between the institutions and public declines. The two are heavily correlated.

We're all "dysregulated", depressed and anxious because everything around us is dysfunctional and threatening.

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