#load-shedding

[indizombie]

South Africa has had to endure frequent blackouts, called "load-shedding", since 2008. This has been caused by its aging, state-owned power grid, and its mainly coal-fuelled power stations, struggling to keep up with demand. To try to help solve the problem, and boost its environmental credentials, the South African government is now continuing with efforts to boost the amount of solar-power generation in the country. To do this it is encouraging firms in the sector to tender for contracts. It currently wants to secure an additional 1,000 megawatts from solar power, enough to provide electricity for approximately one million homes in the country. This is in addition to a desire to boost onshore wind power generation by 1,600 megawatts. Currently only 11% of South Africa's power comes from renewables, and mostly wind. Just 0.9% so far comes from solar, in a country that gets an average eight to 10 hours of sun every day, compared with the UK's four.

Julia Fish, ‘South Africa turns to solar to help stop power cuts’, BBC

[spitinsideme]

wamted to do vaggie drawing practice, made it into chaggie .. what can i sayb... chaggie took over . go lesbians !! vaggie is too hot charlie cant focus on killing exterminates

[pandemic-info]

COVID patients breathe large amounts of virus early on - Northwestern Now

It is the first longitudinal, direct measure of the number of SARS-CoV-2 viral copies exhaled per minute over the course of the infection — from the first sign of symptoms until 20 days after. On day eight, exhaled levels of virus drop steeply, down to near the limit of detection — an average of two copies exhaled per minute. Northwestern investigators tested breath samples — collected multiple times daily from 44 individuals — over the entire course of infection to determine when a person is most infectious.

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“The vast majority of research on viral loads over the course of a COVID-19 infection has been based on nasal or oral swabs, which measure virus in the nose or throat,” said lead study author Gregory Lane, senior research project manager in Zelano’s lab. “However, SARS-CoV-2 is spread through breath, and virus on the breath may not match virus in the nose. The dynamics of viral shedding on breath over the course of infection are poorly understood, despite the fact that this is how the virus spreads.”

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[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

why is my follower count going up. what did i do. u weirdos are freaking me out. buddy whats up

[sciderman]

You said that if you dated Peter or Wade it would make you miserable. Which– Okay fair, Wade does have a history of purposely hurting the people he loves.

But what about Peter? Why do you think dating him would make you miserable?

because I’ll always know I had the option to climb a 6’8 cyborg and I passed that up for a sweaty little twunk that I perpetually have to remind to bathe (sorry peter)

[lisharchivez]

Power Suddenly Went out❄ Zayne's moment post :all possible outcomes

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[misswifi]

Typical south african loadshedding❤️‍🩹🇿🇦

Made this lil thing while in loadshedding within like 5 mins or something. Also very poorly done do not mind the sound pls pls pls pls idk what came over me😂 just enjoy!

[lifewithdream]

oh bloody mosquito go away and find a hobbit

[djemsostylist]

shoutout to the fact that Dan Abnett, who once wrote a book that made me cry over superheavy tanks of all fucking things actually wrote the death of my most beloved child and the subsequent descent into madness of his most beloved children and i felt NOTHING and that is REMARKABLE dan what the fuck happened to you are you okay what was that fucking abomination of a book

[000marie198]

Gonna give some blorbos an intense heatstroke at this rate

[nerdie-faerie]

You've heard of crazy cat lady, now get ready for crazy bird baby

[the-astralescent-depths]

kabru doesn't even seem that manipulative to me. like sure he's a a bit of a flirt and a cad but most of his "manipulation" is, like, getting along with people he doesn't like to achieve a certain goal. most people do that everyday

[kafi-farigh-yusra]

Sab dafa ho jayen bhalay zindagi se bs ye light na jaye!

[pandemic-info]

Viral shedding by asymptomatic people may represent a subset of total infections, but uncertainty remains regarding how much they contribute to totals.

Viral shedding may antedate symptoms, usually two days.

Viral titers are highest in the earliest phases of infection, 1-2 days before the onset of symptoms, and then in the first 4-6 days of illness in patients without immunosuppression.

When Is COVID-19 the Most Contagious?

Researchers estimate that people who get infected with COVID-19 can spread it to others 2-3 days before symptoms start and are most contagious 1-2 days before they feel sick.

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How long after exposure will you test positive for COVID-19?

Depending on which COVID-19 variant you've been exposed to, you may test positive 3-5 days later. If you've been exposed to the virus but don't have any symptoms, wait for 5 days before you get tested. If you test too early and you do have COVID-19, you may falsely test negative.

[aquitainequeen]

Once again, I planned to write something set in a fictional fantasy world. Once again, my brain pleads for me to set it in the real 18th/early 19th century and is hanging onto the concept like a cat caught on a wooly jumper. No. Stoppit. Why must you be like this.

[nobodyproblematic]

Don’t put Chipper and TWDG together. It’ll either be super funny/actual crack or the saddest thing you’ve ever laid eyes on.