The big corporations are increasingly relying on propaganda, which has little foundation in reality and relies on the ignorance of the population. Trying to put a positive spin on catastrophic temperatures is all about business as usual. The question not answered in the article is whether the 40°C temperature was accompanied by humidity or not.
“Researchers tested 20 endurance-trained adults in a climate chamber, where they cycled while completing attention tasks designed to assess concentration under pressure.
After six heat-training sessions over one week, participants performed significantly better and experienced less mental strain.
The findings suggest that improving resilience to heat could help athletes, emergency responders and outdoor workers remain effective as extreme temperatures become more common.”
Zero mention of humidity and Wet Bulb Temperatures in the article. There is an intentional scientific consensus to downplay Wet Bulb Temperatures in the UK. Dry bulb and wet bulb temperatures are fundamentally different. As an island, Britain is fundamentally different from the rest of Europe, because of climate change, we have a 10% moister atmosphere, and we are an Island.
Britain’s workforce are not endurance athletes. Britain’s indoor workers also suffer in buildings not designed for natural cooling. Exposing Britain’s outdoor workforce to deadly temperatures & humidity will lead to unnecessary deaths. This study does not take into account the diversity of health and fitness of Britain’s workforce. The notion that acclimatisation to dangerous temperatures by
The Question is, who owns Energy Live News owned by and what is their interest in promoting dangerous ideas about extreme heat? Business As Usual would rather conform to the old data of 35°C-Twb as the human survival index as opposed to new physiologically based data of 26-31°C-Twb. If ever there was a conspiracy to kill people its right here with tangible connections to the petrochemical industry. Humans cannot acclimatise to lethal temperatures. The use of athletes in the trial makes the results only suitable for athletes. It would be unethical to put an over-60 person with chronic health conditions or a child through these tests?
The article is a rehash of this As Europe heats up, study finds heat training boosts concentration in extreme temperatures
This test sugggests health workers, farm labourers, builders an other outdoor workers can work under brutal heat/humidity/ wet bulb conditions. (Wet bulb cnditions arent mentioned at all in the article or reasearch) a controlled 40% humididty, based on 1976 heatwave conditions is used instead and is unrealistic
40°C x 40% Hum = 28.8°C-Twb
Today? 24/06/2024 40C & 70% Hum.
Future policy for Business As Usual with no space for human wellbeing is short-sighted.
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