Plastic-eating bugs & paying you to power off
The Naked Scientists Podcast
Dr Chris Smith
4.6 • 958 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2023
⏱️ 31 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | All engine running. |
| 0:03.0 | Absolutely genius. |
| 0:04.0 | Get this. |
| 0:05.0 | Welcome. |
| 0:06.0 | This is the show where we bring science. |
| 0:08.0 | What that essentially means is. |
| 0:09.0 | Discovery is, |
| 0:10.0 | the classes, research, technology, unbelievable. |
| 0:13.4 | Without further ado, this is the Naked Scientists. |
| 0:17.2 | Hello, welcome to the Naked Scientists, |
| 0:18.8 | the program that brings you the latest breakthroughs in science, technology and medicine. |
| 0:22.4 | I'm Chris Smith Smith and in the program |
| 0:23.6 | this week the plan to pay people to dial down their electricity use, but why |
| 0:28.5 | the bacteria eating plastic in the ocean and why antidepressants paradoxically make it harder for users to |
| 0:35.7 | enjoy themselves. The Naked Scientists Podcast is powered by UKfast.co.co. UK. |
| 0:47.0 | The collision of an energy crisis arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine, |
| 0:54.4 | decommissioning of our aging fossil fuel-powered fleet of power stations, lofty net |
| 0:59.1 | zero goals and some very cold snaps recently with very little wind this winter |
| 1:03.7 | has seen the ability of our national grid to maintain electricity supplies |
| 1:08.0 | reaching near breaking point at times. |
| 1:10.3 | This has prompted blackout warnings, a surge in inquiries for battery backup installations, |
| 1:15.0 | and now initiatives are afoot to pay a million UK customers to turn off their washing machines |
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