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Chapter 1: How often should you wash your clothes?
How often should you wash your clothes? Oh, the perennial question. We've had numerous debates over the years about this. Particularly Jeans. But now which magazine? Which is a brilliant magazine. I remember being introduced to it back in the 70s by my older brother when he was buying a new Hi-Fi. Maybe it was the 80s. Which magazine?
They do all the analysing and testing so that we don't have to. And then they deliver it in a very accessible way and they tell you, this is the speaker you should buy, this is the car you should buy, the bicycle you should buy, or whatever. And now they're telling us how often we should wash our clothes. Which magazine? Well respected. So when they say something, you take heed.
Chapter 2: What guidelines does Which Magazine provide for washing clothes?
So what they have done is a graphic, just because we can't read anymore and our attention spans have gone to zilch. So they have a graphic and two washing lines. And on the washing lines, you have underwear to jeans. And there's a little tag on each of them telling you how many wears you should get out of each item of clothing before you wash it.
They've done all the research, but this is all you need to know. Don't need to know about the research, you just need to know the final results. So underwear, what do you think? One, yes, that's... Workout gear, one, just after one wear you have to wash that or it begins to smell big time. Even when you wash it after a while, they still stink, don't they? Whatever it is. Swimwear, one wear.
T-shirt, one to two. Maybe a day and a night you might get out of it. Maybe if you're having a lazy day, you might wear the same T-shirt the next day. Would you?
Chapter 3: What is the recommended wash frequency for different clothing types?
Maybe. You know, you'd put it on fresh one morning. Then you could wear it to bed and then you get up the next morning and you don't have your usual normal shower. So you leave it on for the day. It's just one of those lazy days. You have those. So you could get one to two wears out of a t-shirt. Dresses, one to three. I've no opinions on that.
Never having wore a dress for more than a few minutes. Bras, two to three wears. Again, I've no strong opinions on that. Pyjamas, three to four wears. Don't wear pyjamas. So I don't have a strongly opinion.
Chapter 4: How do you effectively hang jeans for drying?
So they're saying three to four wears for pyjamas.
sweatshirt five to six so sweatshirt hoodie five to six probably not touching your skin you're probably wearing a t-shirt underneath it which is an important thing to consider when you're talking about how often you wash your clothes does the item of clothing touch your skin and whereabouts on the body does it touch these are all important consideration so sweatshirt the same five to six wears a skirt five to seven wears
And finally on our little graphic clothesline is a pair of jeans. Six to ten. Six to ten. So a week. I'd normally get a week out of a pair of jeans. Now, some people say you should get a lot more. That jeans aren't meant to be washed and that they improve with age if you don't wash them. Six to ten for a pair of jeans.
And then if you are hanging them out, here's another question that which magazine haven't answered. How do you hang a pair of jeans? on a washing line to get the most effective drying. We've had debates about this over the years as well. I would say you hang it by the legs.
Chapter 5: What are the details of the new EV scrappage deal?
Now, in this particular graphic, it's hung by the waist. See, the waist, for me, carries most of the moisture, would it not? It would not make sense then to have it closest to the ground. So you put the pegs on the ends of the legs and then all the moisture drains out through the waist. That's what I would say. I can't remember what we concluded back in the day.
There were mothers involved and phone calls. Experts. But there you have it. Underwear, one wear. Jeans, six to ten. And all the others in between. Workout gear, swimwear, t-shirt, dresses, bras, pyjamas, PJs, sweatshirts, skirts. Thank you, Witch Magazine. Important information.
Chapter 6: How does the EV scrappage deal impact rural drivers?
Good news if you have a 13-year-old car and you're in the market for a new electric vehicle. And you live in rural Ireland and you have about ā¬21,000 to hand. Good news here because there's an EV scrappage deal now announced by Darrow O'Brien. Darrow O'Brien, not Darrow O'Brien. He could have announced it as well, I don't know. It was Darrow O'Brien. So they've put ā¬10 million aside.
So the idea is if you have a petrol or diesel car that's 13 years or older If you scrap it, you get 5,000 for scrapping it, as in sort of trading, you get 5,000. And you get a further 3,500 towards a new EV. So that's 8,500 in total. The scheme starts in July.
And listening to the Minister on Morning Ireland this morning, it sounds like a first come, first served, because they only have the 10 million. It's a pilot scheme to see if it works. They want to get more of us driving electric cars to save the planet.
Chapter 7: What are the environmental concerns regarding data centers in Ireland?
And that's laudable. And I was listening away to Tara O'Brien talking to Sarah McInerney. And she said, so how many with this fund? And he says, we're talking 2,000. And I took him at his word until I took to the calculator. And I put 10 million divided by 8,500. And I got 1,176, which is a long way away from 2,000. Because you're not rounding up from 1,176 to 2,000.
And then I put 10 million divided by 5,000 and that's 2,000, okay. But where's the 3,500 towards the new EV? And I think to myself, if he's a minister in charge of this scheme and he's getting his fundamental maths wrong, that's worrying. That's very worrying. Listen back. He said 2,000. Now, maybe there's something in it that I missed, but I don't think I did.
Chapter 8: How does Michael Jackson's legacy affect current media?
And I've checked that. 8,500, 10 million is 1,176. I checked it a few times because I have a bad history of doing maths live on air. Of course, podcasts aren't live, so I can check them and check them again, which I have. So they're saying just 35% of the fund, or 3.5 million, will be available to residents of the cities of Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick and Waterford.
They're trying to encourage rural drivers to go electric. But be careful if you go electric because there may be no electricity left. Why? Because all the data centres will have used up all the electricity. I know it sounds funny, but I'm serious here. Ireland has been cited as a cautionary tale in the UN report on the environmental impact of runaway artificial intelligence gold.
We mentioned this a few weeks ago. Ireland's energy system, 21% of all electricity here is used for data processing. We're a small country and we have a lot of European headquarters of tech companies in this country. So that sort of makes sense. But now the UN are saying, don't do what Ireland did. Don't do what Ireland did.
And that figure of 21% is forecast to grow to more than 30% in the next few years as data centres expand to facilitate the huge processing capacity needed by AI. I'll have to ease off on the ChatGPT. I haven't produced an image for a long time. Seemingly, when you produce an image using ChatGPT, that's when you really need a lot of energy and a lot of electricity.
The other things, like ask my questions, it just uses the same amount of electricity as Google would use. I'm told, I'm told. But we need somebody, an expert to tell us, don't we? We need to be aware. So this report, it has some sobering statistics. I'll just read them to you. So if data centres, data centres are the physical backbone of AI. That's their quote.
And if data centres were a country, they would be the 11th most energy hungry in the world, similar to France. And AI workloads account for 20% of the data centre's electricity. But that's expected to rise to 40% by 2030. And by then, that would use enough power to supply 1.3 billion people in sub-Saharan Africa for five years.
And then they're saying the associated land footprint would be 14,000 square kilometres. And that's roughly the area of Northern Ireland. So by 2030, data centres in the world will take up the area that's occupied by Northern Ireland. And then the water, there's a lot of talk about the water. So the estimated 9.3%
Trillion litres of water used by data centres would meet the drinking water needs of the Earth's 8.1 billion people for about 1.6 years. I need a lie down after all those statistics. But they're not good. They're not good. And in there is a trillion, a million million. Elon Musk is going to become the first trillionaire. A million million. Like, what do you do with the money?
What do you do with the money? Anyway, we have to have a serious adult conversation about our use of AI and how it's affecting the grid and where we're going to get all the electricity, not only for AI, but for all the new EVs. And I know it's about ICT and FDI. Yes, information something, computer technology, FDI, foreign direct investment.
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