Comment Re:"Risking health of billions" an overstatement (Score 1) 66
Most individual studies will already have controlled (since controls are normal in science) for those confounding variables.
Comment Re:"Risking health of billions" an overstatement (Score 1) 66
Does it? I'd hope so, and that they're comparing the same varieties of crops. I couldn't follow the paper well enough to tell if they filtered studies based on how well they controlled for those confounding factors.
Metastudies almost universally weight the component studies based on quality. A study that does not control for confounding effects will have a low weight. HTH.
Comment Re: Confounding Factors in Play (Score 1) 66
No, metastudies have been shown time and time again to produce high quality results.
They're great for encouraging and pushing for funding to perform other specific detailed studies.
Not their purpose.
But results from metastudies should not generally be used to influence outside of further scientific study.
Have you ever worked as a scientist?
Comment Re: Actually, Bayer(Monsanto) is to blame (Score 1) 66
The study repeats the conclusions of multiple other studies, some of which have been individually reported here. How is this paper broken?
Comment Re:The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Charging stations at apartment blocks will appear. There's a chicken-and-egg issue for sure, but it's not exactly beyond the whit of man to put them in parking lots as they seem to manage it in the UK in all sorts of places.
Comment Re:The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
No, public transport does not necessarily require having everyone packed together. It can help, but it's not a requirement.
Comment Re:The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Why can't small cities use light rail? Is there a law against it? Rural areas are a challenge, but some service is possible. In the UK there are buses but also buses that will modify their routes to come to you, although it requires planning.
Comment Re: The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Why on earth couldn't you stop? Gas pedal stuck?
Comment Re: The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
In any sane country, truck drivers are not legally allowed to drive 8 hours straight. Most of Europe requires a 45 minute break every 4.5 hours of travel precisely to ensure safety. You might consider doing the same because if you do crash and kill something you can end up going to prison if you've driven without due care because you are too tired.
Comment Re: The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
Sales of EVs are increasing.
Comment Re: The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 1) 293
But just for safety reasons they should be stopping anyway.
Comment Re:Yawn... (Score 1) 35
2.5" seems incredibly thin.
Comment Probably easier (Score 1) 35
Than using dirt from the sky or people's navels.
Comment Re:Thank heavens (Score 1) 66
Yes, trace elements can have a significant effect. Well spotted.
Comment Re:Confounding Factors in Play (Score 1) 66
I’ve only just skimmed the paper, but I think the authors are missing a HUGE confounding variable
They didn't miss it. They've done things for the papers that make up the meta-analysis like grow the same plants in high CO2 and in low CO2 and compared them. It's basic statistical stuff scientists do every week.
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