Fruits, Sunshine and Risks
With the unnatural heat
we are currently having it is a good time to determine how weather
affects our lives. Not only is extreme, prolonged heat uncomfortable
but it also affects our mental attitude, our choice of activities and
our productivity.
High temperatures can turn the most mild mannered individual into a seething, cesspool of bitterness and rage. It starts with impatience and grows to full on verbal confrontations very much out of character. However, if take someone who is on the brink of exploding and add extreme heat well this could very well end that calm, collected, professional atmosphere cultivated in todays modern office environment.
We look at fruits and how heat affects them. In a normal arid environment you expect a certain growth pattern with adequate supplies of water and sunshine. This should conjure up memories of the old photosynthesis equation. Carbon Dioxide + water with adequate sunshine yields carbohydrates (sugar for the most part for energy) + oxygen + water. When one of these factors is out of whack the others must compensate to maintain a stable environment for the plant to flourish.
For example, the more sunshine introduced the more water will be needed to produce the desired carbohydrate for proper growth. This can also be applied to humans. Of course, in us the result is more complicated since we tend to throw off water in more interesting ways than your typical orchard tree. However pump up the heat, take in more water and other nutrients to stabilize.
As the heat rises, we also need to provide more power to cool the systems which also means burning more energy which is usually in the form of oil which drives the demand up and increases the prices.
So, after all this what can we do?
Pray for rain and cooler weather. Also consider these factors the next time you feel compelled to confront your irritating coworker and drink lots and lots of water to compensate.
Stay cool my friends.
High temperatures can turn the most mild mannered individual into a seething, cesspool of bitterness and rage. It starts with impatience and grows to full on verbal confrontations very much out of character. However, if take someone who is on the brink of exploding and add extreme heat well this could very well end that calm, collected, professional atmosphere cultivated in todays modern office environment.
We look at fruits and how heat affects them. In a normal arid environment you expect a certain growth pattern with adequate supplies of water and sunshine. This should conjure up memories of the old photosynthesis equation. Carbon Dioxide + water with adequate sunshine yields carbohydrates (sugar for the most part for energy) + oxygen + water. When one of these factors is out of whack the others must compensate to maintain a stable environment for the plant to flourish.
For example, the more sunshine introduced the more water will be needed to produce the desired carbohydrate for proper growth. This can also be applied to humans. Of course, in us the result is more complicated since we tend to throw off water in more interesting ways than your typical orchard tree. However pump up the heat, take in more water and other nutrients to stabilize.
As the heat rises, we also need to provide more power to cool the systems which also means burning more energy which is usually in the form of oil which drives the demand up and increases the prices.
So, after all this what can we do?
Pray for rain and cooler weather. Also consider these factors the next time you feel compelled to confront your irritating coworker and drink lots and lots of water to compensate.
Stay cool my friends.
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