Uranium 🟩

Always worth pointing out that the kW of heat energy is only using between 0.25 and 0.5 kW of electricity to bring that heat into the house.

Heat pumps don’t generate heat; they literally move heat from the outside air, into the house…

Which is so much more efficient, it’s mind boggling there’s such resistance to it

Fundamentally I believe that this is more to do with power tripping prison officers than the crime of the prisoner, as this ban is for all prisons in that province, affecting everyone from low level drug charges and financial crimes to this guy.

The prison claim it can be used to brew beer, which he rightly points out fresh fruit has more living yeast and sugar, which the prisoners already have available.

You’re right, it’s literally the equivalent of him asking for jam or butter. Neighboring district’s prisons have Vegemite, or should all prisoners be given a thin gruel and be made to be thankful for that?

The bit that irks me is the fact that he went about requesting it in earnest and built a genuine case for what is the smallest of concessions and still was rejected.

If you don’t allow people to see that their trying in earnest and trying to work within the system doesn’t provide any results or even open dialogue, what reason do they have to try it in the future?

Unironically, I fully support this prisoners cause, absolute bullshit that he isn’t allowed some sodding Vegemite…

What a crock of shit…

Just to be clear, the recipe I listed weights for would be approximately 8-12 portions, you line a baking tray with butter/baking paper, fill it about 1.5cm / half an inch deep with the oat mixture and bake for 20-30 mins, you then let it cool and cut it up into even sized pieces

The only thing you’re really missing is some pulses/beans/legumes, and some more veg.

Buy yourself some more grains (jumbo oats go well as a porridge, they go well in soups, and you can use them to make flapjack (250g oat, 125 butter, 125 sugar, 3 table spoon of golden syrup, mix flatten in a tray bake at 200c for 15-30 mins, or in a covered pan on the hob), energy dense and can have other stuff added (dried fruit, ginger, choc chips, etc))

You could also add pasta and rice as two other carbs that effectively cost next to nothing, lentils and beans can give you the protein that you need, alongside the eggs

And buy an A-Z multivitamin+mineral if you don’t have them already, if you’re malnourished you won’t be feeling great to begin with.

Keep tins of tomatoes and beans around for when you do feel adventurous

Try lentils and Dahl if beans don’t agree with you

Find a local Asian/Indian supermarket and stock up on essential spices: ginger, cumin, pepper, paprika, chilli flakes. This is how the rest of the world doesn’t become bored living on potatoes/rice and lentils

I am the same as you, I eat 1 meal in the evening and don’t have an appetite for the rest of the day

What’s infuriating is, we could literally keep it as a reserve emergency resource if for some reason renewables had a major failure due to some cataclysmic event (I’m talking super volcano/nuclear winter/massive solar flare).

Instead I imagine this is the government trying to capitalise on the resource before the window in which it’s ““acceptable”” closes.

Greedy cowards.

Saffron: either a few strands in hot water as a tea, or the much more affordable saffron extract tablets; gives a mildly speedy/stimulant effect, genuinely interesting.

Valerian root extract: smells like feet, knocks you off of your feet.

Licorice root: sugar free sweetener that increases your BP in larger amounts, I literally use a stick of it to stir my tea, the sweetness is felt at the back of the mouth and typically comes on as an aftertaste, doesn’t have a strong anise flavour.

Kanna: a small plant from South Africa that an extract of will give entactogen effects (reminiscent of MDMA, but with a much lower ceiling)

Syrian Rue Seeds: seeds which contain harmala alkaloids, the thing that changes DMT into a 3-hour experience in Ayahuasca. The seeds are traditionally used as an incense in Persian/middle eastern cultures.

Ginger: it has 3 different properties if left fresh, dried or cooked. The main spicy component of fresh ginger becomes more pungent if left to dehydrate (dried ginger), or becomes sweeter if cooked/baked from fresh (the molecule literally ends up closer to vanillin, the main flavour of vanilla)

Nutmeg: consumed in a large quantity raw, will causes stoning and mild anticholinergic effects.

Cloves and clove oil will block out a tooth ache.

Poppy seeds have a very small amount of morphine naturally on them, you can make a painkilling tea from them, but I wouldn’t recommend doing this, and would suggest if ever attempted to titrate up slowly.