u/ProfessionalSky7899

My dog has fleas. First time in 8 years. This means, apart from the 8 adults I've combed out of his fur, there will be a few hundred eggs and larvae out there, waiting to hatch and reattach and reproduce. Unlike when my cat had fleas, I don't seem to be being bitten myself.

So, all the usual things swing into place - the monthly chew anti-worm+flea chew, bumped the robo-vac up from warm mopping to steam cleaning, running daily.
I've ordered some flea traps and will be using them to measure progress.

The last bit is the fumigation. It's needed because otherwise they'll find little crevices to escape in, and tbh, my study where the dog sleeps, is full of clutter.

So, on advice, I' bought a ozone generating machine. It appealed to me as it's not spraying a lingering insecticide, and the ozone itself will break down fairly quickly. I really like the distributed nature of it, so rather buying and moving cans of chemicals, it's a single machine that uses electricity only when needed. Plus seemed like it would be really good for clearing smells and sterilizing the greenhouse in the case of a bad disease outbreak.

But having had a trial run, I'm not so sure. The ozone at ground level is a pretty bad climate change gas. The gas cleared pretty well, but it's left behind a lot of VOCs, because it's basically sped up the rate of VOC production a hundredfold. The MDF laminate floor that came with the house, the foam stuffing in the dog bed and the sofa...

What do you all think? Reduced chemical spray vs increased ozone polluntant?

https://preview.redd.it/20xxjvcjdnqh1.png?width=879&format=png&auto=webp&s=ee520351f98f34c6e593d660fc2c256db6778582

Yes we still have 2.32 Gigawatts of fossil fuels being produced, but it's less than the amount of energy we're exporting.

Also if you're wondering why the energy prices aren't falling for consumers (despite the current situations in Iran and with the Houthis) the Octopus agile rates have been negative for 16 hours yesterday and will be for 16 hours today - and a total of 60 hours this month - which seems to be on course for the best month ever.

And we still have two gigawatt offshore wind farm scheduled to come online this year, and another four next year of course.

Opensource documentation here: https://github.com/openfunkHQ/reMix/tree/main

No AI, no 'smart product'. A simple blender. A simple controller, and integration with standard jars .

God I hope they do airfryers next.