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Four minutes of air conditioning

✇Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie
Billions of people have access to far less electricity per day than is required to run an air conditioner for just one hour.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/four-minutes-of-air-conditioning"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d666d8d8-6937-495b-5e37-ae8d93cc0a00/w=1024"/></a>

Could biofuels meet demand for global aviation?

✇Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie Pablo Rosado
To fuel all of the world’s aviation demand, global biofuels would need to more than triple and be exclusively used for air travel.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/biofuels-demand-global-aviation"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/419676cb-a931-41ff-3fde-d93748a5e900/w=1024"/></a>

Bioenergy and Biofuels

✇Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie Pablo Rosado
How much bioenergy does the world produce, and what is it used for?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/bioenergy-biofuels"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/99904e99-0b0b-4342-6177-51f2c29b6900/w=1024"/></a>

Putting solar panels on land used for biofuels would produce enough electricity for all cars and trucks to go electric

✇Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie Pablo Rosado
The world dedicates a Poland-sized area of land to liquid biofuels. Is there a more efficient way to generate energy?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/biofuel-land-solar-electric-vehicles"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9f05d67d-0d16-4494-86fd-23f5c563c200/w=1024"/></a>

Medicine and Biotechnology

✇Our World in Data
By: Tuna Acisu Saloni Dattani Fiona Spooner Veronika Samborska Hannah Ritchie Max Roser
Innovations in medicines and biotechnology have increased life expectancy and saved many lives. Explore how this happened, and how more progress can be made.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/medicine-biotech"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9616ed87-e2c7-4b41-ef80-7ac6d428c800/w=1024"/></a>

Anxiety is one of the world’s most common health issues. How have treatments evolved over the last 70 years?

✇Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie Tuna Acisu
Anxiety affects at least hundreds of millions of people every year. What treatments are available, and how have they changed over time?<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/timeline-anxiety-medications"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/9a86b91f-d6ca-44b9-389d-cced0aa44200/w=1024"/></a>

Bans on highly toxic pesticides could be an effective way to save lives from suicide

✇Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie
Pesticide poisoning is a common method of suicide in many low- to middle-income countries. Banning highly toxic pesticides and substituting them with less fatal ones can save lives.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/pesticide-bans-suicide-prevention"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/d8cbf8af-42ff-4bb4-7704-444383efb400/w=1024"/></a>

The end of tuberculosis that wasn’t

✇Our World in Data
By: Hannah Ritchie Fiona Spooner
In the 1980s, many thought tuberculosis was on the path to elimination. In reality, more were dying from the disease than ever.<br><br><a href="https://ourworldindata.org/the-end-of-tuberculosis-that-wasnt" target="_blank"><img src="https://ourworldindata.org/cdn-cgi/imagedelivery/qLq-8BTgXU8yG0N6HnOy8g/b5aa8c82-2fc4-4e0a-cdf1-82d5aa6f9800/w=1350"/></a>
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