Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah: Air quality and the EV transition | The Stop Burning Stuff Podcast
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- Join us on a powerful journey with Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah, World Health Organisation BreatheLife Ambassador, and founder of the Foundation named after her late daughter, Ella Roberta.
In this episode, we delve into the heartbreaking yet inspiring story of Ella's tragic death due to pollution-related respiratory failure, which sparked Rosamund's relentless campaign against air pollution.
In conversation with Quentin, Rosamund talks about the shocking statistics on respiratory diseases, particularly in children, and the important role EVs and other clean technologies can play in improving air quality. They also discuss how misinformation is slowing the much-needed transition to cleaner transport and home heating, and the need for greater political support for air improvement initiatives to improve public health and help everyone #StopBurningStuff
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Thank you for inviting Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah for this discussion. I live near the south circular in Lewisham too, and frequently the air quality is awful. I've also been a carer for my mum who had severe COPD. There has not been enough subsidy or investment for EVs. Prevention is better than cure always.
It's stories like Ella's that made me change my diesel for a BEV as soon as I could afford to do so. Kudos to Rosamund for getting the air pollution and health message out there while resisting the temptation to name and shame.
The fact that we have made the particles invisible to the naked eye, doesn't mean we have reduced air pollution, just that we can no longer see it.
Particles that we can't see, the lungs can't filter, they enter the blood and travel to every cell of the body with the much needed oxygen. This causes cellular dysfunction, oxidative stress, and exacerbates the majority of diseases you can think of.
Thank you for interviewing this wise and intelligent woman on such an important topic
Totally support the flight against air pollution, keep up the great work.
Thank you Quentin and especially Rosamund. Nothing worse than losing a child. Stay strong. Together with facts and knowledge we shall make a better and more just world.
I have Parkinson's Disease. This is now known to be caused by industrial pollution. It didn't exist before 1800. It is now the fastest growing neurological disease.
I can only add my admiration of Rosamund to all of that listed in the se comments.
It reflects well on the fully charged team for keeping this in the spotlight. Thank you very much
Thankyou for getting Rosamund to have her views put out there, very important. Don't be silenced by the few there are many people who are in favour of this, My friend and myself will often take people on to show other people they are wrong with the information they are putting out there, the good thing is the narrative is changing. Oil and Gas is starting to loose there control.
What an amazing communicator Rosamund is, thank you all.
This is one of the reasons we need to emphasise more. Zero tailpipe emissions is valuable in and of itself. The Victorian fog ‘pea soup’ was caused by home and industrial fires / pollution.
Those who have the money have a moral obligation to stop polluting cities. Those that can take public transport have a similar moral obligation…in the 70s and 80s we were poor enough to only have 1 car (for dad) and the rest of us took public transport (or walked) no matter how inconvenient.
This has to be one of the most important Podcasts yet. I actually got a lot more interested in air pollution after watching Tim Smedley at Fully Charged Live (2018?). I bought his book Clearing The Air and it was full of facts, research and his personal experience. I recommend his book, it is essential reading. I carry a pollution monitor on a lanyard on my travels now, because of this book. I often get warnings to leave where I'm sat, while I'm sat on a diesel train! I've just got back from 3 weeks in Zambia (I was asking permission from my fiancé's family for us to get married) and I think it would not only improve the health of so many by getting rid of gensets for batteries/solar and electrification of transport in places like Lusaka, it would also massively benefit the Zambian economy. Africa has to be a great place to push for electrification and stop the vested interests pushing for more use of their fossil fuels there. Solar and battery storage will work perfectly there. Many many thanks to Rosamund for everything she does and is doing.
Rosamund, you are an amazing voice who is making such a difference and loved your Ted talk. We are behind you and understand your stance on the political side of not being involved and focusing on the real issue.
Thank you, what a great guest, articulate well informed and persuasive . The challenge is how to broadcast this message to those who don't want to hear it.
Rosamund keep up the great fight to get pollution out of the air we breathe and remove fossil fuels for good.
Thanks Rosalind…plenty of us working with you towards the same goal, and we will win, just need to make it sooner rather than later!
What a fabulous, wonderful human Rosamund is. Thank you so much for this episode - it's always an informative and engaging listen, but I think special thanks have to go to Rosamund for tirelessly bringing to the fore the desperate need we all have to clean up our air. It shouldn't take the horrific story of her daughter's illness and death, and as she says, the millions of deaths worldwide that are directly related to air pollution, for us to care and want to change our societies for the better. Quite frankly, it's shameful that more isn't being done given those truly heart-breaking losses.
For my part, we are doing what we can with what we have, though I wish we could do more and faster. We have switched to an EV thanks in no small part to a very competitive salary sacrifice scheme at my wife's work. We're aiming this year to switch off gas entirely, and we were able to get solar panels up very recently - which I know have been seen by people driving along the busy road we're near in Oxford. We're lucky that we've been able to make these changes, but as a society we should absolutely be doing more to enable everyone to get away from fossil fuels - which, as Rosamund said in the episode, almost everyone would like to do!
The fact that not everyone is in a position to make the changes they may like to is yet another symptom of the desperate and worsening inequality in our society.
Thanks also to Quentin, Robert and the whole team at #StopBurningStuff and #FullyCharged for continuing to beat the drum.
Such a wonderful conversation, and I hope it provokes thought with many.
Rosamund gave such a moving interview and I love and appreciate her passion for clean air.
Thank you for talking to us Rosamund. I agree with you and hope you are successful in your aims since, of course, we would all benefit.
I agree totally in regards to air pollution. Please keep up the good work.
Thx Rosamund, Quentin & the team on a Informing and eloquent update on this very serious issue.
I used to live in London and the air was tangible. Particularly if travelling to Euston
I think it’s better but so much further to go.
Thank you to Rosamund and fully charged
Wow, thank you for bringing this discussion. Rosamund, you speak so clearly and level headed that I could understand, very different to the usual "marketing speak". Really appreciate that. You are a legend, and I am truly grateful for the work you are doing. Thank you! It's also uplifting to hear that we have made good progress. Nothing is the perfect solution but really we need to just all always be aware.
❤ Rosamund and her important messages.
Glad to see that there are still some reasonable people in WHO, not just the big pharma cheering squad we get to see & hear in the mainstream media. Thank you for inviting her and thanks to her for doing this podcast.
Thank you Rosamund and Quentin, what an inspiration and an example to use all. This is why we all need to do our bit and try to avoid using our cars for short journeys when we can.
If I could suggest another topic: Indoor air pollution.
Great conversation, thank you Rosamund for being so strong.
Rasamund was such a brave and clear communicator. I was impressed that she was happy to say that she didn't know everything, but could talk with knowledge and pass on the information she did know were facts.
Fantastic podcast and so inspiring to listen to Rosamund.
Much love and gratitude. ❤
Deeply moving and inspiring to see how Rosamund has turned her loss into such a far reaching campaign
Essential listening! Thank you so much
Keep up the good work .
I have been enjoyed, so thank you for delivering.
I think that podcast was fantastic please keep a positive
Thanks .... very very interesting
Brilliant and brave lady. Thanks Rosamund. Don't let the nay-sayers and bigots get you down. Keep up your voice for cleaner air for all of us.
#StopBurningStuff
Stop the $7 Billion dollar p.a. subsidies to the Fossil fuel industry.
Brilliant episode. You can buy second hand EV from £4,000
And (for balance, of course) not long after a new battery pack, which might be a tad more expensive ...
We should not forget that batteries can be abused simply by aggressive driving styles and consequent frequent recharging, which of course affects its longevity, so to speak.
We should not forget either the noxious smoke or fumes given off by burning batteries, viz the recent episodes of three burning buses in London Town.
Google will help you identify the poisonous gases emitted by burning lithium ion batteries and the materials used in construction.
It begs the question of are we less exposed to poisonous gases from batteries or exhaust gases in terms of toxicity?
And dare we ask if there is a temporal element, as in length of exposure to the gases emitted?
Who can furnish a definitive answer as we type?
Might batteries prove to be an as yet not fully understood environmental disaster?
Are health authorities working to uncover damage to humans by atmospheric pollution caused by burning batteries?
Isn't that why we have Environmental Health departments? Or indeed could we see interest from Occupational Health departs. Or even from the HSE?
The SBS campaign is to be welcomed without a doubt but could it be that battery fires are even more of an environmental disaster than the gases emitted from exhaust pipes?
If anyone can supply a definitive response then let's read it.
Suggest however battery huggers don't come up with silly responses such as migrating to sodium ion tech, say. Nobody has any idea of what's emitted if a sodium ion battery is consumed in a fire resulting from third party causes.
Perhaps Quentin would be better employed telling us what happens in a battery stoked fire as in the risks to our atmosphere and consequently health.
Might be one or two asthma sufferers who would very much appreciate the answers.
And of course voters could always write to their MP to perhaps table a question during PMQs.
@@t1n4444 yes obviously you are correct, I see batteries being burned in every street every day, much more frequent than vehicles on the road.
@@peterjones6322
Well there you are then!
Clearly you're an astute observer in these matters.
Tell you what, why don't you apply to Quentin, set out your stall and the two of you can chatter away on what's to be done about this disastrous situation.
Or of course you could take a few months and research the topic thoroughly prior to posting.
How does that work for you?
Such an important topic and Rosamund covers this so well and rightly campaigns on Ella Roberta's behalf and for everyone who is having to breathe polluted air.
This was hard to listen to, not just the subject but also Rosamunds smoke alarm needing a new battery.
I am glad you commented - I have just spent the last twenty minutes under my smoke alarm!
This is thing with those donuts that sabotage ulez devices, they don't or refuse to realise that it's in the general aid
So sad for Rosalind’s loss but what an amazing woman so very eloquent and passionate keep going because the world needs people like her. i would have thought that the lockdowns would have shown how much clearer the air can be when you take ICE cars off the road. I live in Western Australia we still have far too many petrol heads and unfortunately until recently had a government that was against EVs. There has been no messaging here about how EVs will improve the air quality.
Meanwhile in USA: *"The American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers,* a lobbying organization, has started what it says is a “seven figure” campaign of advertising, phone calls and text messages against what it falsely calls “Biden’s EPA car ban” in the swing states Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and Arizona, as well as in Ohio, Montana and the Washington, D.C., market." _Boston Globe, page 1, March 21, 2024_
Thanks ❤
Such a brave lady, so inspirational. Maybe ITV can make a program to raise awareness?
cycling, the answer is cycling and the infrastructure to go with it.
This is great info and thanks for sharing.
Sadly top many people see evs just about cheaper fuel etc. Its much much wider spreading
Brake wear dust is LESS in EV. A LOT less.
No parent should ever have to bury a child. Shame on anyone on social media who posts vitriol at people who have gone through such an ordeal.
Have you guys ever heard the song, Video Killed the Radio Star? He says, hinting as subtly as Kryten does to Lister.
Not sure why people can't buy more eco friendly cars, plenty of second hand electric cars, why does everyone always quote the cost of brand new cars?
Maybe a different perspective from Canada. I watch some auto repair and ev channels, and it seems to me that ICE technology maxed out 10 -15 years ago ( my ICE car is 21 years old). Newer models look good on paper, but taking into account exceedingly complex technology that seems to be increasingly unreliable and costly to keep running, EVs look more attractive all the time just on that basis, let alone on environmental issues.
What irritates me a lot is the number of journalists who basically say "we are taking a balanced view of evs" and go on about price, charging infrastructure etc etc. They never mention emmisions and efficiency of evs i.e. the most important issues.
One thought - if 96% of vehicles are fine, one wonders how ultra-low the standards actually are. My old 20 year old Skoda worth £400 would be fine in the ULEZ zone.
I used to be a gas engineer and my duty of care means I can't listen to the beeping of a smoke/CO alarm and not say something. Of course, if it carries on after this podcast then it must be mine.
rich people should pay bigger fines
Why confine yourself to fines?
I believe that a wealth tax is more appropriate.
Simply repeat over and over again that anyone with more money than me must have stolen it.
You can't argue with facts like that.
@@t1n4444 UK politicians and their crones and Royal Family
Clean air should not be political. I hope one day soon electric transport will be cheap and available for all and polluting cars will be as socially unacceptable as smoking in front of kids.
Air Pollution kills #StopBurningStuff #ElectrifyEverything
I'm missing out on all this podcasts. I'm not going to "sign up" to another bloody app to listen. Why not have down loadable audio files on your website?
Dump the others, and sign up for U tube my friend...is my suggestion.
I’m listening on CZcams
Someone has a smoke alarm with a low battery that's chirping periodically. It scares my dog and I've been around all of ours and they're OK. I turn on your audio again and there it is.
errr, do you have a hearing problem?
It could be a bird or her mike and compression of the sound for upload.