Energy Tech, Science, and Research

Let's start with the potential for "Surveillance Capitalism".  There is nothing in place to regulate the arise of something that gotta be a HUGE money...

https://www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articles/latest/2024/07/humidity-drivenmembrane/   Paper published in Nature: Separation and concentration of CO2 from air using a humidity-driven molten-carbonate membrane https://www.nature.com/articles/s41560-024-01588-6

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-20/california-startup-creates-key-electric-vehicle-battery-material-from-methane?srnd=homepage-americas&sref=RzXyyOXY Quote Oakland-based startup Molten Industries is working to build it by relying on something that’s cheap and abundant in the US: natural gas. The company...

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1047477 Quote The LZN0.05-40YSZ composite anode achieved a maximum power density of 100.86 mW/cm2 at 800 °C, which is 1.8 times greater than that of NiO-based...

BWXT Awarded Phase Two of Microreactor Evaluation Contract for State of Wyoming   That a spinoff of Babcock & Wilcox, FYI. They supply naval reactor systems. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2024/06/18/millions-more-given-to-build-tiny-nuclear-reactors-in-wyoming/?utm_source=Klaviyo&utm_medium=campaign&_kx=Fm2KWNHm-QtZS1ku5PUAwaeGOoypnHgRivWLxD6Mgwg.UXPtrV

...A new electrocatalyst called a-CuTi@Cu converts carbon dioxide (CO2 ) into liquid fuels.... https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/934899 Announcements like this have appeared before. This variant doesn't use any expensive...

Someone at NASA got this shot of total solar eclipse... It gives us an insight into another less explored side of earth i.e. the earth...

Why Solid Carbon is the Future of Energy Storage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwDly9pjSJg    

https://scitechdaily.com/physicists-develop-new-significantly-more-efficient-solar-cell/ Hope springs eternal. Harnessing the heat from the sun may be the obvious answer. RCW

Reading the comments on facebook, realized this technology existed for half to near one century. It must be working well. Pioneers have always been...

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2022/sep/18/leading-the-whey-the-synthetic-milk-startups-shaking-up-the-dairy-industry https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/farm-economy/land-use-land-value-tenure/major-land-uses/ "...grassland pasture and range uses accounted for the largest share of the Nation's land base, surpassing land in forest uses, which includes grazed forest...

We have been accustomed to the knowledge that climate change has hasten the speed of ice melting in the polar region and increased frequency...

Saw this on facebook. Very similar to old water mill...  Hope this modification helps low yield wind turbines...    2. There is a modification for hydro letric too -...

Not sure about the details of electronic  components used. But worth checking out as much cheaper and eco friendly alternative to solar panels.....   If it...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzxJnUQTy4E   NEW Toyota AMMONIA Engine Shocks All EV Car Makers! ChargeDrive 7.21K subscribers             36,449 views Jul 11, 2023 #evcars #toyota Toyota might have just saved combustion engines from dying....

I am a bit worried regarding the current news that stomach acids etc will kill the virus if its on food, so how do...

https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-it-the-end-of-the-road-for-computing-power-11646389802?mod=tech_lead_pos13   HEARD ON THE STREET Is It the End of the Road for Computing Power? That phone in your pocket was predicted by Moore’s Law, but it...

The problem with this article the way it is written is that it is 'technically' wrong, since Earth is powered by an enormous fusion...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIbgauhV2Js   Graphene: The Strongest Material in the World made from TRASH? Discovery from Rice University Dr. James Tour 79.8K subscribers         Graphene: The Strongest Material in the World made...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIbgauhV2Js   Graphene: The Strongest Material in the World made from TRASH? Discovery from Rice University Dr. James Tour 79.8K subscribers         Graphene: The Strongest Material in the World made...

https://brillouinenergy.com/ Recent press releases indicate that this company is commercializing a hydrogen fusion Low Energy Nuclear Reactor. This is not DT (deuterium) based - the...

Researchers at the University of Adelaide have successfully split seawater without pre-treatment to produce green hydrogen. https://www.adelaide.edu.au/newsroom/news/list/2023/01/30/seawater-split-to-produce-green-hydrogen  

If this is behind a paywall, you might try a private browser window to circumvent. https://trib.com/business/energy/demand-for-wyoming-coal-is-collapsing-seismic-changes-are-ahead-for-the-state/article_c1c779b4-8de4-11ed-8e53-a76dd4b949a4.html I believe the only economical technology that will "solve" carbon...

This Thread is for alternative perspectives to the "Official Climate Change Narrative", because we all know that Google and other online platforms are now...

The Science Of Nuclear Fusion Explained by Tyler Durden Thursday, Dec 22, 2022 - 01:45 AM https://www.zerohedge.com/energy/science-nuclear-fusion-explained LARGE IMAGE LINK - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/science-of-nuclear-fusion/ U.S. scientists at the National Ignition Facility,...

Sidenote:  I have a nephew who is a White Hat Hacker (helps with IT security).  He once hacked into the Canadian Power Grid.  At...

Despite being dubbed as the dirtiest of all fossil fuels, the revival of coal-fired power stations is accelerating as the power companies have been...

Once again: Being a former engineer for a large power company and having earned a Master of Science in Energy and the Environment, I...

https://news.yahoo.com/time-army-corps-engineers-investigate-130023576.html It's time for Army Corps of Engineers to investigate the feasibility of moving water West     Don Siefkes Sat, July 30, 2022 at 8:00 AM       The Old River...

Quote https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/953826 Tokyo, Japan – Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have developed a new carbon capture system which removes carbon dioxide directly from the atmosphere with...