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very bad & unclear Market is Ahead
Warning: very bad & unclear Market is Ahead The markets are throwing the hissy fit we’ve been predicting, but the Fed is showing more determination than...- Dr.Masih Rezvani Replied
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climate change, a new look
Create this poll out of content in a discussion board as Sunday food for thought.- specinho Replied
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Is Lifting and Lowering Tons of Bricks the Best Storage Solution for Wind and Solar Intermittency
https://energypost.eu/lifting-and-lowering-tons-of-bricks-the-best-storage-solution-for-wind-and-solar-intermittency/ Lifting and lowering tons of bricks: the best storage solution for Wind and Solar intermittency? February 16, 2022 by James Conca It’s a high capacity storage system that’s...- Ron Wagner Replied
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Converting captured CO2 directly into fuels could get simpler, cheaper
https://energypost.eu/converting-captured-co2-directly-into-fuels-could-get-simpler-cheaper/ Converting captured CO2 directly into fuels could get simpler, cheaper February 23, 2022 by David Chandler Converting captured CO2 directly into fuels (or other products) at scale seems an...- Ron Wagner Replied
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Is It the End of the Road for Computing Power?
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...- ronwagn Replied
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New power transfer technology provides unprecedented freedom for wireless charging
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/941955 Quote Researchers at Aalto University have tackled these problems, developing a power transfer technology that works regardless of the position and orientation of the transmitter...- Meredith Poor Replied
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Why resist?
Once again: Being a former engineer for a large power company and having earned a Master of Science in Energy and the Environment, I...- gkam44 Replied
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Liquid fuels from carbon dioxide
...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...- Meredith Poor Replied
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Rolls-Royce wins £450m to invest in SMR - Small Modular Nuclear Reactors
Rolls-Royce, the British company renowned for making the top-of-the range luxury cars and jet engines, finally managed to win a government contract, securing £450...- smr
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Solar panels that last 120 years!
A development of interest. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41565-020-00841-9- turbguy Replied
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Diamonds? A Sexy Spin On Carbon Capture Tech
"During the production of just one one-carat diamond, Aether estimates it removes around 20 metric tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere, equivalent to the...- Meredith Poor Replied
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Environmentally hazardous coal waste diminished by harmless citric acid
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/932642 Process extracts rare earth elements out of coal ash and cuttings from shale drilling.- Meredith Poor Replied
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Pig kidneys, hearts, lungs, may be increasingly used for human transplants.
https://www.wionews.com/science/in-a-first-surgeons-attached-a-pig-kidney-to-a-human-and-it-worked-422281- pigs
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Green synthesis of graphite from CO2 without graphitization process of amorphous carbon
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20380-0 Low temperature conversion of CO2 to graphite. Article implies lower cost production of Li-ion battery electrodes. Graphite is a stable form of carbon, which could be...- Meredith Poor Replied
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Facebook, Twitter, et al...PUBLIC UTILITIES??
Perhaps considering social media as a "public utility" might lead to firm regulation. Thoughts?- turbguy Replied
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Bitcoin "mining" power requirements
I saw a recent source that indicated the world uses about 140 terrawatt hours to create new bitcoins these days. Can that POSSIBLY be true?? https://trib.com/opinion/columns/dodson-mining-and-greenpeace-can-save-wyoming/article_47208b66-2248-588e-bcec-da834b3067ab.html (open...- turbguy Replied
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Street legal in Wyoming
An electric Polaris side-by-side. Lead-acid batteries! https://ranger.polaris.com/en-us/ranger-ev/- turbguy Replied
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Let's see what lies in Texas!
A place for waste! (NIMBY)! https://www.powermag.com/nrc-backs-storing-nuclear-waste-in-texas/?itm_source=parsely-api- turbguy Replied
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COVID-Driven Oxygen Shortage Causes Texas Refinery To Partly Shut Down (Affects NASA /USAF launch too)
You bone heads who are antivaxxers should not be allowed to fill up with gasoline. Stay home, don't expose any one else and don't...- nsdp Replied
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Moving the Goalposts: China sets its own net-zero target year - it's 2060!
China, the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, has taken decisive steps to deal with the problem: it has launched a nationwide programme to tackle...- china net zero by 2060
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Perhaps a tin foil hat will REALLY be required in the future...
...to act as a Faraday Cage, as your thoughts just might be readable, as an off growth of such technology as this. Amazing! https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/14/health/speech-brain-implant-computer.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20210714&instance_id=0&nl=breaking-news&ref=cta®i_id=54533837&segment_id=63473&user_id=68525f6837d33eab7f1facce57a96994- turbguy Replied
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Here we go again!: two main car manufacturers got fined for collusion
The two European car giants have been fined by the European Union for colluding to curb the use of emissions-cleaning technology and violating its competition...- bmw volkswagen collusion
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United Kingdom to bring forward the end of coal era to 2024
Britain is to bring forward the end of coal in power station, the government announced today. At present, the use of coal in the...- hemanthaa@mail.com Replied
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"Weird"energy Units of measure
Who has heard of unusual measures for energy? I'll start. 12 square feet = 1 Horsepower- turbguy Replied
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Car Industry: ditching - or not ditching - fossile fuel is not the only issue that poses challenges: Mazda to suspend production in July due to shortage of chips
The obsession that has been induced upon the car industry in order to go green may have inadvertently contributed to ignoring the other dormant, potential challenges....- hemanthaa@mail.com Replied
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Molten salt reactors as power generation for ships
http://m.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20210609000734 @Jay McKinsey @BenFranklin'sSpectacles I think we discussed this at one time. Personally I believe that we are now in the sunset of the oil industry... It...- Rasmus Jorgensen Replied
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A Natrium Reactor to be built in Wyoming!
Bill Gates at work. Probably at a coal-fired plant site to take advantage of existing grid infrastructure. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2021/06/02/nuclear-power-demonstration-plant-to-be-built-in-wyoming/ Apparently air-cooled. Heck, they might be able to use...- turbguy Replied
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Toyota wants to eliminate most of its vehicle sales by 2030
Toyota is following in the footsteps of other foolish automakers in the past by insisting on building the cars most convenient for them and...- dittrick63 Replied
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Biden's Big Rail Investment & Amtrak's Great Vision: how realistic is clean air and less traffic by 2035?
No sooner had President Biden, a big fan of American Railways, unveiled the big rail investment plan recently, with a record sum of $ 2...- bidens rail investment plan
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The Biggest Threat To Oil & Gas Jobs
If the pandemic did damage to oil jobs, watch what happens when roughnecks are replaced with robots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uk__1Se5ybE- Pavel Replied
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