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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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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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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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Elon Musk
Thought it would be good to start a thread on Elon Musk, and the following article may be a good conversation starter: What Companies Does...- Dan Warnick Replied
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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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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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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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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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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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"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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"Don't take a seat in the burst plane"
Don't you get a little disturbed when you hear of a jet's fan blade goes: "she loves me, she loves me not"? I always refuse...- turbguy Replied
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Hydrogen-Powered Planes: Pie in the Sky?
Liquid hydrogen has to be kept at -253C. The tanks to contain it are not only heavier but four times the size of conventional...- Vlad Kovalenko Replied
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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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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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New oil in old wells
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Kevin Keith. I am a Janitor Supervisor. I am not an oil investor, not an oil...- mgx Replied
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The Complete Case FOR Nuclear
Why not nuclear? The articles below discuss the Pros vs Cons, and the Pros, at least as presented, far outweigh the Cons. From what...- Dan Warnick Replied
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Hydrogen: Is It a Hype Or Sudden Reality
Whether it's ready or not, billions of dollars of investment say hydrogen hype is real. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AKEuwrZSLQ- Pavel Replied
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Humanity is a creature of fire.
Some insights, these make some sense. A short read. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-56544239?utm_source=pocket-newtab- turbguy Replied
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Uh-oh!! Solar geoengineering on the horizon.
Renewables could be affected. Tinkering with a chaotic system has chaotic results. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/climate/geoengineering-sunlight.html- turbguy Replied
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