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  1. Michael Sanches


    https://www.realclearenergy.org/articles/2020/11/29/five_reasons_why_internal_combustion_engines_are_here_to_stay_651051.html I found this an interesting article. What do you think of these 5 (6) points? (((1. Price))) I am not sure how valid this point...

  2. turbguy


    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...

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  3. RD


    The Northampton (USA) fluidized-bed power station burns high-ash coal waste and some biomass at around 900 degrees Celsius. The large quantity of hot ash...

  4. ronwagn


    https://www.wionews.com/science/in-a-first-surgeons-attached-a-pig-kidney-to-a-human-and-it-worked-422281 
      

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  5. PP


    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  

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  6. TN


    Just a month or two prior to the 2020 Covid era with all its madness, and then the Biden Campaign, James Corbett and Marc...
      

  7. Prometheus1354


    https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Trump-Backs-Moon-Mining-Initiative-With-Executive-Order.html   From day one the President has been an active, vocal Leader of & for US Manned Space action.  He reconvened the National Space Council...

  8. turbguy


    Who has heard of unusual measures for energy? I'll start. 12 square feet = 1 Horsepower

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  9. cv


    https://www.drive.com.au/motor-news/why-australian-innovation-is-driving-hydrogen-cars-gwxnp2
      

  10. Tom Kirkman


    New research is being done on new forms of enhanced oil recovery for conventional oil wells. Squeezing oil from rock At a time when much of...

  11. TN


    Tesla's Supercharger Network In Australia Officially Costs More Than Filling Your Car With Gas by Tyler Durden Mon, 11/16/2020 - 23:40 https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/teslas-supercharger-network-australia-officially-costs-more-filling-your-car-gas Using the Tesla Supercharger...
      

  12. MP


    Terpenes are hydrocarbons synthesized by plants. The 'pine smell' is something called α-pinene. There are a dozen others, mostly that contribute aroma or flavor...
      

  13. turbguy


    Perhaps considering social media as a "public utility" might lead to firm regulation. Thoughts?

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  14. AV


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  15. Tom Kirkman


    Something a bit different from Nature dot com popped up in my feed today.  A compressed PDF of the entire 11 page article is attached...

  16. D Chandrasekharam


    Why solar PV is given high subsidy? Now for the world solar PV is becoming a god sent messenger to save the earth. Look...

  17. MP


    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...

  18. Tom Kirkman


    Sounds like good news for both the Oil & Gas industry and for the Environment.  Win - Win. Scientists Figure Out New Way to Remove...

  19. Marina Schwarz


    Paying consumers to increase their consumption can reduce the cost of integrating wind and solar electricity production into the grid Very interesting experiment. Finding ways...
      

  20. cv


    German Greens Want to Persuade Voters to Power Economy With Debt   https://finance.yahoo.com/news/german-greens-want-persuade-voters-040000852.html  
      

  21. turbguy


    A place for waste! (NIMBY)! https://www.powermag.com/nrc-backs-storing-nuclear-waste-in-texas/?itm_source=parsely-api

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  22. ronwagn


    https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/06/how-to-predict-the-future/588040/ The Peculiar Blindness of Experts Credentialed authorities are comically bad at predicting the future. But reliable forecasting is possible. DAVID EPSTEIN JUNE 2019 ISSUE
      

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  23. Tom Kirkman


    Some unusual reading material.  Good for poking one's grey cells a bit, if you are bored.  Good graphics, too. Ask Ethan: Can We Extract Energy...

  24. NJ


    Any thoughts on $500 million dollar plants capturing carbon and injecting it back in the ground or using it to make carbon neutral fuels? The...

  25. cv


    The transition to a 100 percent renewable U.S. power grid would need investment of up to $4.5 trillion over the next 10 to 20...
      

  26. SG


    Two years ago was published a report on exploration of giant oil and gas fields. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s13202-018-0553-1    The predictions made 30 yers ago about the...

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  27. MP


    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-02/uoc--asc020121.php https://msi.ucsb.edu/research/current-projects/collaborative-research-do-cyanobacteria-drive-marine-hydrocarbon Abstract More than 400,000 tons of petroleum hydrocarbons are released annually into the ocean, with human activities and natural seepage contributing comparable amounts. This quantity...
      

  28. AV


    Excellent guide for investing in the hottest battery metal - lithium. Anyone interested in this metal should watch this one.     
      

  29. RD


    Record low temperatures in parts of USA occur at same time as low air traffic. A drop in US temperatures was noted when air...

  30. MG


    Looks like Scania is getting into the building of electric trucks.  But instead of the Tesla approach of some gigantic battery, Scania has an...
      

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