A clear consequence of climate change and rising temperature is increasing short duration (1-4hours) causing flash flooding, and longer duration floods caausing record rainfall.
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A credibility gap exists between stated Hydrogen suse and progress to date. Michael Liebreich terms this missig trillions of investment needed to achieve the goals.
The UAE Barakah nuclear plant is considered by some a poster child of the nuclear renaissance. The costs to build with western labour would be 7 times more expense due to wages paid to migrant wages.
Exponential battery growth is underway and hideen from most climate change commentaries yet will enable full renewable energy within a decade.
Precision fermentation in protein or fat production is relavent to sweetener industry to reduce consumption of sugar yet have food products sweet.
Miners are changin their fleets of heavy equipement to EV truck – electric or some still trialling Hydrogen. Electric trucks will come – as miners go electric and autonomous
The announcment of improved Tesla Optimus humanoid robot in Dec 2023 sho improve mobility and dexterity, enhanced autonomy and intelligence and closer to a manufacturable product.
Carbon capture for the CO2 produced by fermenting corn into ethanol for E10 or E85 fuel for ICE cars is demonstrated to be 12-20 times less economic, and has 4 times more emissions.
OPEC nations are like tobacco companies who say the end of tobacco and fought tooth and nail to slow down the rates of smoking. OPEC realises there industry relies on slowing the rate of reductions or other strategies to continue making money. And killing the planet.
At the Cybertruck launch event, keen observers are looking at the specifications and comparing the 4680 battery with 2170 batteries used in various Tesla models. Will Tesla use the 4680 batteries in all of their vehicles?
Solid-state batteries are the next big thing in battery technology but unfortunately, Toyota’s failure with solid state batteries is clear to see since 2009. Even in 2023, Toyota continues to release announcements now with a prospective launch day of 2027/2028. Three questions remain unanswered Whole Mars Blog was
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The official launch of the Cybertruck shows more than ten improvements that will flow into new and existing models of teslas. From use of stainless steel, to 48V wiring, steer-by-wire steering, a gigabit speed wiring system based on POE not CAN.
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Solar panels waste myth is pushed by the fossil fuel lobby to delay the uptake of renewable energy. The rising waste mountain of solar panels is the favourite headline. Rubbish.
Advent of big batteries changes electricity from synchronus (ie, generate and use) to asynchronous, i.e. store and use to match demand and supply. The grid will change from baseload and peaking to dispatchable renewables and variable renewables.
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The quantity of elements in a battery is shown in Visual Capitalist images. The quantity of graphite is up to 50% of the battery, but cheap, whereas other elements may be small but expensive.
Smartphone companies have moved into making Electric vehicles, teaming up with traditional car manufacturers. Xiaomi joins Huwaei, Foxconn, and Oppo in releasing an EV.
Faster charging batteries, better battery packs. The enhancements keep coming, not just from CATL, but other manufacturers of batteries, leading to a 20% plus increase in battery capacity per year.
Shipping emissions were excluded from the Paris Accord, but the LMO has committed to zero emissions for shipping by 2050. The challenge is how to change an industry of over 100,000 vessels.
Real world examples where hydrogen fuel cell buses and transport systems have been deployed as “trials” and abandoned due to high costs and reliability.
