This is extremely important, but it has been politically charged so that anyone who suggests cutting back on meat gets accused of political extremism. That’s an absolute shame! A quote: “”In the US, agriculture accounts for more than 10% of total GHG emissions. Most of it comes from livestock. Reducing meat consumption can free up
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Have you got a USB disk drive or flash drive that was sold at a price so low it was “too good to be true”? Steve Gibson’s Validrive will do spot checks to see if the SSD or flash drive is really what it claims to be. Fake drives are sold for cheap and the
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Natron enters low volume production. The article says 70 Wh/kg, less than half of lithium. “”…advantages such as faster cycling, longer lifespan and safer, non-flammable end use have made sodium-ion an attractive alternative…”” https://newatlas.com/energy/natron-sodium-ion-battery-production-startt/
I’ve probably already blogged this, but it deserves to be reprised because it is so important. Tony Seba and RethinkX made this prediction in this report, dated 2017, available at the link below. It’s been seven years since this report was released and recently there has been large incremental improvements in the autonomous self-driving systems.
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Cost overruns from $9 Billion to $25 Billion, most of which customers will have to pay with higher bills. Construction delays of many years costing Billions of dollars. Executives convicted and served terms in federal prison. Incompetent nuclear engineering and Westinghouse bankruptcy. And the whole project was abandoned. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal?ref=floodlightnews.org
Quote: “”The IEA’s “Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions” report finds that capital costs for battery storage systems are projected to fall by up to 40 percent by 2030. This significant cost reduction will make combining solar and wind with battery storage more affordable than building new coal or gas power plants in many parts of
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This is a long article in Vox with many links and some important graphs. Climate Change is already affecting the Earth. https://www.vox.com/climate/24139383/climate-change-peak-greenhouse-gas-emissions-action
Bloomberg is behind a paywall. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-24/battery-recycling-shatters-the-myth-of-ev-battery-waste
Short article about deployment of enhancements such as high performance conductors. Quote: “”…and up to $331 million from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for a new 285-mile transmission line that will carry more than 2 gigawatts (GW) of transmission capacity from Idaho to Nevada.”” The US just came up with a plan to upgrade 100k miles
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The EPA https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/25/new-rule-compels-us-coal-fired-power-plants-to-capture-emissions-or-shut-down An earlier article about coal power plants https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/nov/23/coal-power-plants-deaths-pollution
