Very informative article about several things involving fossil fuels. https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelbarnard/2023/12/02/most-pipelines-will-be-replaced-with-hvdc-but-rest-will-be-electrified/?fbclid=IwAR0KNFVVUjgqXL3xLMiKcELNHMz4YZZUgoUGQTd-lOx1xsiVXe1KEWtlM68&sh=caba8276118e
2024-03-16 Climate Crisis Is A Health Risk Everywhere
This interview tells us that people are already having to adapt to climate change. It’s already happening. Quote “”Most actions to tackle climate change directly are also very sensible health-protecting measures, so people should try to adopt these. These include choosing healthier diets, with less meat and more plants, or choosing to walk more.”” https://www.wired.com/story/climate-crisis-is-a-health-risk-everywhere-wired-health-lancet-countdown/
2024-03-16 US Hydrogen Industry Kicks Into High Gear
This article is mostly about Plug Power, which they call a startup. They talk about the the BIL – Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and its funding incentives. US Green Hydrogen Industry Kicks Into High Gear, Politics Or Not https://cleantechnica.com/2024/03/15/us-green-hydrogen-industry-kicks-into-high-gear-politics-or-not/
2024-03-15 Decoupled Supercapacitive Electrolyzer For Membrane-free Water Splitting
The above is the title of the research paper. The article below is some 3rd or 4th party news source. This electrolyzer uses a single electrode to produce both the hydrogen and oxygen, depending on polarity. They claim that this reduces the chance that hydrogen and oxygen might mix and make an explosive mixture. But
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2024-03-15 Ferranti Argus “Hearing Aid” Computer
In the “Original Series” chapter this very interesting Wikipedia article talks about the “hearing aid computer” that used the OC-71 germanium transistors which were used in hearing aids and could go only up to 25kHz clock rate. That was quite slow – tube computers could clock at 500kHz. Later models used faster transistors and could
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2024-03-14 California Colleges Have To Slash Emissions, Decarbonize
The UC and CSU systems track their emissions. California Community College System does not. Good article. https://calmatters.org/education/higher-education/college-beat/2024/03/california-colleges-decarbonization-2045/
2024-03-11 MethaneSAT Launched, Will Remotely Sense Methane Leaks
Thousands of abandoned oil wells leak methane and no companies will take responsibility. “”MethaneSAT has officially launched! Circling the Earth 15 times a day, this satellite will detect invisible methane leaks and enable emission reduction from the oil & gas industry.”” https://www.edf.org/methanesat
2024-03-10 Battery Prices Fall 50% And More
By this 2024 summer even lower battery prices. Battery prices collapsing, grid-tied energy storage expanding