The town of Carrboro, North Carolina is suing Duke Energy, one of the country’s largest electric utilities, over climate change. https://www.npr.org/2024/12/04/nx-s1-5213784/climate-utility-lawsuit
Archive for the ‘Websites’ Category:
2024-12-04 US Makes Oral Argument In World Court’s Climate Change Opinion
Important article, Over 100 nations to make oral arguments. https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonmcgowan/2024/12/04/us-makes-oral-argument-in-world-courts-climate-change-opinion/
2024-11-28 EMP Pulse Explanation
Robert Hayes explains in a short video. https://www.facebook.com/robert.b.hayes.3/videos/587328347302942/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-11-27 Breakthrough To Increase Hydrogen Production By Over 1000%
This breakthrough discovery promises to increase hydrogen production by over 1,000% using common metal, manganese dioxide (MnO₂). Short article. Breakthrough Discovery Promises to Increase Hydrogen Production by Over 1000% Using Common Metal
2024-11-22 Captura Uses Direct Ocean Capture To Extract CO2 From The Atmosphere
Article about Captura, which is much cheaper than direct air capture. It *does* look promising. https://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkobayashisolomon/2024/02/15/capturas-direct-ocean-capture-looks-promising/
2024-11-17 UK’s National Grid, Tom Scott Tells Us From A Transmission Pylon
Windy so lots of wind turbines. They have 65 gigawatts of generation connected to the network. https://www.facebook.com/tomscott/videos/1683183565559839/?mibextid=9drbnH
2024-11-14 China World’s Largest Open Sea Offsore Solar Farm
China’s 1 GW first and largest offshore solar farm. Over 3000 acres sits 5 miles off the coast. China has plenty of empty land in the western part but most of the demand is in the eastern part, so they have had to build hugely massive and expensive transmission lines to get the power to
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2024-11-07 Real Estate Embezzler Sentenced To Death In Viet Nam
This woman, who has been sentenced to death, embezzled 6% of the GDP (gross domestic product) of Viet Nam – 27 Billion dollars!! That’s insane! https://fortune.com/asia/2024/11/04/vietnam-real-estate-tycoon-sentenced-death-27-billion-fraud-appeal-sentence/
2024-11-02 AI Data Centers To Use Up To 40% More Electricity; Cleaning Snow Off Solar Panels
The demand for electricity will be up to 40% more just for AI data centers. Steve Hanley’s sarcasm about watching Tik Tok videos are included, no extra charge. https://cleantechnica.com/2024/10/30/update-ai-data-centers-the-demand-for-electricity/amp/ Video of track vehicle cleaning snow off solar panels. https://www.facebook.com/memezarrr/videos/2897041153788366/?mibextid=9drbnH
