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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
One small feeble positive step... Energy crisis: MPs call for 'war effort' on {home} insulation wrote: A cross party group of MPs have called for a "war effort" to improve the energy efficiency of UK homes. Similarly, we need a "War Effort" to drag our cheap shonky dilapidated builders upto modern day standards that instead work well for the home owners... As opposed to "cheapest way to maximize profits" for the builders... Really!... Why are we needing to retrofit even brand new build homes?! All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
rob smith Send message Joined: 7 Mar 03 Posts: 22502 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
While not a total solution this may form one part of a multi-technology system: Could floating solar farms survive out at sea? While much of the UK coastline is fairly inhospitable to such a system there are a few areas where the waves are quite small so installation may be feasible (e.g. The Wash? or Cardiff Bay?). Modern solar cells do not require very bright sunlight to be productive so our generally lower levels of sunlight are less of an issue than even ten years ago. However come nightfall and the energy output drops very rapidly to zero, thus one has to consider either storing energy (batteries) or additional sources of energy (wave, wind, tide?). Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
Dr Who Fan Send message Joined: 8 Jan 01 Posts: 3332 Credit: 715,342 RAC: 4 |
Hmmmm... Crikey! Aussie Beer Drinkers Lectured to ‘Give a XXXX’ for the Environment The campaign was launched by XXXX lager mid-last year and is now in full swing. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
A continuing effect of politics and natural causes? China's population falls for first time since 1961 wrote: China's population has fallen for the first time in 60 years, with the national birth rate hitting a record low - 6.77 births per 1,000 people. Gaia in action to bring back some semblance of balance? All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Slowly, all painfully slowly, we may make a start to go to cleaner steel making: Government to offer £600m for green steel switch wrote: The government is expected to announce hundreds of millions of pounds of support to help Britain's two biggest steelmakers go green... Way to go much more cleanly! All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36596 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
It may not be the best solution, but for transitioning purposes (especially in developing nations) it has a place. It's also productive at the same time. New technique from U.S. national lab promises to strip carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and factories at record-low cost. Scientists at Pacific Northwest National Lab have developed a technique that is able to pull carbon dioxide out of the exhaust flue of a power plant or factory for $39 per metric ton, the cheapest cost every reported in a peer-reviewed scientific journal. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Way to go: Stephen Fry and Aisling Bea urge UK banks to stop financing fossil fuels wrote: Stephen Fry, Aisling Bea and Emma Thompson are among celebrities calling on the five of the UK's biggest High Street banks to stop financing new oil, gas and coal projects. That is a vast amount of money... More than enough to forever go completely green and clean?... Meanwhile, for a hopeful push: Electric to be 100% renewable by 2035, say Welsh ministers wrote: More heat pumps in homes and community energy projects are part of the Welsh government's target to meet 100% of its electricity needs from renewables in 12 years time. Here's hoping for our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Is this a better clean way to clean steel? UK scientists discover method to reduce steelmaking’s CO2 emissions by 90% wrote: ... their technology aims to convert this carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide that can be reused in the iron ore reaction... ... And that can be used without rebuilding the existing furnaces and without the huge investments needed for that... Is our Government being taken for a profitable ride for grants for new furnaces using fossil fueled hydrogen?... All on our only one planet... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
There's golden prospects for going cleanly green: Green projects are boosting UK growth... wrote: The transition to a greener economy is worth £71bn and has brought jobs and investment to parts of the UK experiencing industrial decline... There is hope yet... Yet more needs to be done sooner rather than ever too late... All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
This is long overdue for naming and shaming and prosecuting and cleaning up: GHGSat: Commercial satellite will see CO2 super-emitters wrote: The world's first commercial satellite dedicated to monitoring carbon dioxide from orbit will launch later this year. A similar NASA satellite was (in my view suspiciously,) lost on launch in the 2000's. The then "oil baron" USA President killed off all further NASA observations of the Earth's climate... Until a following President years later funded launching a replacement. We've suffered an awful lot of pollution since then... Can we open our eyes fully and soon enough? All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36596 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Now there's just the sort of battery needed for power grid stability. Vanadium redox flow batteries can provide cheap, large-scale grid energy storage. Here's how they work. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
The trend continues unabated: Wind, solar power outstrip fossil fuel generation for EU wrote: Take that, energy crisis: Wind and solar power generation rose to record levels in the EU last year (2022), overtaking natural gas as an electricity source for the first time and preventing a wider return to coal... Way to go, sooner rather than too late! ... All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36596 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
We have all the required elements and resources needed, but why send it all offshore when it can be done here? Australia urged to boost clean energy spending over claims 'mammoth' US green subsidies bill a threat. Batteries galore. [edit] It would be nice to get an Aussie made battery hooked up to my solar system in 4.5yrs. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Hallelujah! All major road building projects in Wales are scrapped wrote: All major road building projects in Wales have been scrapped over environmental concerns. A good way to go! Aside: Note that phrases including the word "clarity" are developer's code words demanding unrestrained and unrestricted 'developing', and people and the landscape be damned... Damnable. Here's hoping the Welsh Government stands firmly for a brighter more healthy future! ... All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Slowly shifting to a cleaner greener future: US will see more new battery capacity than natural gas generation in 2023 wrote: ... This year, the grid will add more power (just under 55 GW), and solar will be over half of it, at 54 percent. In most areas of the country, solar is now the cheapest way to generate power, and the grid additions reflect that... So... For the USA for this coming year at least, we have:
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ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Sadly: Why World Bank head’s resignation is good news for climate crisis fight wrote: The resignation of David Malpass, president of the World Bank, was greeted with relief and joy on Wednesday evening by climate experts and campaigners, who said it should open up a new era for financing the global shift to a low-carbon economy. Hopefully we can now quickly move onwards to undo his disaster of "Ideology" over and above and beyond that of physical real world reality. All on our only one planet, Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21115 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Another small start that the dirty old polluting fossil fuels industries claimed was impossible: The race across Europe to build green steel plants wrote: ... Steel is usually made in a process that starts with blast furnaces. Fed with coking coal and iron ore, they emit large quantities of carbon dioxide and contribute to global warming. The production of steel is responsible for around 7% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. Can a big dirty old industry be 'persuaded' to go clean and green rather than flog to death their dirty old ways? All on our only one planet... Martin See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36596 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Our new federal government is on the move with a 2nd offshore wind farm being proposed. Offshore wind farm proposed for Hunter coast, Chris Bowen calls for community feedback. The federal government has announced a plan to develop an offshore wind farm zone off the New South Wales Hunter region that would have the capacity for hundreds of turbines.With all the coal powered power stations being slowly closed down in that area it's a perfect fit with the rest of the power infrastructure already in place. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36596 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Come on U.S., fix your national grid problems and get ahead. Wind and Solar Energy Projects Are Overwhelming America’s Antiquated Electrical Grids. Plans to install 3,000 acres of solar panels in Kentucky and Virginia are delayed for years. Wind farms in Minnesota and North Dakota have been abruptly canceled. And programs to encourage Massachusetts and Maine residents to adopt solar power are faltering.Is it so hard to get everyone together with a big map showing all the current projects that are approved and go from there instead of taking on each project 1 by 1 and likely winding up doing 1 upgrade on top of another? If we can do it you can too. ;-) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30980 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Think ERCOT who is not interconnected to any other of the grids. Fifedoms. Lots of little big man. Every one a separate corporation in "competition" with each other. After all the more the more places to TAX! Cooperation is for commies and liberals not for maximizing PROFIT!That’s the process by which electricity generated by wind turbines or solar arrays is added to the grid — the network of power lines and transformers that moves electricity from the spot where it is created to cities and factories. There is no single grid; the United States has dozens of electric networks, each overseen by a different authority.......Is it so hard to get everyone together with a big map showing all the current projects that are approved and go from there instead of taking on each project 1 by 1 and likely winding up doing 1 upgrade on top of another? |
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