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Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36818 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Sounds great, but will it be as good as it sounds? Lithium extraction coming to California as auto industry goes electric. But recovering lithium using a geothermal power plant does sound ideal. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36818 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
When the old becomes new again. Green Gravity lab in Port Kembla aims to produce renewable energy using weights, old mine shafts. What seems like a simple plan — sending a large weight down a deep hole — could help Australia towards net zero emissions.Sound great in theory. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19402 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
The FIA has tweaked the F1 cost cap rules to encourage greener transport and travel. If the teams follow the suggestions the costs will be removed from the teams cost-capped budget, leaving more money to develop the cars. The changes include; Using 100% biofuel in the transporters, each team has about 25 trucks each covering more than 10,000 km/year for the European races. This is estimated to reduce emissions by 89%. The teams can also purchase 50 green company cars which are all electric or hydrogen powered. And the costs for team travel if they go by train. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19402 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
Does this decision by France show why HS2 needs to be completed fully ASAP in the UK. France bans short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions |
Sirius B Send message Joined: 26 Dec 00 Posts: 24912 Credit: 3,081,182 RAC: 7 |
Moreover, the technology is expensive. In Europe, importers or producers of solar panels are responsible for disposing of them when they become expendable. And many favour crushing or shredding the waste - which is far cheaper.Possible solution or certain denial? |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36818 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Maybe they should try the method mentioned here.Moreover, the technology is expensive. In Europe, importers or producers of solar panels are responsible for disposing of them when they become expendable. And many favour crushing or shredding the waste - which is far cheaper.Possible solution or certain denial? |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
At long last!!! Another step in a better direction: British Museum ends BP sponsorship deal after 27 years wrote: Campaigners hail split as a ‘massive victory’ , which marks a retreat of the fossil fuel giant from the British arts world... More steps need still, and sooner... 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: 36818 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
Well it's a start. Texas company travels across the country to plug old, abandoned oil and gas wells: ‘A threat to people and the environment’. ClimateWells, a company from Austin, Texas, is putting a plug in old oil and gas wells. It’s part of a process its experts said makes our environment cleaner by keeping pollution in the ground. |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36818 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
With climate change forcing millions of people to become refugees due to global water security issues have scientists come up with a solution? New hydrogel can extract unlimited amounts of water from the air, even in deserts. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a superabsorbent hydrogel material capable of absorbing moisture and extracting water from the air. This groundbreaking material could be a game-changer, particularly in desert and drought-prone regions.Cheers. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
With climate change forcing millions of people to become refugees due to global water security issues have scientists come up with a solution? Two questions. 1) hHow will taking this limited moisture out change the climate? 2) 30%? Here deserts are frequently single digit humidity. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
1) How will taking this limited moisture out change the climate?
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: 22535 Credit: 416,307,556 RAC: 380 |
Also, reducing the humidity can reduce the need for HVAC systems to run so hard, particularly when the humidity is above about 80% and the temperature in the range 20 to 30C Bob Smith Member of Seti PIPPS (Pluto is a Planet Protest Society) Somewhere in the (un)known Universe? |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
Another small but positive step to save our planet from our dirty industry: Whisper it, but the boom in plastic production could be about to come to a juddering halt wrote: A plastics treaty is on the cards – and it could join the rescue of the ozone layer as a landmark success in environmental diplomacy... Here's hoping for something very good, and soon! 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) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Martin, the local climate, you know the ones where the plants get their moisture from the air to survive. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
... the local climate, you know the ones where the plants get their moisture from the air to survive. That is true for a "rain forest". Otherwise, it is the plants doing their respiration thing that adds moisture into the air from the ground... ... 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) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
... the local climate, you know the ones where the plants get their moisture from the air to survive. Perhaps you should learn about plant life in say the Atacama Desert or Sonoran Desert. |
ML1 Send message Joined: 25 Nov 01 Posts: 21233 Credit: 7,508,002 RAC: 20 |
... plant life in say the Atacama Desert or Sonoran Desert. Do educate us please? See new freedom: Mageia Linux Take a look for yourself: Linux Format The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3) |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 31012 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
... plant life in say the Atacama Desert or Sonoran Desert. Simple for those who have never heard of it before https://a-z-animals.com/blog/the-atacama-desert/ wrote: Atacama Desert flora survives by combing out water from the fog. These plants grow in areas of the desert where there is little precipitation. And for some deeper stuff https://cosmosmagazine.com/nature/plants/what-genes-help-plants-survive-in-the-desert/ You can do more searching and research. |
W-K 666 Send message Joined: 18 May 99 Posts: 19402 Credit: 40,757,560 RAC: 67 |
If you can get to The Washington Post there is an interesting article about "The Astropocene" called Hidden beneath the surface MILTON, Ontario edit] Found a youtube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cq2c4fAmdCw |
Wiggo Send message Joined: 24 Jan 00 Posts: 36818 Credit: 261,360,520 RAC: 489 |
I wonder why they didn't throw in a few wind turbines while they were at it. Australia's first commercial vanadium-flow battery storage completed in South Australia. Australia's first commercial vanadium-flow battery has been completed in South Australia's mid north and is expected to be running and exporting power by August.They could stick 1 of those 20' units in the back corner of my backyard if they want to do some cold weather testing. ;-) |
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