Renewables and the environment.

[moocow]

I hope it can stay out but with previous bird flu outbreak, as soon as migratory birds get sick, they spread fast.

 

[moocow]

Interesting sun trap experiment. Now how are they going to convert that trap heat into electricity?

Scientists Trap Sunlight to Reach Temps of Nearly 2,000 Degrees Fahrenheit

The technology has implications for some of the most carbon-intensive processes on the planet.

gizmodo.com

 

[Lysrin]

Interesting sun trap experiment. Now how are they going to convert that trap heat into electricity?

Scientists Trap Sunlight to Reach Temps of Nearly 2,000 Degrees Fahrenheit

The technology has implications for some of the most carbon-intensive processes on the planet.

gizmodo.com

I believe you can use heat to drive turbines, but they seem to imply in that article that greening heat for use as heat is desirable too... unless I'm reading it wrong.

 

[moocow]

In the traditional electricity generation, water and steam are involved via a heat exchange process. I was thinking the heat trap needs to be transparent to some degree and building water loops within the contraction makes it less efficient or non functional.

 

[GeezerGamer]

Last paragraph......

Extreme heat is being driven by human-caused climate change, in combination with El Niño, a natural climate pattern which affects global weather.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/05/21/climate/dead-monkeys-mexico-trees-heat-climate-intl/index.html

 

[Marzipan]

 

[moocow]

Isn't it back when your neighbor's kid somehow got the milkman's hair color?

 

[moocow]

To be real, transporting glass probably cost more in fuel than plastic but reusing them is a lot easier. I remember watching a video on how Coke bottles are cleaned and sanitized. A relatively new counter to electric cars is that it's not actually solving the problem because we are just aiming for 1:1 replacing of ICE car instead of actually reducing the number of cars. This in itself is a problem for manufacturers and suppliers. Look at how the unions are gunning for contracts at unexisting battery plants. They know for sure EV will require less workers because they have fewer parts. Personally, I like my car, I hate transit and I hate other d-bag riders. It's sticky and smelly.

 

[GeezerGamer]

%30, soon to be %60?

Report highlights turning point as clean energy accounts for 30% of global power supply: 'Faster than anyone thought possible'

For the first time in history, renewable energy provides over 30% of the worlds electricity.

www.thecooldown.com

 

[GeezerGamer]

This shite will lead peoples to desperation.......watch out!

Mexico's drought, heatwave and water shortage are so bad even police are blocking traffic in protest

Mexico’s drought, heatwave and water shortages have gotten so bad that even police are blocking traffic in protest

abcnews.go.com