The newly developed method sucks CO2 molecules out of the air, without expending much energy in the process. The material can then potentially be turned into an ingredient for packaging or clothing.
The secret weapon is a porous coordination polymer (PCP) made up of zinc metal ions.
Those ions are able to selectively capture CO2 molecules with 10 times greater efficiency than other PCPs, the scientists say. What's more, the material is reusable, and was still running at maximum efficiency after 10 reaction cycles.
Yep. I think i've also seen this mentioned in the Bill Gates documentary on Netflix. That guy is really fucking trying but constantly gets interrupted by politics and crazy fucks like Orange Tumor.
Wind power has surpassed coal for the first time in Texas, according to a new report.
The numbers cap an enormous rise in wind power in the nation's top energy-producing state over the past decades.
Wind has generated 22% of the state's electrical needs this year. It just edged out coal, which provided 21% of the Lone Star State's power, according to the Electrical Reliability Council of Texas, which manages electrical flow on about 90% of the Texan grid.
Sixteen years ago, in 2003, wind made up just 0.8% of the state's power, and coal satisfied 40% of electrical needs, the council documents show.
It is estimated that at least 50 percent of the carbon in the earth's soils has been released into the atmosphere over the past centuries. Bringing that carbon back home through regenerative agriculture is one of the greatest opportunities to address human and climate health, along with the financial well-being of farmers.
Engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
The process could work on the gas at any concentrations, from power plant emissions to open air
"This binary affinity allows capture of carbon dioxide from any concentration, including 400 parts per million, and allows its release into any carrier stream, including 100 percent CO2," Voskian says. That is, as any gas flows through the stack of these flat electrochemical cells, during the release step the captured carbon dioxide will be carried along with it.
The researchers have set up a company called Verdox to commercialize the process, and hope to develop a pilot-scale plant within the next few years, he says. And the system is very easy to scale up, he says: "If you want more capacity, you just need to make more electrodes."
Has anyone here invested with them? I am thinking of buying in as a carbon offset for my transatlantic flight home to Europe next year.If you have land plant empress trees, a single acre of these trees can absorb up to 100 tons of CO2 annually. They are carbon sucking machines.
"The Empress Splendor tree sequesters 11 times more carbon than any other tree. In fact, it is so efficient that the average North American would only need to plant 1 acre of trees to offset their carbon footprint for fifty years."
Fuck carbon neutral, go carbon negative my ERA brothers and sisters.
New charging technique could power an electric car battery in 10 minutes
Now, researchers report they can prevent this breakdown, and allow fast charging, if the heat is added just for short periods. By heating up a charging device to 60°C for just 10 minutes, they were able to speed the incorporation of lithium ions into layers of graphite that make up the anode (as shown in the above artist's representation), the key step in recharging the battery.
Momentum Builds for Hydrogen Fuel in Japan, Australia
Lowered costs and the availability of renewable energy to produce hydrogen are raising interest in the fuel source
To the delight of environmentalists, Wilson's company said it would use South Australia's abundant renewable energy resources to split the hydrogen from water via proton-exchange membrane technology. Climate change activists in Australia support hydrogen as a transportation fuel but decry that much of it is produced from fossil fuels.
London (CNN Business)Europeans who want to buy a Honda powered exclusively by gasoline or diesel need to act quickly.
The Japanese carmaker announced Wednesday that it will sell only electric and hybrid vehicles in Europe starting in 2022, three years earlier than previously planned.
Honda (HMC) said that the accelerated timetable reflects its confidence in green technology and regulatory changes that have upended the industry in Europe.
"The pace of change in regulation, the market, and consumer behavior in Europe means that the shift towards electrification is happening faster here than anywhere else," said Tom Gardner, senior vice president at Honda.
"Ironically, the chamber was flooded two minutes after the majority League, Brothers of Italy, and Forza Italia parties rejected our amendments to tackle climate change," Zanoni, who is deputy chairman of the environment committee, said in the post, which also has photographs of the room under water.
Ontario, Saskatchewan and New Brunswick will work together to research and build small modular reactors
The mission of Advanced Reactor Concepts, L.L.C. (ARC) is to commercialize a disruptive new technology for power generation in the form of an advanced small modular nuclear reactor. The reactor will produce 100 MWe of energy, be factory-built and offer the customer fixed fuel costs for 20+ years.
The ARC reactor (known as the ARC-100) can be used for distributed power, incremental capacity additions, load following, and base load applications. Additionally, because of its size, dispatch flexibility and robust safety features, the ARC reactor will be an attractive option for non-traditional uses, such as water desalination, shale oil extraction and hydrogen production.
The non-proliferation features of the ARC-100 make it suitable for deployment anywhere in the world. The reactor's design creates a "walk away" passive safety system that insures the reactor will never melt down even in a disaster that causes a complete loss of power to the plant site. Moreover, the 20-year fueling cycle gives the customer a high level of energy security, while outsourcing the complexity of fueling operation.
With its efficient use of resources and self-incineration of nuclear waste, the ARC reactor fully supports the sustainable development goals of countries and markets that might not otherwise have any effective options.
The ARC-100 is based on technology proven by over 30 years of successful operation of the EBR-II, an experimental program operated by the U.S. government. The basic EBR-II technology has been enhanced by ARC through numerous, significant proprietary innovations (for which patents have been granted and applied) to create a "Fourth Generation" solution that will have wide applicability in both the US and export markets around the world.
I'm reading that the COP 25 accord is postponed, again, since the text the presidency proposed is so bad it was rejected by everyone. It's basically a step back in climate change fight
I'm reading that the COP 25 accord is postponed, again, since the text the presidency proposed is so bad it was rejected by everyone. It's basically a step back in climate change fight
VANCOUVER, Canada – General Fusion announced that it has successfully closed USD$65 million of Series E equity financing. The financing was led by Temasek, a global investment company headquartered in Singapore.
This USD$65 million of new financing, together with the release of CAD$50 million in additional investment from Canada's Strategic Innovation Fund, enables the Company to formally launch the program to design, construct, and subsequently operate its Fusion Demonstration Plant.
How microgrids and blockchain will transform the energy grid
Renewable energy sources, Internet of Things (IoT) devices, blockchain's immutable ledger and improvements in battery technology are combining to create a whole new form of energy infrastructure—one in which the grid is decentralized and users become producers as well as consumers. The building block of this new infrastructure is the microgrid.
I was under the impression that blockchain was horrible for the environment. At least in the context of bitcoin/altcoin cryptominers. Is that not the case, or is this different?
The Case for Hope in Resisting Climate Change: A Conversation with Michael Mann
He then further notes that the imperative remains, however, convincing individuals currently trapped in despair that there are indeed other ways out – this is a view that is backed by science; there are reasonable numbers that suggest that it would be both pernicious and unnecessarily rash to give into the defeatist mentality that climate change cannot be reverted. Thus humanity ought to brace and prepare for the worst, whilst undertaking any and all possible measures to prevent the worst from coming true in the first place.
"But there is still time to act, and what we find too often these days is that people provide the first half of the science without the second half."
Well that's a given. Great work on the NY Times to put them all there so everybody can see how shitty they are.For the sake of the environment, don't vote republican.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/climate/trump-environment-rollbacks.html
The main reason for the shift from coal? Solar prices have dropped massively, allowing India to shift away from the dirty fossil fuel. (Read his article for a more in-depth look at why this shift has occurred. A need for clean air and water is a big motivator, for one.) Unreliable power supplies have also been a drag for its domestic economic growth.
Buckley points out that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is planning a fivefold expansion of the electricity generated from renewable energy sources by 2030. Buckley explains:
This means that India is committed to more than meeting the goals of its national contributions in the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement; it is going to 'overdeliver,' in the parlance of economists. This development is all the more astonishing, because just a few years ago India was a villain when it came to coal use; in 2015, Modi's ruling party had wanted to more than double India's mining of coal, to 1.5 billion metric tons by 2020, despite the risks this posed to the climate and the country.
As India benefits from the shift to domestic renewable energy, other emerging market nations are watching, keen to leverage the same benefits for their own countries.
We Spoke To 5 Climate Experts About What Gives Them Hope
"I have a tenuous relationship with hope these days, but I am certainly bolstered by the fact that we already have all the solutions we need."
Shit like this feels so obvious. Still, it's good to have data on it.
While the world will need to reach net zero, those of us who can afford to move faster and go further should do so. That's why today we are announcing an ambitious goal and a new plan to reduce and ultimately remove Microsoft's carbon footprint.
To mitigate climate change and safeguard ecosystems, we need to make drastic changes in our consumption and transport behaviors. A new study shows how even minor changes to available infrastructure can trigger tipping points in the collective adoption of sustainable behaviors.
140km per day is a lot. How is the energy you use produced where you live? If it is green, surely an electric car would be more environmentally friendly than a gasoline car over the course of it's lifetime.I ask myself how I can do better with my car. I need a car to drive to work 140km per day (tho the last few month I can work from home because of health reasons). I have an old diesel but there is no real solution other than buying a newer more economical car I guess... I don't like the idea of an electric car in terms of environmental footprint. Hybrid cars are also expensive...
I ask myself how I can do better with my car. I need a car to drive to work 140km per day (tho the last few month I can work from home because of health reasons). I have an old diesel but there is no real solution other than buying a newer more economical car I guess... I don't like the idea of an electric car in terms of environmental footprint. Hybrid cars are also expensive...
It depends on the provider, it's easy to switch here but we already have a relatively green provider.140km per day is a lot. How is the energy you use produced where you live? If it is green, surely an electric car would be more environmentally friendly than a gasoline car over the course of it's lifetime.
The production mostly.What do you mean by environmental footprint of an eletric car?
Are thre used ones already availible around where you live?
It depends on the provider, it's easy to switch here but we already have a relatively green provider.
The production mostly.
I looked into used electric cars but they are certainly not as efficient as I want them to be for the distances I would have to drive. And the hybrid cars from a few years back aren't that great either, imo.