Leaders should develop real plans, such as steps to enable the free market to increase energy supplies and decrease energy prices while easing the eventual move to cleaner sources.
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Want to Make a Difference this Earth Day? Embrace Economic Freedom
"Promoting panic and central planning to solve our greatest environmental challenges will ultimately be unsuccessful and only increase global and political temperatures. Durable climate solutions will require innovation in lieu of central planning, and prosperity rather than poverty. If we want to truly make a change this Earth Day we must embrace economic freedom."
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Record Fertilizer Prices Drive Investors, Farmers to Microbes
"Startups marketing alternative crop fertilizers said they are gaining traction among U.S. farmers and investors, pitching themselves as a potentially cheaper option as prices for traditional fertilizers surge."
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Using Artificial Intelligence To Combat Wildfire Risk
Renny Vandewege writes in Forbes about artificial intelligence combatting wildfires. “The promising results of innovation, computing power, and AI may give us the advanced warning and accurate predictions needed to take preventive measures well before the spark ignites.” Read the full article here.
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Solar panel fields help increase honey production in photovoltaic beehives
Derya Ozdemir of Interesting Engineering writes on one town’s attempts to save bees. “In this photovoltaic installation, the solar plant project — 100 MW and 200 hectares — combines agricultural usage — 3 hectares of aromatic plants: sage, rosemary, oregano, and coriander — and beekeeping with 50 or 60 hives.” Read the full article here.
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In a world-first, scientists create eco-friendly cement from algae
"Interestingly, concrete which is primarily made using portland cement, water, and gravel is considered the most consumed material across the globe next to water. Whether it is North America, Europe, or Asia, construction activities can not be imagined without concrete and especially portland cement."
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Why there’s still a rational case for climate optimism
Rick Wayman writes in The Hill that there is still a rational case for climate optimism. “The goal of climate restoration is analogous to the goal of net zero emissions, except the time frame is faster, the scale is larger, and the aspiration is higher. It’s not pie in the sky. Since it requires the...
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You Can Have Your Yellowcake and Eat It Too: Nuclear Solves Climate and Economic Goals Simultaneously
"Nuclear energy’s dual environmental and economic benefits appeal to both environmental activists as well as voters concerned about the economy and energy security, making it the path of least resistance towards combating climate change and ensuring American energy security. We need to take it."
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Project aims to reduce water consumption in food production by 15 to 30%
"The goal is for the plant in Fredericia to be a learning platform for all Carlsberg's breweries worldwide and a best practice case for how to recover water in the industrial sector, says Tenna Skov Thorsted, Sustainability Manager in Carlsberg."
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America Needs a National Nuclear Fusion Strategy
After decades of theories and experiments—not to mention public ridicule of the concept—nuclear fusion is close to becoming a reality. Expert consensus suggests that power plants harnessing this vaunted energy source will operate on electrical grids by 2050, but the United States is woefully unprepared to deploy it on our shores. Only a coordinated “all-in”...
