"The company also recently approached auto makers including Hyundai about a potential manufacturing partnership, then saw talks fizzle. It’s just as likely Apple is, as usual, experimenting until or unless it hits on something it thinks it can do better than anyone else."
Running Tide Technologies: Farming Kelp to Fight Climate Change
An innovative startup in Maine has prototyped a simple (and brilliant) idea in the up-and-coming field of carbon removal.
Wind Turbine Blade Recycling on the Cusp of Being Possible
The aging of wind turbine blades is an increasingly important issue as many windmills begin to reach the end of their lifespan. According to the University of Strathclyde research, global turbine waste in the United Kingdom will increase five times from 400,000 tonnes per year in 2030 to 2 million tonnes per year by 2050.
Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage 101
"Carbon capture is an important technology that can significantly reduce emissions from energy, transportation, and industrial manufacturing. Carbon capture reduces these emissions by either capturing carbon at the source (i.e. when polluting activities take place) or pulling it directly from the open atmosphere to reduce our overall footprint.
Resist this anti-consumer, anti-progress model of environmentalism
The Editors of The Telegraph write that we should resist the anti-consumer, anti-progress model of environmentalism. “Do we want to embrace new technology and private initiative to create a future that still offers consumer choice – in fact, expands it? Do we want a future where poor countries can become wealthy and rich countries can...
Bill Gates climate fund plans to mobilize $15 billion into clean tech
"Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, a private-public fund backed by Microsoft billionaire Bill Gates, is planning to help invest up to $15 billion into clean tech projects across the U.S., the U.K. and the European Union."
A new method quickly extracts 90% of hydrogen from aluminum
"The researchers say the composite for their method can be easily made using readily available sources of aluminum, including used foil and cans. While gallium is less abundant and is expensive, the scientists say it is easy to recover and reuse, which should help to make their method scalable for mass use as the world increasingly experiments with new modes of hydrogen transportation."
Verdox Is Changing The World of Carbon Capture As We Know It
Verdox systems use electric voltage, not heat, to create a more efficient process. This eliminates the need for water or heat within the system while applying electricity more efficiently.
Stop looking to the extremes for climate policy
"Any sensible, realistic, long-term climate policy must include all of the above elements. We can no longer afford to cater to progressive pipe dreams — but need to approach this issue with common sense and pragmatism. That’s what the American people want, and that’s the only way we’ll ever actually tackle climate change."
Forget olive oil. This new cooking oil is made using fermentation and requires 99% less water to produce
"At $29.99, it’s significantly more expensive than its vegetable counterpart, but replacing just 5% of vegetable oils used in the U.S. with so-called cultured oil, the company claims, would free up 3.1 million acres of land every year."
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