rmgill Posted September 5, 2023 Posted September 5, 2023 Wait, Salt causes issues for Lithium batteries? Who could have seen that coming?
lucklucky Posted September 6, 2023 Posted September 6, 2023 Quote "Bioethicist", S. Matthew Liao: In order to tackle "climate change", humans should be genetically modified to be intolerant to meat. "If we eat less meat, we could significantly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. Now, some people would be willing to eat less meat, but they lack the willpower. Human engineering could help... We could artificially induce intolerance to meat, and in this way, we can create an aversion to eating eco unfriendly food."
Ivanhoe Posted September 6, 2023 Posted September 6, 2023 https://www.thefp.com/p/i-overhyped-climate-change-to-get-published Quote The paper I just published—“Climate warming increases extreme daily wildfire growth risk in California”—focuses exclusively on how climate change has affected extreme wildfire behavior. I knew not to try to quantify key aspects other than climate change in my research because it would dilute the story that prestigious journals like Nature and its rival, Science, want to tell. This matters because it is critically important for scientists to be published in high-profile journals; in many ways, they are the gatekeepers for career success in academia. And the editors of these journals have made it abundantly clear, both by what they publish and what they reject, that they want climate papers that support certain preapproved narratives—even when those narratives come at the expense of broader knowledge for society. To put it bluntly, climate science has become less about understanding the complexities of the world and more about serving as a kind of Cassandra, urgently warning the public about the dangers of climate change. However understandable this instinct may be, it distorts a great deal of climate science research, misinforms the public, and most importantly, makes practical solutions more difficult to achieve.
Ivanhoe Posted September 10, 2023 Posted September 10, 2023 Perhaps those colors indicate political alignment.
lucklucky Posted September 26, 2023 Posted September 26, 2023 (edited) When is it weather and when is it climate? Quote Arctic has been spared In view of the extreme summer, the question arose in advance: Will there be a new negative record in the melting ice this year as well? The Arctic has been spared this time. The director of the AWI and expedition leader, Antje Boetius, reports in conversation with the Tagesschau, that a special weather phenomenon prevented a record meltdown in Arctic sea ice this summer. According to Boetius, a series of low pressure areas has led to a completely different ice movement. The so-called transpolar drift, which describes the activity of the ice along certain routes, went differently this year. Ice from the Siberian region was held together and compressed instead of being driven out and melted off. For the AWI director, this shows that weather phenomena determine the development of sea ice, a prediction is more difficult than ever. The Arctic with its sea ice and life would have been lucky again, says the biologist. But it can also run differently. "If we are unlucky, if the weather phenomena play unfavorably, we can be affected by large ice-free parts much earlier than expected," added Boetius. https://www.tagesschau.de/wissen/klima/klima-polarstern-expedition-arktis-100.html Edited September 26, 2023 by lucklucky
Ivanhoe Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 This may cause certain heads to explode; https://www.popsci.com/technology/eielson-air-force-base-alaska-small-nuclear-reactor/ Quote On August 31, the Air Force announced that a California company called Oklo would design, construct, own, and operate a micro nuclear reactor at Eielson Air Force Base in Alaska. The contract will potentially run for 30 years, with the reactor intended to go online in 2027 and produce energy through the duration of the contract. Should the reactor prove successful, the hope is that it will allow other Air Force bases to rely on modular miniature reactors to augment their existing power supply, lessening reliance on civilian energy grids and increasing the resiliency of air bases. I especially like that "lessening reliance on civilian energy grids" bit. How to say you think the Biden administration's anti-electricity crusade is a problem, without directly saying the Biden administration's anti-electricity crusade is a problem.
lucklucky Posted September 30, 2023 Posted September 30, 2023 Quote NHS to ban ‘useful’ anaesthetic to hit net zero targets Health service says it is ‘decommissioning’ desflurane by early next year in order to help reduce ‘harmful emissions’ Quote The NHS is banning an anaesthetic gas to meet net zero targets in a move that a leading climate expert has warned lacks any scientific basis. The health service has said it is “decommissioning” desflurane by early next year in order to help reduce “harmful emissions”. But in a keynote speech to a major conference of anaesthetists, Prof Dame Julia Slingo, the Met Office’s former chief scientist, said: “NHS directives to ban desflurane are not supported by climate science and should be reversed. The use of desflurane should be based on what is best for the patient.” The comments by Prof Dame Julia, an expert on climate science who led a team of more than 500 scientists at the Met Office, were welcomed by a series of anaesthetists working in the NHS who are concerned that the drug will only be available in “exceptional clinical circumstances”. Several figures present at the Association of Anaesthetists annual congress on Sept 13 said Dame Julia’s remarks were greeted with applause, despite the body having formally backed the NHS move earlier this year. Some anaesthetists believe the planned ban will unnecessarily restrict what anaesthetics can be given to patients undergoing surgery. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2023/09/30/nhs-to-ban-useful-anaesthetic-hit-net-zero-targets/
Ivanhoe Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 I'll put this here; https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article277244493.html Quote Panasonic is expected to invest some $4 billion in a new De Soto battery plant, but it could receive twice that amount in taxpayer incentives. The Japanese electronics giant is poised to get as much as $6.8 billion from provisions in last year’s federal Inflation Reduction Act. That’s according to incentive watchdog group Good Jobs First, which analyzed the potential windfalls five electric vehicle battery plants could receive from a new tax credit program. Good Jobs First says the 45X Advanced Manufacturing Tax Credit, which aims at increasing production of electric vehicles, could cost American taxpayers $200 billion over the next decade — far higher than previous estimates. https://www.theblaze.com/news/electric-vehicle-battery-factory-coal-plant-kansas Quote A new electric vehicle battery factory in Kansas will require so much energy that a coal plant slated for closure will now remain open, plus it will be expanded. Panasonic is building a $4 billion EV battery factory in De Soto, Kansas. The upcoming lithium-ion battery manufacturing facility is expected to start mass production of EV batteries by the end of March 2025. . Quote The EV battery factory will reportedly require between 200 and 250 megawatts of electricity to operate – roughly the same amount of power needed for a small city. The plant in Lawrence is owned by Evergy – an investor-owned energy company serving more than 1.6 million customers across Kansas and Missouri. Evergy had reportedly planned to close its coal-fired Unit 4 at the Lawrence Energy Center in late 2023 or early 2024. However, Evergy is extending the life of the coal plant in Lawrence "until 2028 and would then transition Unit 5 to gas to provide power at times of high demand," the Kansas City Star reported.
Ivanhoe Posted October 4, 2023 Posted October 4, 2023 Well yeah, to be expected given all those damned G-Wagons on the Autobahns.
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