Low-cost artificial leaf can produce hydrogen for weeks https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/tech...duce-hydrogen-for-weeks/ar-AAYxpwl?li=BBnb7Kz
Possibly higher capacity batteries coming soon... 8x the power or half as heavy and only 4 times the power.
I have a silly question (and maybe it's addressed in the article that I'm too lazy to read): How long will any of these facilities have to run in order to offset the carbon emissions that will inevitably be generated during their construction?
That is addressed but it's pretty much all about improving the technology and finding a way to use(Sell) the carbon that is captured. The amount of carbon created in the construction is negligible in terms of tons of carbon. It's only a very small drop in a bucket that is created every day just in the US with 279,000,000 registered vehicles on the highways. Also once the facility is built it is built. It doesn't continue to create carbon. This is the same argument for batteries. Yes mining the minerals to make the batteries creates carbon. But the batteries create a way to not create carbon and they are the single most recycled product in the world. You only dig once and the battery can be used forever. Here is the bright side. There is another plant in Italy that is now making long term high capacity batteries from carbon. If that continues to be successful then The carbon capture industry might have a way to use the carbon. That until now has been the problem. Nobody wants to put time and effort into something they cant make any money off of. If that works then they will continue to build carbon capture plants and improve the technology which is needed because right now carbon Capture is in it's infancy and the actual amount of carbon that is being captured is only a speck of what needs to be. There are very few capture facilities and there needs to be no less than 50,000 worldwide to make a dent. This is very possible but still this is only one of many things we need to do to stop the rise in temperature let alone get it to turn around. Seriously this isn't about stopping Global Warming any longer. This is simply trying to reduce the amount of damage all of you under 50 will have to live through.
Scientists developing soundproof wallpaper inspired by moths wings https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/me...inspired-by-moths-wings/ar-AAYvyHI?li=BBnb7Kz This is great news for anyone with sensitivities to sound/noise.
World Nuclear News: SMR company NuScale pivots from development to delivery : Corporate. https://www.world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/SMR-company-pivots-from-development-to-delivery
Why This Fusion Tech May Be a Geothermal Energy Breakthrough This is really cool. The main part of the video begins around the 6 minute mark.
'Gleefully Committing Arson': Gottheimer Gang May Derail Manchin Deal "We must ask ourselves why Rep. Gottheimer is working so hard to sabotage the party when he knows a climate and jobs bill would not only help communities across the country, but would help Democrats win seats this cycle." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...arson-gottheimer-gang-may-derail-manchin-deal It is no wonder America can't get anything done for it's citizens or the planet. Both parties are owned by their donors.
'Nothing Short of a Death Sentence': Fury as Manchin Tanks Climate Spending "Our democracy is broken when one man who profits from the fossil fuel industry can defy the 81 million Americans who voted for Democrats to stop the climate crisis." https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...-sentence-fury-manchin-tanks-climate-spending QFT
Biden Considers Declaring Climate Emergency Amid 'Heat Apocalypse' "Biden needs to deploy every executive power, starting with banning crude oil exports," said one climate campaigner. https://www.commondreams.org/news/2...laring-climate-emergency-amid-heat-apocalypse
