Recent content by jimm01

'Kathleen Theoharides, Massachusetts' Energy and Environmental Affairs secretary, said that "the start of onshore construction for the Vineyard Wind project marks the beginning of a historic new chapter for this industry in the United States."' Thanks for the link, kind of the rejuvenation of...

Read about this site on Bloomberg.com, thought it was amusing: https://www.thesunion.com

A new study based on MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology data found that Tesla Autopilot results in a noticeable decrease in driver attention when activated. Tesla has been releasing quarterly “safety reports”, which they use to claim Tesla vehicles with Autopilot engaged have “close to 10x lower...

Mapping Methane Emissions in California Using precision instruments and new mapping and machine-learning tools, a research team has been pinpointing sources of the greenhouse gas.

A recent follow-up: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/08/1035143/sila-whoop-lithium-ion-battery-fitness-wearable-evs/?truid=&utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=&utm_content=09-09-2021&mc_cid=ceef0cf54c&mc_eid=998f3b2189

Twenty years ago the ruse was natural gas produce via hydraulic fracturing would create inexpensive domestic energy for over 100 years, because unlike oil natural gas is a local market. Appalachia is breaking production records, so why U.S. natural gas prices are soaring? Here's why. U.S...

The “headwind” caused by climate change will only become stronger, says Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, one of the study’s authors. Their research found that the sensitivity of agricultural productivity increases as temperatures rise. In other words, each additional fraction of a degree is more detrimental...

Coronavirus glaringly exposed our institutional lack of preparation, what Beck called our “organised irresponsibility”. It revealed the weakness of basic apparatuses of state administration, like up-to-date government databases. To face the crisis, we needed a society that gave far greater...

Then there's the ground-level ozone, it's on my training table.

When it comes to tax-advantaged investments for wealthy or sophisticated investors, one commodity continues to stand alone above all others: oil. With the U.S. government's backing, domestic energy production has created a litany of tax incentives for both investors and small producers, and oil...

The production of green hydrogen requires renewable electric sources (ruling out fusion). Using green hydrogen for long-term electric storage or high energy industrial process (e.g. steel production) is reasonable. However, to make the business model work requires wider distribution and use...

Contact Tesla? It's easier to blow in a clam's ear. :)

I was refering to: https://newatlas.com/energy/gravitricity-gravity-renewable-energy-storage-system

As the article states it's only a prototype, and that was all it described. A full-scale 4-MW project has not been constructed and no image was provided (the image is conceptual). At scale this thing could be just as complex or even more so.

From 2012 but worth reading. The story of Venice’s rise and fall is told by the scholars Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, in their book “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,” as an illustration of their thesis that what separates successful states from failed...