Soil is a huge reservoir of carbon. There are around 1.5 trillion tons of organic carbon stored in soils across the world—about twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Scientists used to think that most of this carbon entered the soil when dead leaves and plant matter decomposed, but it’s now becoming clear that plant...
In the big, big grocery store I use, there isn’t much choice about plastic. Over (I estimate) 80% of the products (outside of fresh fruits & veggies) either are containerized in plastic, or is boxed or canned food which is wrapped-in plastic (e.g. cereal) and covered with or wrapped-in plastic. We need to see a big turnaround in this situation.
I don’t see much recognition - from manufacturers or consumers - of how many tens of tons of tossed-away plastic are carried out of most of these stores every day. Consumers have few alternatives … no sign that food packagers give a damn … or that stores (most are corporate-owned) are struggling to make wiser choices.
It’s a lot bigger problem than what container we use to carry our purchase to the car.
With a few SMR projects built and operational at this point, and more plants under development, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) concludes in a report that SMRs are “still too expensive, too slow to build, and too risky to play a significant role in transitioning away from fossil fuels.”
That’s thanks to the training (started with Rickover) and discipline and no shareholders. Commercial nukes don’t measure up, e.g. when it comes to leakages and knowing what to do in case.
Way to start out with an ad hominem. Cheap too. Since you’re ‘certain’ (and I know very well that’s hard to come by for this sacred cow), your #1 reference?
Poor governor of Georgia, one more in a long, long line.
I learned much of what I know about how facts are misrepresented by reading advertisements by the industry. Like the full-page regional newspaper ad along the lines of "One myth about nuclear power is … instead the fact is this … " back in the 1970s. Or my all-time favorite fact, one of the earliest: Safe, clean, ‘too cheap to meter’, said AEC chairman Lewis Strauss, in 1954.
Maybe it was catching? But the facts, like those countless millions of escaped curies, were invisible. Convenient.
Jimi Hendrix officially enlisted in the United States Army and was sent to Fort Ord, California to complete eight weeks of basic training. From there he would he assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. He would be honorably discharged on June 29th, 1962. The story of him leaving the...
He had more significant things to do with his life. Whatever, good for him. It worked for a lot of big-shots’ kids. During Vietnam, Bush Jr. spent two years in the Texas Air Nation Guard. During Vietnam, Trump got deferred for bad feet or college 5 times.
Another single basic mechanism (for some in the world, anyway) is: acceptance.
Not saying you have to like death. But it’s all around us, and people who live closer to nature get to see death regularly, from carnivorous animals (little choice) to plants which green, bear fruit, and fade away in fall. Most people don’t ever need to embrace death, but recognize it’s part of the natural order.
Denial points us away from the real and is mentally unhealthy. Acceptance releases us from that potential fear and stress. It also encourages us to truly appreciate what we have, especially while we have it, and ever afterward for our good fortune while we had it. Life is change.
Acceptance reminds us to ‘drink life to the lees’, like Omar Khayyam. Not to waste our time on adverts, or fashion trends, or fretting about things we can’t do anything about, or worrying about what might be. When we’re sure we’ve done our best in this wiggy world, we need ask ourselves no more. Compassion for ourselves empowers us to share that with others.
Really! It didn’t hurt when I didn’t exist before. And there remains a chance that we -will- get back. May it be in some time that is … less senseless.
What the US needed was a pull-out-the-stops wartime operation. What we got was a lot of hot air and heel-dragging excuses. After all of these years, it’s more than clear what side our ‘leadership’ is beholding to.
The Animals record “House Of The Rising Sun” in one take at De Lane Lea Studios on Kingsway in London. The song would top the UK singles chart the following July and reach number one in America two months later. In 1999, the record was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award
This article was written in 2012 by Boston U. geophysicist Robert M. Schoch. It’s no less true in any way today (although power companies are somewhat better prepared thanks to articles like this one - and they were nervous last week)....
They don’t talk about it a lot, but. If it looks really bad, I suspect that what the grid operators will do is disconnect and shut down as much of it as possible and wait it out. Better to have no electricity for a week than for hundreds of transformers to be ruined …
The 2003 event produced the biggest-ever solar flare ever measured, an X45. That year, several BIG transformers exploded in South Africa. This event’s biggest so is 8.7. A lot depends on where it’s aimed at … but anyway , no, we are not prepared.
Underground CO2 is worse than nuclear waste. It isn’t just (very) dangerous, and have to stay buried forever, it’s also invisible. It’s also a way for the lying, conniving fossils industry to keep doing what it’s so good at doing. $12 billion would build A LOT of windmills, but they’ve got a lot of good buddies in Washington.
Carbon capture is a joke. It’s another stall tactic. And a very dangerous one at that. Shut the damn things down instead, and watch how many things get done that -would- have taken until 2035 or 2050.
Let’s help the ‘world’s largest’ banks by making the decision for them. Take 1873 for example: that was a bad year for the banks , but given time, they got better. The risks from ‘clean energy’, whatever they are, will include more time.
It should be called C02 capture (make the CO2 part specific). The carbon which was burned was already safely captured in the ground, where it should have stayed. Then it was burned and partly turned into CO2. Lots of it. Who is being -paid- to concentrate the stuff? and bury the stuff? And keep an eye on it? Who will pay that bill?
In Satartia Mississippi on February 22 2020, a CO2 pipeline broke because of a mud slide. 45 people were hospitalized after the 21,600 barrels of liquid CO2 rolled downhill towards their town. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/…/8015510001/
Once you’ve captured this particular form of carbon, you have to store it somewhere. FOREVER. Unlike nuclear waste, it’s only visible when it’s compressed. Does this mean you have to take someone’s word that it was captured? It -does- mean you have to accept that it’s safely and securely stored. FOREVER. ‘We promise.’
The whole thing is at best sketchy. The same money could be invested in real, tangible generation of renewable energy. Without having to take some sketchy industry’s word for it. And without potentially endangering the lives of the people who’ll have to live with it next door. Would you rather live near a windmill, or a hole with 36,000 tons of CO2 in it?
Powerful message. “Brought to you by DHHS, National Cigarette Foundation, Department of Education, Cigs4Kidz, and Viewers Like You.”
Don’t remember any PSA’s like that back from when they were doing atmospheric testing of atom bombs down in Nevada for weeks on end. But they weren’t planning on smoking them all the way.
Believe I read the other day that Uruguay is now using 100% renewables. Guess they just have what it takes. Doesn’t seem to have made any headlines, though. NIMBY I guess.
The world’s largest fungus collection may unlock the mysteries of carbon capture (arstechnica.com)
Soil is a huge reservoir of carbon. There are around 1.5 trillion tons of organic carbon stored in soils across the world—about twice the amount of carbon in the atmosphere. Scientists used to think that most of this carbon entered the soil when dead leaves and plant matter decomposed, but it’s now becoming clear that plant...
Plastics production alone will doom climate goals (www.sequencermag.com)
Energy buffs give small modular reactors a gigantic reality check (www.theregister.com)
With a few SMR projects built and operational at this point, and more plants under development, the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) concludes in a report that SMRs are “still too expensive, too slow to build, and too risky to play a significant role in transitioning away from fossil fuels.”
Georgia governor calls for even more nuclear power despite budget woes (grist.org)
TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 05/31/1961 (lemmy.world)
Jimi Hendrix officially enlisted in the United States Army and was sent to Fort Ord, California to complete eight weeks of basic training. From there he would he assigned to the 101st Airborne Division and stationed at Fort Campbell in Kentucky. He would be honorably discharged on June 29th, 1962. The story of him leaving the...
Death Anxiety (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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Incredible Bicycle Cars - Human Powered Vehicles (www.youtube.com)
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Charging stations are failing to keep up with the EV boom | Once, America had 7 EVs for every public charger. Now, there are over 20 seeking to plug in at each charging station. (wapo.st)
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TODAY IN ROCK AND ROLL HISTORY - 05/18/1964 (youtu.be)
The Animals record “House Of The Rising Sun” in one take at De Lane Lea Studios on Kingsway in London. The song would top the UK singles chart the following July and reach number one in America two months later. In 1999, the record was given a Grammy Hall of Fame Award
Frozen human brain tissue works perfectly when thawed 18 months later (newatlas.com)
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Death Star - what happens if a solar flare knocks out our power system (www.dailygrail.com)
This article was written in 2012 by Boston U. geophysicist Robert M. Schoch. It’s no less true in any way today (although power companies are somewhat better prepared thanks to articles like this one - and they were nervous last week)....
Check it out! Technology survived a Carrington Event (youtu.be)
I guess you already knew since your phone is working.
Biden and Big Oil want to put greenhouse gas underground. Locals are riled. Carbon dioxide pipelines and underground injection can cut greenhouse gas, but community opposition is fierce. (wapo.st)
UK Considers Delaying Some Carbon Capture Projects as Costs Soar (www.bloomberg.com)
Archived copies of the article: archive.today ghostarchive.org
How Climate Disasters Could Destabilize Major Banks | Both climate-driven disasters and the clean energy transition pose risks for the world’s largest financial institutions (www.scientificamerican.com)
Archived copies of the article: ghostachive.org archive.today
The world’s largest direct carbon capture plant just went online (www.engadget.com)
We're all a little crazy (mander.xyz)
Anti-Marijuana PSA: "The Death Drug" (1996) (www.youtube.com)
A Golden Age of Renewables Is Beginning, and California Is Leading the Way | California has hit record-breaking milestones in renewable electricity generation, showing that wind, water and solar (www.scientificamerican.com)
https://slrpnk.net/pictrs/image/d23e8d23-b7ad-4e77-ac42-55f25b576961.webp...
Ten countries generate more than 97% of their electricity from renewable energies
Here is the data (pdf)....
Any way to make Firefox remember what time I pause videos at after closing their tabs? (lemmy.world)
For instance, I watch a video on Shout Factory and then pause, close the tab and when I go back to the link it goes back to where I left off.