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carbon-based materials created from CO2 sucked out of the air and replacing concrete; thus direct air capture of CO2, a necessary component of the drawdown effort, would provide most construction materials going forward.
Kim Stanley Robinson • The Ministry for the Future: A Novel
China are testing out a helium-filled, flying wind turbine. If these prove viable and cost-effective they could generate wind power without ugly windmills littering the skyline. 🇨🇳💨 https://t.co/2BTj4EVeOv
Batteries starting to replace fossil gas plants worldwide
"Giant batteries that ensure stable power..becoming cheap enough to make developers abandon projects for gas-fired generation"
1st half 2023 "68 gas projects put on hold or cancelled... See more
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Others are working on something called flow batteries, which involve storing fluids in separate tanks and then generating electricity by pumping the fluids together. The bigger the tanks, the more energy you can store, and the bigger the battery, the more economical it…
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Bill Gates • How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: The Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need
Leandro J Agostini (Percolore)
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It’s like blood transfusion for EV batteries!
Scientists in China - Fudan University - have found a clever hack to extend lithium battery lifetime to 18 years (or 12,000 charging cycles).
This is done by injecting a special compound that replenishes Lithium... See more