Last month, Tesla released its Conflict Mineral Report for the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2019, and emphasized the importance of sourcing only responsibly produced materials. “This means having safe and humane working conditions in our supply chain and ensuring that workers are treated with respect and dignity,” the … [continued]
Originally published on RenewEconomy Today’s Graph of the Day comes from leading Australian solar provider Energy Matters, which has released a table that compares the return on investment on rooftop solar in various state, and compares these with shares, property, gold, global fixed interest and fine art. As the table … [continued]
Here’s another article on a recent university study I recently ran across that could help the progress of cleantech — in this case, fuel-cell technology. The article is reposted from Brown University’s newsroom. Chemists at Brown University have created a triple-headed metallic nanoparticle that reportedly performs better and lasts … [continued]
A Peruvian engineer has created a device that drops the use of mercury in the gold mining process by instead using “a foam flotation process with simple gravitational techniques” to separate gold from rocks.[social_buttons] The most commonly used process in developing countries uses mercury to separate the gold from the … [continued]
As I recently discussed, sometimes we need to look to the past for solutions to our current problems. Queensland University professor Zhu Huai Yong has done just that, noting that painting glass windows with gold particles can purify the air. Zhu came across this realization after studying medieval painted church … [continued]
