Nuclear Fusion — Coming Soon To An Electrical Grid Near You?
December 29th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Commonwealth Fusion Systems says it plans to build a compact, affordable fusion reactor that will begin generating electricity in 10 years.
December 29th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Commonwealth Fusion Systems says it plans to build a compact, affordable fusion reactor that will begin generating electricity in 10 years.
December 16th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
Long-haul aviation is a hard global warming nut to crack, and assessing methanol as a potential nutcracker shows why
December 8th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
QuantumScape said on December 8 that its lithium metal batteries are exceeding all expectations. Here's more.
November 13th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
People like Bill Gates throw away their money on the wrong investments: small nuclear, air carbon capture, and solar geoengineering. Gates and others should listen to Mark Z. Jacobson more, and Vaclav Smil less
November 8th, 2020 | by Tina Casey
Presidents come and go, but the green hydrogen trend is here to stay, and that spells bad news for US shale gas exporters
May 11th, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
A 1 MW/150 MWh battery from Form Energy will be installed in Minnesota by 2023. Will the new technology challenge lithium-ion batteries from Tesla for dominance in energy storage?
May 8th, 2020 | by Michael Barnard
What we’re witnessing is the spread of conspiracy ideation among a population which has had its mental inoculation stripped away by decades of anti-science lobbying and propaganda
February 20th, 2020 | by Johnna Crider
I want to address something that has been in and out of my Twitter feed: Bill Gates bought a Porsche Taycan instead of a Tesla. The Tesla fan (and shareholder) in me wants to scream, "OMG Nooooo!" However, the practical, logical side believes this is a good thing, and she is the one in charge of writing this article
February 8th, 2020 | by Andrea Bertoli
Hawaii has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, and yet there are serious water quality issues to content with, primarily due to the large quantity of cesspools in the State. This is a huge issue for all of the islands, and impacts the health of humans, animals, and our ocean ecology. Here's the story of a local non-profit that's working to fix this crappy situation.
January 3rd, 2020 | by Steve Hanley
Burning fossil fuels is a negative sum game. The waste products are slowly killing us all. What to do? Start by controlling your own carbon footprint. Together we can make a difference.
November 23rd, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
The first article covered the first two points, showing that tying this to, for example, a single reasonably sized cement plant would require roughly 4,000 times the space, and that decoupling energy creation from demand would provide substantially more flexibility and higher value. Now we'll step through the remaining three problems
November 22nd, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Bill Gates seems to love to invest in things that aren’t going to make much of a difference to climate change but that are good for the fossil fuel industry. The latest is Heliogen, a company which uses machine learning to make solar ovens hotter and more reliable
November 19th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
Bill Gates was going to save the planet with breakthrough nuclear technology, but his new concentrating solar power venture is breaking through first
November 13th, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
This article will look at some of the suggested solutions, and look at a few billionaires and how they are actually spending their money, and make some judgments about the experts and their opinions
August 22nd, 2019 | by Michael Barnard
Bill Gates needs new global warming solutions advisors. His influence and billions are being squandered right now
June 20th, 2019 | by Tina Casey
The new US "Affordable Clean Energy" plan won't save coal jobs but it makes plenty of room for bringing back nuclear energy jobs
May 30th, 2019 | by Joshua S Hill
The European Commission, the European Investment Bank, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures chaired by Bill Gates, announced Wednesday the establishment of a new €100 million fund to support clean energy investments in Europe.