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China automating mines to improve safety as coal output grows – ET Auto

Baua Electric

The nearby Xiaobaodang mine, also owned by Shaanxi Coal, has cut its underground staff by 42%. China is pushing automated technology to improve the safety and efficiency of its coal mining industry, the world’s largest, which has long been plagued by safety lapses. “No person working underground.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark. For example, researchers at University of Oxford in the U.K.

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I’ve Done The Math – Now I’m Doing Something About It

Creative Greenius

Bill McKibben’s “Do The Math” article in 2012′s Rolling Stone magazine taught us that we cannot burn any more than 565 gigatons of carbon if we want to stay at 2° or lower. But our friends in the oil, coal and gas industry have 5,795 gigatons of carbon on the books.

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The Chain Reaction That Propels Civilization

Cars That Think

In the 18th century, the United Kingdom built a network of canals that enabled, rather suddenly, the delivery of raw materials, coal for power, and access to ports for the finished goods. We have various electronic communication networks (the autocatalytic system) and some early personal computers (the catalyst).

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Lean Software, Power Electronics, and the Return of Optical Storage

Cars That Think

But you can see, that is the government really coming in and, actually, what has often been a very personal decision of programmers, like, “What language do I use?” In fact, Ozzie Zehner wrote an article for us way back in the mid-Teens about the— the dirty secret behind your electric car is the coal that fuels it.

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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?

Get Electric Vehicle

They are not only used for personal commuting, but they are also being used in agriculture, public transportation, last-mile operation and even in firefighting. renewable energy consumption has just overtaken coal. We have tried to dispel some of the myths regarding EVs in this article. As a matter of fact, in the U.S.,

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

This sponsored article is brought to you by COMSOL. As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass.

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