Cars That Think

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Zap and Helion are part of a renaissance in fusion-energy R&D aimed at achieving practical fusion power using much more modest facilities than the vast International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) being built in southern France, at a cost estimated to be north of US $22 billion by the time it’s completed.

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Fusion Energy Lithium Ion Grid 83

Cars That Think

AUGUST 18, 2022

A battle of nerves and steel is raging at Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, which Russia captured in March. In a simulated fallout map produced by Ukraine’s national weather service and posted Sunday, a radiation plume spreads northwest and reaches Poland and Lithuania within 72 hours.

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Ukraine Energy Russia Grid 143

Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2022

As a bonus, the tech onboard the balloons runs on solar power. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has put a new set of supercomputers into operation to power the next generation of modeling. model has been lagging in accuracy behind Europe’s version, a problem that first became evident during Hurricane Sandy in 2012.

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Engine San Francisco Iceland Wind 128

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Signatories by category: Governments: Austria; Azerbaijan; Cambodia; Canada; Cape Verde; Chile; Croatia; Cyprus; Denmark; El Salvador; Finland; Iceland; Ireland; Israel; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Netherlands; New Zealand; Norway; Poland; Slovenia; Sweden; United Kingdom. —COP 26 Declaration. Unilever; Vattenfall; Zenith; Zurich.

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Dominican Republic El Salvador Emissions Cape Verde 199