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Rejoice My Tongan Brothers and Sisters! You Will Soon Be Rid of Your Ridiculous Royal Family & You Can Now Save Yourselves

Creative Greenius

For months now I’ve tried to work with King George Topou V and the rest of the Royal Family of Tonga in an attempt to inform them about the risks their kingdom faces from climate change and to get them to act on behalf of their people. You needed a solar Tonga project like yesterday.

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We Are ALL Tongan

Creative Greenius

The idyllic island kingdom of Tonga. My friend Elizabeth is from the South Pacific Island Kingdom of Tonga, an exotic locale long fixed in my memory with images of Polynesian paradise. Tonga has sadly been in the news lately after an inter-island ferry sank on August 5 drowning over 70 people. Mine too of course.

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Could Sucking Up the Seafloor Solve Battery Shortage?

Cars That Think

"We are committed to turning those rocks into metal using renewable power and with zero solid waste," Shesky says. Another study has shown that producing metals from nodules would create far less carbon dioxide emissions than from land ores. The sediments settle down or dilute back to background levels quickly.

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