Posts for energy
Switch to more nuclear energy to power ever hungry AI
The Biden administration wants to preempt price hikes as government agencies compete with energy-hungry data centers and made a 10-year, $840 million nuclear energy contract is for 10 million megawatt-hours of electricity.
Carbon Emissions from AI and Crypto are surging
What do crypto assets and artificial intelligence have in common? Both are power-hungry. New statistics from the IMF (International Monetary Fund) show a steep increase of global electricity use for crypto mining and AI.
COP26 – Just another talk? Up to you!
It’s that time of the year again – ground hog day – another global leader meeting to tackle climate change. Or to talk about tackling climate change. Do whatever you can – at home or work, in your job, in your projects. It’s up to…
Horrible Hybrids – A reminder
Michael Braungart and William McDonough called them “horrible hybrids” in their 2002 book “Crade to Cradle”. Things that are fused together from different materials that cannot be separated and thus not recycled.
Ponderings around electricity supply and electric cars
I have been drivings hybrid cars for about a decade now and really like them. They are particularly well suited for mid to long range drives. They are not great for short trips, a plugin Hybrid would be way better for that but has been…
Too much, too little – Winter, yet no water
February 2018 was the wettest February on record, 2017 saw the wettest day on record in parts of New Zealand and also the wettest year on record in the Milford Sound. Now, two years later, Auckland is calling its residents to save water – in…
The little things that make a difference
Wirth Research has used its expertise gained in F1 aerodynamics to develop the Ecoblade. The twin bladed system can be fitted to the front of supermarket shelves to guide cold air more efficiently.
Import taxes create losers
it just prevents you from importing and using a good product that would otherwise advance technology in the country, make the standard of living cheaper and better, just to protect national companies financial interests. Because let’s face it: Why else would you have to have…
Claims and certifications
While I stand in Sea World, watching the pelicans with their broken or missing wings caused by boat hits and the like, I get sidetracked by the jetski show as the smell and white clouds of fuel gets into my nose. I suddenly notice the…