Think Greener Reducing Fossil Fuel Dependency
Burning oil, coal and methane make up large amounts of greenhouse gasses causing climate change. Good news, oil is on its way out! The other day, I received a call from a bicycle shop indicating that our e-bicycles should be ready for pickup within the next couple of days! The faster society can switch to an electric car or e-bike, the quicker the internal combustion engines can be decommissioned, which are expected to be obsolete by 2040.
Coal is also on a steep decline. Large coal fired power plants are being shut down around the world as renewable energy is replacing the need to burn fossil fuels.
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Concrete has been on my mind lately as it is one of the most highly used commodities in the world, only 2nd to water, and having an extremely high carbon footprint. I love when a solution can add a dual purpose to an existing use. Well, guess what I am going to talk about today? Concrete, yes that is correct.
Researchers in Indiana are working with a German concrete manufacture to test a new solution for concrete! Concrete with embedded magnetized particles that could one day charge your electric vehicle while driving on the road! Wow… great concept that has been around for a short time but is now becoming cost effective with new breakthroughs. The magnetized cement promises to be reasonably priced with a… Continue reading
A new record was just set in the American history books for the hottest month of June ever recorded! Yes, that was this past June 2021. Portland Oregon set a record of 116 degrees Fahrenheit that melted power cables. British Columbia, Canada hit a sweltering 121 degrees Fahrenheit.
These are the facts of how the earth is changing and is trending to get warmer and have extreme weather events that occur at a higher frequency. Please read this short article and make sure to watch the video about how air conditioners in the built environment present a challenge for humanities existence on earth. As I mention in my earlier posts, we must not continue to design and build with old technologies, means and methods. We… Continue reading
Big agriculture economic sector accounts for over 10% of US greenhouse gas emissions and emits an estimated 700 million metrics tons of CO2 with highest concentration of nitrous oxide (51%) then methane (36.2) and lastly CO2 (12.3).
This article uses new technology that offers farmers a scalable, organic and regenerative solution, eliminating the need for using chemicals to remove the quickly growing weeds that compete with the crop for photosynthesis.
This article introduces the autonomous weeding robot about the size of a mid-size tractor, powered by artificial intelligence, utilizing 8 independent 150W CO2 lasers with 3mm accuracy that fires every 50 milliseconds.
Carbon Robotics Future Farming – Video Link
The bedtop lighting allows sufficient accuracy to run day and night. The company Carbon Robotics says… Continue reading