Archive for the 'Energy' Category
Burning Iron
June 23rd, 2023This requires hydrogen to recycle the iron oxide waste product back into iron. I can’t imaging that this will go anywhere, but it’s interesting anyway. Via: IEEE Spectrum: The high melting points of metals make them useful components for machinery, electronics, and furnaces. But even metals can burn if you grind them into fine powders. […]
China is Throwing Away Fields of Electric Cars
June 16th, 2023Breathtaking insanity. Via: serpentza:
David Grusch: U.S. Government UFO Whistleblower Interview
June 12th, 2023Note: News Nation initially posted the interview on YouTube, but then removed it/set it to private. I have no idea why they did that, but the video is available at the link below. There are re-uploads of it all over the place in case they decide to further limit availability. Here is a written summary […]
Ukrainian Kamikaze Drones Blow Up Crimean Fuel Depot
April 29th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: The day after Russia mounted large-scale airstrikes and cruise missile attacks on cities across Ukraine, drones penetrated Crimea air defenses on Saturday and blew up a fuel depot in the peninsula’s main port of Sevastopol. Home to Russia’s Black Sea Fleet, the port city has throughout the war come under sporadic long-distance drone […]
Chinese Are All Over Afghan Lithium
April 23rd, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: A Chinese company has offered the Taliban $10 billion and a proposal to build key strategic infrastructure connecting north-south Afghanistan in exchange for access to the country’s lithium reserves. … Darbey said the Chinese interest in the region is not new—in 2021, two Chinese companies were sent to Ghazni to conduct technical research […]
CATL Announces 500 Wh/Kg “Semi-Solid State” Battery
April 22nd, 2023Batteries with an energy density around 500 Wh/kg could definitely be a game changer, depending on cost and cycle life, but none of those details were released. Via: PV Magazine: Chinese battery giant CATL on Wednesday unveiled a new ultra-high energy battery technology initially slated for aviation, and with an automotive cell under development. The […]
Ukraine Strikes Power Stations Inside Russia
April 17th, 2023Via: Daily Mail: Two key electricity supply stations in Russia have been destroyed amid a suspected Ukrainian drone attack behind enemy lines. Stunning footage taken overnight showed how the bombing of the power stations had created a huge inferno which spiraled high into the night sky. The destruction of the sites in Igumenka and Dragunskoe […]
Minnesota Nuke Plant Admits To 400,000 Gallon Leak Of Radioactive Water
March 17th, 2023Via: ZeroHedge: Minnesotans are wondering why state regulators waited months to inform the public that hundreds of thousands of gallons of radioactive water leaked from Xcel Energy’s Monticello nuclear power plant. Minnesota Department of Health released a statement Thursday about Xcel’s efforts to clean up 400,000 gallons of the water containing tritium that leaked from […]
Iran Discovers World’s Second Largest Lithium Reserve
March 3rd, 2023Via: The Cradle: The Islamic Republic of Iran discovered one of the world’s largest lithium reserves, according to a report published by Press TV on 27 February. According to a senior official of the Iranian Ministry of Industry, Mine, and Trade (MIMT), the lithium deposits could contain some 8.5 million metric tons (MT) ready for […]
Tesla Going Back To EV Motors With No Rare Earth Elements
March 3rd, 2023Via: Electrek: Tesla stated today that, between 2017 and 2022, it managed to reduce rare earth usage in these new Model 3 drive units by 25% as it increased the efficiency of the drivetrain. But now it looks like Tesla is trying to get the best of both worlds: a permanent magnet motor, but without […]
