Aluminum Batteries
February 6th, 2025Via: IEEE Spectrum:
Electric vehicles( EVs) and green energy sources rely heavily on batteries to store electricity. Currently, more than 75 percent of the world’s energy storage depends on batteries that contain lithium, an expensive mineral that’s subject to volatile pricing. Lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries themselves can be volatile, too, because they use a flammable electrolyte that can catch fire when overcharged.
Now, a group of scientists based in Beijing believes that aluminum offers a better solution. Aluminum is the third-most abundant mineral in the Earth’s crust and costs about one-quarter as much as lithium. And if built right, aluminum-based batteries may offer longer life expectancy and a safer, more sustainable design than their volatile counterparts. Led by scientists from the Beijing Institute of Technology and the University of Science and Technology Beijing, the group has found a way to stabilize aluminum batteries that can last far longer.
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The new battery structure should be easy to manufacture at commercial scale. But before the Al-ion battery is ready for commercial applications, its energy density will need to be improved, the researchers say. Still, this new approach offers the potential for batteries that are safer, less expensive, longer lasting, and easier to recycle efficiently.
Politico, NY Times Propped Up By Millions Of Dollars From U.S. Government
February 5th, 2025Via: ZeroHedge:
According to government spending tracker website USASPENDING.gov, Politico – which laundered the Hunter Biden ’51 intel officials’ propaganda during the 2020 election – received up to $27 million (and by some counts $32 million) from various US agencies during the Biden years.
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And look at this, the NY Times received $3.1 million in taxpayer funds, while the UK’s BBC received $3.2 million.
TRUMP: U.S. WILL “TAKE OVER” and “OWN” GAZA STRIP
February 4th, 2025What do the zionists have on Trump?
Any guesses?
My guess is not backed up by anything, so I don’t want to suggest it. (Hint: I don’t think it’s an Epstein-like honeypot.) But if you want to guess, go ahead.
Via: Al Jazeera:
United States President Donald Trump has said the US will “take over” and “own” Gaza after resettling Palestinians elsewhere under a redevelopment plan that could see the enclave become “the Riviera of the Middle East”.
In a shock announcement upending decades of US policy toward the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Trump said on Tuesday that his administration would spearhead an economic development plan in the enclave that would “supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people of the area.”
“The US will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it, too. We’ll own it,” Trump said at the White on Tuesday after talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, adding that Washington would be responsible for clearing destroyed buildings and dismantling “dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons.”
Trump said he envisioned the US taking a “long-term ownership position” over the enclave.
“This was not a decision made lightly. Everybody I’ve spoken to loves the idea of the United States owning that piece of land, developing and creating thousands of jobs with something that will be magnificent,” he said.
Trump expressed his hope that displaced Palestinians in Gaza would “go to other countries of interest with humanitarian hearts”, though he suggested Palestinians would also continue leaving there.
The US president said Gaza could become home to the “world’s people”.
“I think you will make that into an international, unbelievable place. I think the potential in the Gaza Strip is unbelievable. And I think the entire world – representatives from all over the world will be now – Palestinians also, Palestinians will live there,” he said. “Many people will live there.”
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Asked if US soldiers could be sent to Gaza to maintain security, Trump said it was a possibility.
“As far as Gaza is concerned, we’ll do what is necessary. If it’s necessary, we’ll do that,” he said.
Netanyahu, who praised Trump as the “greatest friend” Israel has ever had, said the US president’s plan was worth “paying attention to” and could “change history”.
Flashback: Jared Kushner: ‘Very Valuable’ Potential of Gaza’s ‘Waterfront Property’
Two Airport Authority Workers Arrested for Allegedly Leaking DC Plane Crash Video to CNN
February 4th, 2025Two new videos obtained by CNN show new angles on Wednesday night’s midair collision above Washington DC.
In the videos both aircraft can clearly be seen flying towards each other, then exploding and falling into the river after the fatal explosion. pic.twitter.com/W89o5387fp
— Breaking Aviation News & Videos (@aviationbrk) January 31, 2025
Via: New York Post:
Two employees of the authority that manages Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport were arrested over their alleged involvement in leaking surveillance footage of last week’s deadly midair aircraft collision to CNN.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) staffers are accused of making an unauthorized copy of records and are facing charges of computer trespass, the agency said Monday.
The legal trouble is tied to the chilling video obtained by CNN last week that offered a horrifying new vantage point in the crash over the Potomac River, ABC News reported.
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The exclusive videos gave a closer and clearer look at the air disaster, including one clip in which the chopper is darting from the left side of the screen as the American Airlines flight approached the airport.
A second short clip shows the Black Hawk, which was carrying three soldiers, and the Bombardier CRJ700 steaming toward each other before the two smash into each other and explode.
Both videos were shot on cell phones, CNN reported Friday.
Tiktok.gov? Trump Signs Order Establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund that Could Buy TikTok
February 4th, 2025Via: CNBC:
President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order that outlines plans for a government-run sovereign wealth fund to serve as an economic development tool and perhaps be used to buy TikTok.
Among the aims for the fund would be developing infrastructure such as airports and highways, and it could help the U.S. extend its influence in areas such as Panama and Greenland.
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A discussed deal in which the U.S. would become a partner in social media platform TikTok would be one potential use, Trump said. The app was taken offline briefly amid security concerns, but Trump signed an order allowing it back for a 75-day period during which it likely will have to divest itself of Chinese interests.
Private Investor Funds “New Atlantis”
February 3rd, 2025Mmm hmm.
Via: Guardian:
An innovative mission on the Welsh border, funded by an anonymous private investor, has begun work to create a ‘permanent human settlement’ under the sea.
Related? The TerraMar Project
Zelensky: About $100 Billion Missing, “Does Not Know Where All The Money Is”
February 3rd, 2025Now that Trump is in office and the charade is over, Zelensky admits he did not receive over $100 billion of our tax dollars.
He says he “does not know where all the money is”.
Meaning Ukraine was a massive money laundering operation, and the Biden regime never actually cared… pic.twitter.com/V57yeyegiq
— Clandestine (@WarClandestine) February 2, 2025
Musk: “USAID Is A Criminal Organization. Time For It To Die.”
February 3rd, 2025Looks like some of it will be moved into the State Department.
Via: Independent:
Elon Musk has threatened to shut down America’s $50-billion-a-year foreign aid agency, USAID, calling it “criminal” and “beyond repair”.
The billionaire tech mogul said President Donald Trump had agreed with him to close the federal agency, which was founded by JFK and has the largest budget of its kind in the world.
USAID said its Washington D.C. headquarters were closed on Monday, and told staff to work from home on Tuesday. Several hundred employees reported being locked out of the agency’s computer systems.
“He agreed we should shut it down,” Musk said during a live discussion on X Spaces. “It became apparent that it’s not an apple with a worm in it. What we have is just a ball of worms. You’ve got to basically get rid of the whole thing. It’s beyond repair. We’re shutting it down.”
He branded USAID a “criminal organization”, without anything to back up the wild claim, adding: “Time for it to die”.
Mexico, U.S. Reach Deal to Delay Tariffs for One Month
February 3rd, 2025Via: Reuters:
U.S. President Donald Trump paused new tariffs on Mexico for one month after Mexico agreed on Monday to reinforce its northern border with 10,000 National Guard members to stem the flow of illegal drugs.
The agreement also includes a U.S. commitment to act to prevent trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on X. The two leaders spoke by phone on Monday, just hours before U.S. tariffs on Mexico, China and Canada were set to take effect.
Anti Immigration Enforcement Protest Downtown Los Angeles
February 2nd, 2025Via: ABC7:
Thousands of people marched in downtown Los Angeles Sunday in protest of President Trump’s planned mass deportations blocking several streets and taking over the 101 Freeway, causing “major gridlock”, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The 101 Freeway reopened at around 8 p.m. as thousands were still protesting in downtown Los Angeles attempting several times to get back on the freeway, but Los Angeles police officers managed to keep them off.
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