Collaborate Disseminate
Engineers from the University of Newcastle have come up with a surprisingly simple new energy storage system, built around blocks that store thermal energy like melted chocolate chips in a muffin. The team says they’re efficient, scalable, safe, inexpe… Continue reading “Melting choc chip” blocks could stack up as grid-scale energy storage
It might seem like a paradox, but coal might hold the answer to solving carbon emission problems. The key isn’t burning it, but creating it using carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. While this has always been possible in theory, high temperatures make it difficult in practice. However, a recent paper …read more
“The future of our children is terrifying.” Continue reading Toxic Black Snow Is Covering Towns in Siberia
A new report estimating the carbon emissions for 2018 shows they have risen for the first time in four years, in part due to the growing economy. Continue reading A Strong US Economy Doesn’t Have to Mean a Worse Climate
Senator Joe Manchin has been named as the senior Democrat on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Continue reading Congressman Who Shot a Climate Change Bill with a Rifle to Lead Energy Committee
A new report from the Global Carbon Project anticipates an unprecedented rise in carbon dioxide emissions around the world. Continue reading Global Carbon Emissions Are Predicted to Hit Record High in 2018
Much to the chagrin of local historians, the city of Scranton, Pennsylvania is today best known as the setting for the American version of The Office. But while the exploits of Dunder Mifflin’s best and brightest might make for a good Netflix binge, there’s a lot more to the historic city than the fictional paper company. From its beginnings as a major supplier of anthracite coal to the introduction of America’s first electrically operated trolley system on its streets, Scranton earned its nickname “The Electric City” by being a major technological hub from the Industrial Revolution through to the …read more
Like many of us, [Tony] was entranced by the idea of casting metal, and set about building the tools he’d need to melt aluminum for lost-PLA casting. Little did he know that he was about to exceed the limits of his system and melt a hole in his patio.
[Tony]’s tale of woe begins innocently enough, and where it usually begins for wannabe metal casters: with [The King of Random]’s homemade foundry-in-a-bucket. It’s just a steel pail with a homebrew refractory lining poured in place, with a hole near the bottom to act as a nozzle for forced air, or …read more
Continue reading Fail of the Week: When Good Foundries Go Bad
The government and industry groups have given West Virginia University over $3 million to study whether it’s a feasible idea. Continue reading The Plan to Extract Rare Earth Metals from Coal Mining Waste
Staff at the Bureau of Land Management were instructed to share photos of fossil fuel development on the agency’s Flickr page, FOIA documents reveal. Continue reading Public Lands Agency Ordered Staff to Promote Oil and Gas on Social Media