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2024-04-18 Wind Power Was Record Growth in 2023

Quote: “”The global wind industry installed 117 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, making it the best year ever for new wind energy – here’s what happened and where.””

2023 was a record year for wind power growth – in numbers

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2024-04-17 Green Hydrogen MUST Replace The Huge Amount Of Gray And Brown Hydrogen Already Being Consumed By Industry

https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/library/roadmaps-vision/clean-hydrogen-strategy-roadmap

I’m flabbergasted that so many people don’t get these facts.

There are many segments of industry that are heavily dependent on a supply of hydrogen – a couple large segments are plastics and fertilizer.  This industrial hydrogen segment is huge and is a major contributor of greenhouse gases.

Hundreds of millions of people depend on food that can’t be grown without fertilizer.  We also are dependent on plastics for a large segment of our lives – it’s all around us.

The hydrogen being used in industry is mostly gray or brown hydrogen, made from fossil fuels such as methane AKA natural gas.

The world *must* decarbonize this hydrogen and end the release of CO2 caused by the manufacture of gray or brown hydrogen.

A great solution is to make green hydrogen by electrolyzing water with green electricity from renewables such as wind and solar.

In order to have enough electric power for 24/7 supply, there needs to be 3 to 6 times the nameplate capacity of renewables, plus energy storage to time shift the electric power from daytime to nighttime.  There also needs to be seasonal energy storage – excess energy in summer needs to be stored for use in winter.

Studies show that the amount of Battery lenergy storage to accomplish the above would have to be exceedingly expensive.  Therefore experts have proposed using green hydrogen stored in underground caverns just as a large amount of methane is now stored underground.

The article talked about Germany going to green hydrogen.  But they’re not the only country.  The US has a similar plan, link below.

Dave (JHAT) and others have expressed strong opposition to this green hydrogen future, and I would like to see an explanation why.  The whole world *must* decarbonize the huge amounts of gray and brown hydrogen already being used by industry.  These opposers cannot just turn their backs on this huge CO2 producing industry – it’s not going away!!  It must be confronted and dealt with if we are going to end our production of greenhouse gases and stop global warming.

Here’s the link to the US hydrogen plan.



https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/library/roadmaps-vision/clean-hydrogen-strategy-roadmap

I’m flabbergasted that so many people don’t get these facts.

There are many segments of industry that are heavily dependent on a supply of hydrogen – a couple large segments are plastics and fertilizer.  This industrial hydrogen segment is huge and is a major contributor of greenhouse gases.

Hundreds of millions of people depend on food that can’t be grown without fertilizer.  We also are dependent on plastics for a large segment of our lives – it’s all around us.

The hydrogen being used in industry is mostly gray or brown hydrogen, made from fossil fuels such as methane AKA natural gas.

The world *must* decarbonize this hydrogen and end the release of CO2 caused by the manufacture of gray or brown hydrogen.

A great solution is to make green hydrogen by electrolyzing water with green electricity from renewables such as wind and solar.

In order to have enough electric power for 24/7 supply, there needs to be 3 to 6 times the nameplate capacity of renewables, plus energy storage to time shift the electric power from daytime to nighttime.  There also needs to be seasonal energy storage – excess energy in summer needs to be stored for use in winter.

Studies show that the amount of Battery lenergy storage to accomplish the above would have to be exceedingly expensive.  Therefore experts have proposed using green hydrogen stored in underground caverns just as a large amount of methane is now stored underground.

The article talked about Germany going to green hydrogen.  But they’re not the only country.  The US has a similar plan, link below.

Dave (JHAT) and others have expressed strong opposition to this green hydrogen future, and I would like to see an explanation why.  The whole world *must* decarbonize the huge amounts of gray and brown hydrogen already being used by industry.  These opposers cannot just turn their backs on this huge CO2 producing industry – it’s not going away!!  It must be confronted and dealt with if we are going to end our production of greenhouse gases and stop global warming.

Here’s the link to the US hydrogen plan.

https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/library/roadmaps-vision/clean-hydrogen-strategy-roadmap

https://www.hydrogen.energy.gov/library/roadmaps-vision/clean-hydrogen-strategy-roadmap
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2024-04-16 White Vinegar Isn’t Neutralizing NiCad Electrolyte

I put white vinegar on the areas where the NiCad juice turned the PCB green, and it didn’t seem to do anything.  So after awhile I washed it off with plain tapwater.  I used a soft brush and a lot of the green coating washed off.  It’s not in very good shape.  I’m wondering if I should try baking soda.  I know that baking soda is alkaline and it’s not supposed to neutralize NiCd electrolyte because it’s also alkaline.  But there are numerous recommendations in the Goo list that say use baking soda.  This makes me rather conflicted.

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2024-04-16 California 100% Renewables for 30 Days!

That’s great news!

One thing I just remembered is that the nuclear power plants (Diablo Canyon, Palo Verde) usually shut down for maintenance in the spring when demand is lowest.  Otherwise they normally run 24/7 and there wouldn’t be any time during the day when it would be 100% renewables.

California exceeds 100% of energy demand with renewables over a record 30 days

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2024-04-15 First Trump Criminal Trial: What To Expect

A comprehensive summary from PBS News hour.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/what-to-expect-from-trumps-first-criminal-trial

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2024-04-15 List Of Largest CO2 Producers Worldwide, And Other Info

Quote: “”An independent think tank producing data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis””

“”The Carbon Majors dataset has played a pivotal role in holding fossil fuel producers to account for their climate-related impacts in academic, regulatory, and legal contexts. Examples include quantifying the contribution these entities have made to global surface temperature, sea level, and atmospheric CO2 rise; and establishing corporate accountability for climate-related human rights violations.””

https://influencemap.org/briefing/The-Carbon-Majors-Database-26913

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2024-04-14 Drone Recharges From HV AC line

Wow!  It just clips onto the HV cable and recharges while it’s hanging there.  Presumably the drone has an inductive pickup coil that’s up against the conductor that’s carrying hundreds of amps.  I bet Joe Tegtmeyer would like to have one of these!

https://www.facebook.com/interestingengineering/videos/1123581112297321/?mibextid=NnVzG8

https://www.facebook.com/reel/415716777728231?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

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2024-04-14 Green Li-Ion Recycled Battery Plant In Oklahoma

North America just got a new recycled Li-ion battery materials plant

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2024-04-13 Now, THAT’S A Keyboard!

https://www.facebook.com/reel/710354327845381?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e

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2024-04-12 EVs Are Taking Over The Rest Of The World Much Faster Than The US

The States need to give more incentives to get more people to buy an EV. 

EVs are taking over the rest of the world much faster than the US

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