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How to produce green hydrogen for $1/kg.

I’m really excited that we were able to join an investment syndicate into this company. “At Terraform Industries we believe in a future where energy is universally cheap, clean, and abundant. We’re developing a scalable electrolyzer to deliver the cheapest […]

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Lunar operations.

“It could look something like this: in partnership with the US government, a private company — let’s call it Regolift MegaCorp — sends fuel-cell powered, tele-operated robots to the lunar poles to mine their icy regolith. There, they separate the […]

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What happened when Oregon decriminalized hard drugs.

“Early results of this reform effort, the first of its kind in any state, are now coming into view, and so far, they are not encouraging. State leaders have acknowledged faults with the policy’s implementation and enforcement measures. And Oregon’s […]

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“We need to take CO2 out of the sky.”

I like this post because of the detailed descriptions of the various technologies for direct carbon capture. I don’t think I agree with the premise that it’s imperative to achieve a specific international target for average warming. ~ learn more

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Innovative small wind turbines.

“Our approach to sustainable energy is creating sleek, innovative, efficient, and aesthetic turbines, with the goal of making them a centerpiece of a worldwide renewable energy movement.” ~ learn more

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White paint to help cool a hot planet.

A professor of mechanical engineering at Purdue University has created the whitest paint on record. “The paint’s properties are almost superheroic. It can make surfaces as much as eight degrees Fahrenheit cooler than ambient air temperatures at midday, and up […]

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Geothermal energy: 2023 update.

“The geothermal technology flywheel is getting close to being self-sustaining. Commercial closed-loop projects should be operational within the next 2-3 years. They will spark copycats if they are successful.” ~ learn more

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For sale: a promise to remove invisible gas.

Jamie Wong, a “Software engineer learning about climate tech”, wrote this primer on Carbon Dioxide Removal and the industry forming around it. He discusses the various startups working on pulling carbon out of the air and storing it somewhere permanent, […]