These are the 10 worst greenhouse gas (CO2e) emitters, classified using a new method: “Geosectors” (country-level CO2e emissions classified by sector). Become a member to access the extended episode: https://tdc.video/ This is Episode 1 of Climate Change Solutions, a new TDC original series. Video produced by: TDC YouTube channel
View Post Huge container ships relying on fossil fuels transport all kinds of goods across the ocean, creating a huge climate change impact. But there’s a better way to power this transport using, of all things, water. Video produced by: SciShow YouTube channel
Can trees really save us from climate change? For eons, nature has relied on photosynthesis as a big way to keep carbon dioxide levels from getting out of control. But as we have put more carbon into the air, we’ve also cut down many of the forests we need to suck that carbon up. So …
Lithium recycling wasn’t considered important ten years ago when fewer than 60,000 electric vehicles were sold worldwide. But today that number is 2 million and ten years from now it will be over 20 million, not to mention the billions of phones, tablets and other consumer electronics, all of which get their energy from lithium …
Written by: Jose Luis Caceres Background: Fossil fuels have been and continue to be a major source of energy in the mining sector, not only for powering the engines of the heavy equipment and machinery that make the mining processes possible, but also for electricity generation[1]. When it comes to mining, a business as usual …
Mining and Renewables, a win-win and a seeming paradox Read More »
Written by: Jose Luis Caceres In September of 2015 world leaders adopted the 2030 agenda for sustainable development, which includes a set of 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s). This historical milestone signified an unprecedented world-wide commitment in the fight to end poverty, inequality and injustice; protect and preserve the environment and tackle climate change. The …
By: Jose Luis Caceres The current context The ‘Albertan advantage’ is a motto that was coined over the years owed to the solid expansion of the oil & gas industry. Despite the fossil-fuel richness of the province, the current economic circumstances owed to the low prices of these commodities might make one wonder if that …
The Albertan ‘turmoil’ and the necessity to move along with the times Read More »
By: Jose Luis Caceres As we have seen in parts 1 & 2, hydrogen (H2) can be produced from a variety of sources, such as pure water (H2O) and waste-water / sludge in the form of hydrogen sulfide (H2S). The common requirement in both cases, for separating the components of either H2O or H2S is …
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