2a09:: 2a11:: and 2409:: are the shortest.
See also https://lemmy.world/u/p1mrx
2a09:: 2a11:: and 2409:: are the shortest.
Removing CO2 from the atmosphere is fixing things ASAP. The alternative is leaving it in the atmosphere.
Data centers […] have traditionally relied on renewable sources like solar and wind
I don’t think that’s really true. The green/grey graphs in this article show how difficult that is: https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/clean-energy/google-and-others-have-committed-to-24-7-carbon-free-energy-what-does-that-mean
So, uh… design better lids?
Now I want to see the tool they opened it with.
Edit: found a picture: https://blogs.nasa.gov/osiris-rex/2024/01/11/nasas-osiris-rex-team-clears-hurdle-to-access-remaining-bennu-sample/
Edit2: also a video.
-Os -fomit-melanin -march=icelake
Tuvalu only has 12,000 people. They could probably fit in the airport.
Net positive, like driving toward a cliff at a slightly slower speed.
It’s not like these elements are disappearing into the void. If we start running out of something, the price will increase, and we’ll either find alternatives or put more effort into recycling.
For example, see the increasing use of LiFePO4 batteries, without nickel or cobalt.
Fear not, spacecraft implosions are very unlikely.
Somebody should tell them about the toasty glow of atomic energy.
It makes perfect sense that Taiwan should formally renounce any claim to the rest of China.
What would Taiwan gain by doing this? It’s not obvious to me whether declaring independence would make the PRC-invasion scenario more or less likely.
What else is there to eat in the ocean, that isn’t already being eaten?
I would be more worried about something eating plastic while we’re still using it.
Wait till you hear about the origins of Volkswagen.
That’s 4200 TWh/year, or 480 GW.
Though that ignores the power consumption that isn’t electrical yet, like transportation and heating.
Currently that backup/storage is mostly fossil fuels, so building nuclear would displace fossil fuels. As long as nuclear remains expensive, we will only build it because not emitting CO2 is socially valuable.
Nuclear would have to get a lot cheaper to eat wind/solar’s lunch. Maybe that could happen someday, but it’s not worth worrying about now.
This is only good news if it displaces thermal coal and gas generating stations.
Is there another plausible scenario? Wind and solar are getting so cheap, that displacing either with nuclear is like flushing money down the toilet.
A sufficiently-large pile of cash could redirect that tritium from weapons to fusion development when the time comes. Seems better than not having enough supply anywhere.
It’s interesting that India is building lots of heavy water reactors, because they produce tritium, which would be useful for bootstrapping fusion: https://www.science.org/content/article/fusion-power-may-run-fuel-even-gets-started
I found them via IP address, so I don’t know anything about the company beyond that.