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Hello Tom,
As we are seeing more melting glaciers (one just
buried a town in Switzerland as it collapsed) and more violent
storms, we are happy to promote our latest book, Hothouse
Earth Extinction: Carbon Dioxide Removal Now,
with another new reason that just cropped up in my Inbox: Legion
44.world which is a
clearinghouse for at least seven (7) major CDR sites and companies
actively engaged in major tons, tonnes, and gigatons of carbon
dioxide removal from the atmosphere! Their motto is “Watch and
Remove” as well as the request to “Tell 10 people.” You can join
their email list at the above link too. IRI and Legion44 both firmly
believe we can reverse the heating trend of global warming with CDR.
On that note, we are happy to announce Incant
launches the world’s largest fully electric ship with
250 tons of batteries and can carry up to 2100 passengers and 225
vehicles between Buenos Ares and Uruguay. After launching its new
vessel on Friday in Tasmania, Australian shipbuilder Incat said the
historic moment “represents a giant leap forward in sustainable
shipping.” Not only for the company, “but for the future of maritime
transport,” Incat’s chairman, Robert Clifford, explained.
Story #1 is an amazing breakthrough for enabling
infrared vision from 800-1600 nm wavelength . Special contact lenses
allow the user to see in the infrared, which of course can go right
through eyelids (unlike visible light 400-700 nm). Results
were published in the journal Cell.
Story #2 is all about storing renewable energy
sustainably and efficiently. It is one of the major challenges of our
time. A team of German researchers is proposing a revolutionary
solution: concrete spheres immersed in the ocean floor. Their
potential is such that California is preparing to test a large-scale
prototype up to 30 meters in diameter. It is called StEnSea (Stored
Energy in the Sea) developed by Fraunhofer IEE in Germany to store up
to 400 kWh of energy by pumping water out of the spheres with excess
low-cost energy and returning the water for energy storage.
Story #3 is a mysterious new discovery unless you
already know about biophotons. IRI
publishes a great book excerpt from Dr. Bishoff on biophotons
(book form or
electronic download). According to a
recent study by researchers from University of Calgary, every living
system emits light without requiring external excitation due to a
biological phenomenon known as ultraweak photon emission (UPE) or
biophotons. UPE varied depending on exposure to stress factors
like temperature changes, injury and chemical treatments, as reported in The
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, “Imaging Ultraweak
Photon Emission from Living and Dead Mice and from Plants under
Stress.” The researchers suggest that these findings could catalyze
the application of UPE imaging as a non-invasive technique for both
basic biological research and clinical diagnostics.
Story #4 is a follow-up to several previous reports
that IRI has done on the emerging technology of sodium-ion batteries
which are expected to rival lithium-ion batteries very soon. A new
company called Biwatt can supply up to 72 kWh with stacked sodium-ion
IP65-rated 4.5 kWh batteries. Visit https://www.biwattpower.com/news for
more information.
Story #5 about the US Department of Energy award
for groundbreaking energy innovation is great to see when the news of
the US government has been otherwise. The Energy
Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) lists
all of the six startup companies that were in competition. The
technologies included geothermal energy development and fuel-flexible
power systems to name a few.
Lastly, IRI is also offering a FREE paperback review
copy of Hothouse
Earth Extinction if you
send an email to me at iri@rcn.com with
your postal mailing address and your expressed intention to post a
short review on the above Amazon.com site. Also, don’t forget to
contact Legion44 to get the latest on reversing climate change info@legion44.world.
You can help make a difference .
Sincerely,
Thomas Valone, PhD,
Editor
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