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After publishing over a half dozen journal
articles and book chapters on the “Hansen
Climate Chart” and its
inherent linear relationship between global temperature,
sea level, and CO2, which gives it predictive
capability, some acknowledgement is finally surfacing. First
it was from the Geological Survey of Finland and now from the San
Diego Energy District posted on LinkedIn:
“At
the San Diego Energy District and the Center for Community Energy we discuss once a week the
state of decarbonization. Thomas Valone PhD in March 2021 published a
scientific report on the linear relationship of the rate of
change of CO2, Temperature and Sea Level Rise. I was shocked as a
mathematician about how poorly I understood this calculus. https://lnkd.in/gXw5SPzF - pay particular attention
to Section 3. Be prepared to be shocked as well. Without
imperative action to reduce CO2 levels to 300 PPM, (413 PPM
Today), all coastlines and some interiors will be inundated
according to known interglacial and Eocene levels. That change
will be non-linear and abrupt as Antarctica and Greenland ice
sheets collapse. The world has existed during several epochs
without ice. Nature is at bat today, not man.”
Also, www.C2ES.org just
had a virtual seminar on "Scaling Carbon Dioxide Removal"
now posted on YouTube and IEEE Spectrum just
published “Engineers:
You can Disrupt Climate Change” both
with the idea of gigaton carbon removal from the atmosphere. We
can reverse the warming by removing the heat trapping cause.
Our
first Story #1 offers an innovative way for urban transportation
with a hydrogen-electric vertical takeoff car. The company is
Urban Aeronautics https://www.urbanaero.com/ and
says that city rooftops are ready for landing. It is great to see
two potentially green energy sources be put together in a hybrid
vehicle.
Story #2
may vindicate the fans of the ancient Samson mythology since now
human hair seems to have a transmitting and receiving antenna
capabilities. From a free issue and
article on the secrets of bioelectromagnetics, the
research focuses on melanin and the neuroreceptors in the
follicles. Maybe Elon Musk is interested?
Story #3
gives us hope that solar energy is going gangbusters. The
Associated Press is now predicting that solar will power 40% of
the US in less than fifteen years. With data from the DOE Office
of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, the increasing use of
solar offers such an encouraging projection.
Story #4
gives us a picture of the future stability in the energy grid
with 1.6 GWh of the world’s biggest battery being turned on this
month. As it states, the role of battery storage in supplying
energy has now become even more important with heat waves and
blackouts. Therefore, the renewable energy of the world can still
be intermittent but make contributions to the battery bank.
Story #5
offers new technology from Polytechnique Montreal called a “cold
plasma” which really is just a bunch of charged particles such as
ionized air that help plants grow better and faster. Local
greenhouses in Quebec are now using the technology. Cision PRWeb
today (9/29/21) reports that a company Hydroserre Inc., who benefits from the
cold plasma tech for their greenhouse lettuce, peppers, and
cucumber industry, operates over 30 hectares of greenhouse
production and now uses 100% renewable energy with its a
hydroponic system.
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1) Hydrogen Fueled Electric Vertical Takeoff Car
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H2-VIEW.COM
September 2021
Is it a
bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a flying car of the future, and
this hydrogen-fuelled electric vertical takeoff and landing
(eVTOL) vehicle is one step closer to becoming a reality.
Urban
Aeronautics, behind the plans, on Tuesday (Sep 14) said it has
raised the first $10m of a $100m funding round towards CityHawk
from private investors in the US, Brazil and Israel.
The
Isreal aerospace company says the car-sized, six-seater CityHawk
has more in common with birds than with other eVTOL prototypes in
existence.
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2) Human Hair: Antenna and Transmitter of
Bioelectromagnetic Energy and Information
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GreenMed Info September 2021
Sayer Ji
interviews Karen Elkins on recent discoveries proving that human
hair is both an antenna and transmitter of bioelectromagnetic
energy and information; a discovery confirming the wisdom of the
ancients: human hair possesses profound, if not 'super-natural'
capabiliities! For many years, I have reflected on the unique
power of human hair, and more specifically, on the role of
melanin - an extraordinary molecule found in high concentrations
in hair, and whose incredibly unique and powerful properties have
been the subject of extensive investigation over the past few
decades.
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3) Solar Energy will Power 40% of US by 2035
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APnews.com September 2021
Solar
energy has the potential to supply up to 40% of the nation’s
electricity within 15 years — a 10-fold increase over current
solar output, but one that would require massive changes in U.S.
policy and billions of dollars in federal investment to modernize
the nation’s electric grid, a new federal report says.
The
report by the Energy Department’s Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy says the United States would need to quadruple
its annual solar capacity — and continue to increase it year by
year — as it shifts to a renewable-dominant grid in order to
address the existential threat posed by climate change.
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4) The World's Biggest Battery Switched On
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Engineer LIve.com September 2021
Vistra and
LG Energy Solution have powered up the 400MW/1.6GWh Vistra Moss
Landing Energy Storage Facility in Monterey County, California. It
uses the latter’s Transportable Rack technology, dubbed TR1300.
It’s the
world's largest lithium-ion battery energy storage project. “As the
California blackouts of August 2020 and heat waves in the West
Coast gain national and even global attention, the role of battery
energy storage in supplying energy and ensuring quality control
becomes even more important,” said Youngjoon Shin, LG Energy
Solution’s SVP of ESS business. “Based on our timely experience
with the Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility, LG will act as a
solutions partner for the expansion of battery energy storage
throughout the United States, further contributing to renewable
energy for the climate.”
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5) Cold Plasma Could Transform Sustainable Farms of the
Future
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Science
News. September 2021
Physicist
Stephan Reuter of Polytechnique Montréal spends most days using his
expertise in energy and matter to improve medical technologies.
Recently though, he stood in a sea of green to consider how a shower
of charged particles might affect lettuce. e had been invited to one
of the largest commercial greenhouses in Quebec to help the growers
rethink the energy of agriculture. Inside the building, encased by
glass walls and covering more ground than four soccer fields,
thousands upon thousands of lettuce plants floated on polystyrene
mats in a hydroponic, or no-soil, growing system. The crop was
nearly ready to be picked, packaged and shipped. Reuter’s task was
to use physics to help the company, Hydroserre Inc. in Mirabel,
reduce its carbon footprint.
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