Air-Gen
.."“However, the beauty is that air is diffusive and filled in the entire vertical space, which means that we can stack many layers of air-gen devices in the vertical space to improve power (without taking up additional space footprint).” So in principle, Air-gen can be more space efficient” than other power sources, he continued.
“Moreover, they can be engineered into varied form factors and neatly blend into the environment (even without one’s notice)” versus the example of “a solar panel that exclusively takes up space....
....Its material [ any] versatility opens up the possibility of scaling the idea up to meet commercial or industrial energy demands."....
So will this new Air-Gen be like fusion promises? The future of electric power is near? My first thought of this Air-Gen ---energy harvesting sails--- is the material needs most likely grounding rod for lightning, or really non-conductive material, which they say broad range of materials are possible.
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Nuclear Power
I think humans will race back to nuclear before this Air-Gen hits the market. Again the problem Hossenfelder makes clear, is that we are in race againsts time scales of human induced erratic climate change, via greenhouse effect ergo global warming. It will take time to build nuclear reactors around the world, even if it became a priority for humans to realize carbon foot print has already placed its foot humanities future existence.
...."Nuclear power and hydropower form the backbone of low-carbon electricity generation. Together, they provide three-quarters of global low-carbon generation. Over the past 50 years, the use of nuclear power has reduced CO2 emissions by over 60 gigatonnes – nearly two years’ worth of global energy-related emissions.
...However, in advanced economies, nuclear power has begun to fade, with plants closing and little new investment made, just when the world requires more low-carbon electricity."....
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Fusion Power
..." To create burning plasmas in experimental fusion power reactors such as tokamaks and stellarators, scientists seek a fuel that is relatively easy to produce, store, and bring to fusion. The current best bet for fusion reactors is deuterium-tritium fuel. This fuel reaches fusion conditions at lower temperatures compared to other elements and releases more energy than other fusion reactions.
......Fortunately, deuterium is common. About 1 out of every 5,000 hydrogen atoms in seawater is in the form of deuterium. This means our oceans contain many tons of deuterium. The fusion energy released from just 1 gram of deuterium-tritium fuel equals the energy from about 2400 gallons of oil.
...Tritium is a radioactive isotope that decays relatively quickly (it has a 12-year half-life) and is rare in nature. Exposing the element lithium to energetic neutrons can generate tritium. Scientists are researching how to breed tritium in fusion reactors at the rate needed to make future power plants tritium self-sufficient. They expect that tritium breeding systems will require lithium enriched in the isotope lithium-6. Scientists are actively researching lithium isotope separation with an emphasis on scalable, environmentally friendly methods."...
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Hydro-power ---Himylayas High seismic Activity Zone
.." To tap this potential, hydropower projects are mushrooming in the Himalayan arc—till November 2022, the 10 states and two Union territories in the region, barring West Bengal, had 81 large hydropower projects (above 25 MW) and 26 projects under construction, and another 320 large projects in the pipeline, according to the Central Electricity Authority under the Union Ministry of Power.
.....This despite the fact that the climate and seismic activities in the Himalayas make its river valleys prone to landslides, and that the risk posed by such events has been aggravated in recent years.
.." A group of 60 top Indian scientists and environmentalists wrote an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier this month seeking his intervention in stopping "any more hydroelectric projects in the Himalayas and on the Ganga whether under construction, new or proposed."
..The letter cites the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's sixth assessment report which says that the Himalayas have been affected by warming. The report warns that "rising temperature and precipitation can increase the occurrence of glacial lake outburst floods and landslides over moraine-dammed lakes" in high mountain Asia. Moraine consists of rocks and soil left behind by moving glaciers.
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..." Hydropower is better for the environment than other major sources of electrical power, which use fossil fuels. Hydropower plants do not emit the waste heat and gases—common with fossil-fuel driven facilities—which are major contributors to air pollution, global warming and acid rain. The mining and drilling required to acquire fossil fuels for other power sources also have a significant negative environmental impact.
......Many hydropower plants are located in the headwaters of river basins where they can help control the wide fluctuations in water flow commonly found in these areas. By increasing water flow during dry months these projects help to enhance aquatic habitats. Conversely, by reducing flow during periods of heavy runoff the plants can prevent damage to vegetation and wildlife along stream banks.
With its steep topography and abundant water resources the Himalayas offer sustainable, low-carbon hydropower for energy-hungry South Asia. But there is a catch—the mountain range falls in one of the world's most seismically active regions.
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Wind Power
..."Wind energy is available nationwide. The Wind Vision Report shows that wind can be a viable source of renewable electricity in all 50 states by 2050."
And the erratic climate change clock keeps on ticking and-a tocking...blip..blop...blip...blop
Humanities race aganist the carbon footprint. Will we be Stomped Out or be saved by combinations of the above? This is Walter Dunkirk reporting to you from a underground, transformed ballastic missile silo. Thank god none of the new nuclear storage waste facilities are being built in my area.
Humans living high on the hog......global human population { elephant energy hog in the shrinking room and on Earth }.....
