Epic progress on the global renewables revolution, a "Yellowstone for Europe" in Romania, a titanium and carbon fiber airship, short corn, offshore wind, the UAW, HALEU, AI for wildlife, and more!
I'm watching on C-SPAN, a live Senate hearing on climate change and its impacts. I dearly with my two favorite Anthropocene writers- you and Jason could both at the witness/expert table to take questions from the senators!
I note that the possible successor to the lithium ion batteries: the ones using iron was brought up by a witness. Do you know anything about those?
This is just awesome. Really refreshing to see and extra motivation to keep pushing!!
A Yellowstone in Europe, that I would like to see! Thank, Sam, for brightening my day with some great news.
I'm watching on C-SPAN, a live Senate hearing on climate change and its impacts. I dearly with my two favorite Anthropocene writers- you and Jason could both at the witness/expert table to take questions from the senators!
I note that the possible successor to the lithium ion batteries: the ones using iron was brought up by a witness. Do you know anything about those?
Yeah, those are great! I've written about Form Energy's nascent iron-air battery plant in West Virginia (a classic Biden Boom story!) https://www.canarymedia.com/articles/long-duration-energy-storage/form-energy-to-build-novel-iron-batteries-in-west-virginia-steel-town.
Sodium is also a promising new battery mineral! https://www.economist.com/leaders/2023/10/26/sodium-batteries-offer-an-alternative-to-tricky-lithium
I thought you might have!