YashdharaC

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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Yes, they are still in design concept stage I believe and quite sometime from reality.
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SUMR Wind Mills from US Department of Energy Will Be Taller Than Eiffel Tower(sumrwind.com)
3 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|3 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
The SUMR (Segmented Ultralight Morphing Rotors) project at US Department of Energy (ARPAE) aims to design extreme-scale blades that are 200 meters long. Such blades can power 50-megawatt wind turbines and will be taller than the Eiffel Tow
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IPCC WGI Interactive Map:Days with Temperatures more than 35℃(interactive-atlas.ipcc.ch)
2 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|2 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Whichever you play around with the various datasets, what awaits the planet is really scary. Please share this map and make everyone aware what lies ahead for their country/region!
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China now generates more renewable power than entire Europe combined(bloomberg.com)
4 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|1 comments
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MRI of a human talking- incredible we are(youtube.com)
1 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|0 comments
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CO2 mitigation options vs. Venture Funding(substackcdn.com)
1 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|0 comments
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How deep is your loss?(statista.com)
1 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|0 comments
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An AR Model for Life(ycmusings.com)
1 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|1 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Thoughts?
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Absolutely agree with your point here that we are presented with trade-offs in the real world. The data simply shows the facts. Many deductions can be made. For example, it highlights the hypocrisy of Europe in criticizing countries like I
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100days; $100B; Financing the Ukraine-Russia War(twitter.com)
6 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|3 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Source article - https://energyandcleanair.org/financing-putins-war/
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
..wait for it...reserve :) Roughly 11x its active army personnel are on standby and can be called in to serve in times of war. Does anyone know if this has always been true (in times of US and Vietnam far e.g.)? For better context, Vietna
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Vietnam Has the Largest Army(visualcapitalist.com)
1 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|2 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
It is indeed quite a pickle we are in. I agree with you on not reaching 1.5 but humanity has always surprised me and the world has reinvented itself over and over again so I have some faith that we will figure out a way forward in this case
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Thanks.
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What if Oil and Gas Assets were priced for 2℃?(nature.com)
1 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|5 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
An astonishing (and rather troubling) paper was published in Nature a few days ago. It traces the ownership of 43,439 oil & gas production assets through a financial system of 1.8 million companies, to their 'ultimate' owners.
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The Unlikely Star of the Plastic Recycling World(planet.veolia.com)
3 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|1 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
This graphic from Veolia shows the plastic recycling rates across the world. Apparently India claims the top spot!
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Found this on Reddit last night.Now whenever I look into the mirror, I get a flashback of the black cloudy solution! Science is magic:)
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Mirror mirror how were you born? Magic(old.reddit.com)
1 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|1 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
The reason for the acceleration is because most of the greeh house gas emissions (CO2, CH4 etc) once emitted will stay in the atmosphere for a very long time (100s of years, they accumulate). PLus we are emitting these at a much faster pace
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Do you think if people saw more of these in mainstream media there would be more action demanded by them from their governments/policy makers?
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Exactly what I thought too. I find human behavior in such situations fascination. Have penned some thoughts on it - have a read if you like https://ycmusings.com/why-wont-we-switch/
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Climate Spiral [video](svs.gsfc.nasa.gov)
133 points by YashdharaC 4y ago|83 comments
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by YashdharaC 4y ago
Loved this 'climate spiral' designed by Prof. Ed Hawkins at Univ. Reading. The visualization presents monthly global temperature anomalies between the years 1880-2021. Data came from the Goddard Institute of Space Studies (GISS),