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- Don’t believe the naysayers. We can electrify the economy without leaving workers behind. The US economy is in the early stages of an once-in-a-lifetime shift from fossil fuels to electric vehicles and homes powered by renewable energy. It doesn't have to come at the expense of good-paying jobs. https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-10-12/editorial-dont-believe-the-naysayers-we-can-electrify-the-economy-without-leaving-workers-behind 9 comments economy
- A company's nuclear fusion rockets could help us escape the Solar System in our lifetime - The space firm has already built the most powerful electric propulsion engine in Europe. https://interestingengineering.com/innovation/nuclear-fusion-rockets-escape-solar-system-our-lifetime 37 comments futurology
- Danish electric-power ferry passes trials, is cheaper than diesel over lifetime https://www.euractiv.com/section/shipping/news/denmarks-e-ferry-passes-sea-trials-in-style/ 27 comments worldnews
- Bill Barr’s Dangerous Pursuit of Executive Power | He is using the office he holds to advance his extraordinary lifetime project of assigning unchecked power to the president. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/06/bill-barrs-dangerous-pursuit-executive-power/592951/?utm_medium=offsite 4 comments politics
- The Power of Lifetimes: Cyclone, Rust and beyond http://pling.jondgoodwin.com/post/lifetimes/ 4 comments programming
- The Power of Lifetimes: Cyclone, Rust and beyond http://pling.jondgoodwin.com/post/lifetimes/ 7 comments rust
- Electric Cars Emit Less CO2 Over Their Lifetime Than Diesels Even When Powered With Dirtiest Electricity https://www.transportenvironment.org/press/electric-cars-emit-less-co2-over-their-lifetime-diesels-even-when-powered-dirtiest-electricity 12 comments technology
- Electric cars emit 50% less greenhouse gas than diesel, study finds | Electric cars emit significantly less greenhouse gases over their lifetimes than diesel engines even when they are powered by the most carbon intensive energy, a new report has found. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/oct/25/electric-cars-emit-50-less-greenhouse-gas-than-diesel-study-finds 40 comments science
- For 750$ you can now buy a wind turbine that can power your house for a lifetime in India http://theusualroutine.com/2016/11/01/cost-iphone-can-now-buy-wind-turbine-can-power-entire-house-lifetime/ 14 comments worldnews
- For The Cost Of An iPhone, You Can Now Buy a Wind Turbine That Can Power An Entire House For a Lifetime http://theusualroutine.com/2016/11/01/cost-iphone-can-now-buy-wind-turbine-can-power-entire-house-lifetime/ 93 comments india
- SolarCity pushing industry to 40% increase in useful lifetime of solar power installations http://electrek.co/2016/07/04/solarcity-increase-useful-lifetime-of-solar-power-installations/ 4 comments business
- Datacenter energy costs outpacing hardware prices -- the power a server burns over its lifetime will soon cost more than the server itself http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/10/datacenter-energy-costs-outpacing-hardware-prices.ars 14 comments technology
- Scholz: Germany to extend lifetime of all three remaining nuclear power plants https://www.forexlive.com/news/scholz-germany-to-extend-lifetime-of-all-three-remaining-nuclear-power-plants-20221017/amp/ 35 comments worldnews
- [OT] [@Duracell] We spent the Miami GP powering the moments that matter with Williams Racing & Ryder of Make A Wish, who not only attended the race, but experienced a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to go behind the scenes, shadowing Alex Albon & the rest of the Williams team https://twitter.com/Duracell/status/1524043918920364036?s=19&t=VwuslxRry5Y-gDX-jH5PYA 32 comments formula1
- “What the right as a whole fears is the erosion of its own social position, the collapse of its power, the increasing incomprehensibility of a world — now overwhelmingly technical and complex — that has changed so drastically within a lifetime.” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/opinion/23rich.html?em 8 comments politics
- If you got all your electricity from nuclear [power] for your lifetime, your share of the waste would fit in a soda can - Why America Needs France’s Atomic Anne http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/24/opinion/24cohen.htm 170 comments reddit.com
- Later this year China is launching the Chang'E 3 lunar lander which is a 1200-kilogram, RTG-powered lunar soft lander with a 1-year mission lifetime & it includes a 100-kilogram rover equipped with cameras and APXS. http://www.planetary.org/blogs/emily-lakdawalla/2013/01091341-change-3-lunar-lander.html 5 comments space
- France to extend lifetime of old nuclear power plants https://news.yahoo.com/france-extend-lifetime-old-nuclear-102331515.html 20 comments europe
- Gamma-ray bursts are the universe's brightest explosions (producing as much energy in seconds as the Sun produces in its lifetime). And a new study shows that being in a binary star system is required to keep a massive star spinning fast enough to produce such powerful explosions. http://www.astronomy.com/news/2020/01/binary-stars-may-be-an-explanation-for-powerful-gamma-ray-bursts 3 comments science
- Ethiopia considering introducing a two-term limit for prime ministers, PM Abiy Ahmed has said. "Seizing power for a lifetime has come to a dead end in Ethiopia” http://ewn.co.za/2018/04/28/ethiopia-considering-term-limits-for-prime-ministers-pm-abiy 200 comments worldnews
- The power of big data must be harnessed for medical progress: "clinical data from a single individual will generate 0.4 terabytes of information per lifetime, genomics data around 6 terabytes and additional data, 1,100 terabytes." http://www.nature.com/news/the-power-of-big-data-must-be-harnessed-for-medical-progress-1.21026 3 comments technology
- Podcast: Laser-powered spacecrafts could enable interstellar exploration within our lifetime, says NASA expert (6 mins). https://www.researchgate.net/blog/post/listen-how-interstellar-exploration-is-possible-within-our-lifetime 18 comments space
- Four Charts Reveal Seismic Shifts in Global Energy Within One Lifetime - Renewables are now 13% of global power generation, Wind and solar now generate more than nuclear power, China is now the world’s biggest importer of liquefied natural gas, China generates more renewable electricity than Europe https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-30/these-4-charts-show-how-much-global-energy-has-changed-since-2000 4 comments energy
- Mitch McConnell’s Protege Inches Closer To A Powerful Court Seat — What pandemic? The Senate is focused on confirming 37-year-old Justin Walker to a lifetime seat on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-justin-walker-court-seat-affordable-care-act_n_5eb2fec5c5b699920770b62f?ncid=engmodushpmg00000006 14 comments politics
- New York Mayor Bill De Blasio Criticizes Michael Bloomberg For 'Masking' A Lifetime Of 'Supporting Those In Power' With Television Ads https://www.newsweek.com/new-york-mayor-bill-de-blasio-criticizes-michael-bloomberg-masking-lifetime-supporting-those-1487697 8 comments politics
- The prosecution of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi on charges of paying for sex with an under-age prostitute and then abusing his powers to cover it up concluded on Monday with a call for a six-year jail sentence and a lifetime ban from public office. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/world/europe/prosecution-rests-in-sex-case-against-berlusconi.html?src=recg 4 comments worldnews
- If she hates Crypto then she would hate BCH too. So I gave up on my crush. I don't like it when people who are capable of making their own choices and have their whole lifetime to make exploits let others dictate for them from their sit of power. https://read.cash/@Gabu/if-she-hates-crypto-she-would-hate-bch-reason-i-gave-up-on-my-crush-e1d8f34a 6 comments btc
- Portable hydrogen fuel cell generator with power output of 400 W. The generator can be combined with batteries, solar panels, or small wind turbines. It is based on a proton exchange membrane fuel cell technology and is claimed to have a minimum lifetime of 5,000 working hours. https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/14/portable-hydrogen-fuel-cell-generator-with-power-output-of-400-w/ 5 comments energy
- Germany extends lifetime of all remaining nuclear plants | Olaf Scholz's three-party coalition has wrangled over nuclear power but the German chancellor decided that the plants should stay running through winter. Germany is scrambling to reorganize its energy mix amid gas cuts. https://dw.com/en/germany-extends-lifetime-of-all-3-remaining-nuclear-plants/a-63466196 3 comments europe
- Graphene-inorganic-hybrid micro-supercapacitor made of fallen leaves using femtosecond direct laser writing lithography. Of the various energy storage devices, micro-supercapacitors have drawn a great deal of interest for their high electrical power density, long lifetimes, and short charging times https://news.kaist.ac.kr/newsen/html/news/?mode=V&mng_no=18690 5 comments science
- Former NASA astronaut creating plasma rocket technology, aiming to make humans a multi-planet species in our lifetime. Also how computing power and cloud computing tie into innovations in space. https://galileoapp.io/can-computing-power-and-plasma-physics-make-us-a-multi-planet-species-in-our-lifetimes/ 13 comments space
- We have too many fossil-fuel power plants to meet climate goals - study | Power plants, factories, vehicles, and buildings we've already built will, if operated normally over their full lifetimes, almost certainly warm the Earth more than the Paris Agreement climate target of 1.5 degrees Celsius https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/we-have-too-many-fossil-fuel-power-plants-to-meet-climate-goals/ 8 comments worldnews
- We have too many fossil-fuel power plants to meet climate goals | The fossil-fuel burning facilities we've already built will, if operated normally over their full lifetimes, almost certainly warm the Earth more than the Paris Agreement climate target of 1.5C, a new study concludes https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/we-have-too-many-fossil-fuel-power-plants-to-meet-climate-goals/ 13 comments worldnews
- Beijing has hit out at “shameless” and “malicious” western “naysayers” who have questioned Xi Jinping’s historic power grab, move sets Communist party leader up to rule China for life. State-run newspaper claims scrapping of term limits does not ‘imply lifetime tenure for any leader’. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/12/chinese-media-hits-back-questions-xi-jinpings-power-grab 117 comments worldnews
- Aluminum "yolk" nanoparticles deliver high-capacity battery recipe - A new "yolk-and-shell" nanoparticle being developed at MIT could significantly boost the capacity, lifetime, power and energy density of lithium-ion batteries. http://newsoffice.mit.edu/2015/yolks-and-shells-improve-rechargeable-batteries-0805 3 comments technology
- Rachel Maddows 15 min opening segment on what is happening in Wisconsin last night got me thinking that there very well may be a civil war in our country in my lifetime. The segment was very powerful and illuminating and shows that class warfare has been taken to the next level in America. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhztyriiho0 12 comments politics
- Tesla May Soon Have a Battery That Can Last a Million Miles. Journal of the Electrochemical Society describing a lithium-ion battery that “should be able to power an electric vehicle for over 1 million miles” while losing less than 10 percent of its energy capacity during its lifetime. https://www.wired.com/story/tesla-may-soon-have-a-battery-that-can-last-a-million-miles/ 809 comments technology
- New study says we have too many fossil-fuel power plants to meet climate goals | Power plants, factories, vehicles, and buildings we've already built will, if operated normally over their full lifetimes, almost certainly warm the Earth more than the Paris Agreement climate target https://www.nationalgeographic.com/environment/2019/07/we-have-too-many-fossil-fuel-power-plants-to-meet-climate-goals/ 76 comments worldnews
- Physicists leverage supercomputers to more precisely measure the lifetime of neutrons. The team simulated a neutron transitioning to a proton inside a tiny section of a simulated universe, in order to predict what happens in nature. They note that more computing power is needed to improve precision. http://newscenter.lbl.gov/2018/05/30/supercomputer-simulations-new-window-lifetime-death-neutron/ 3 comments science