Fossil fuels

Source: BP Statistical Review 2022, published by Visual Capitalist January 31, 2023 Coal Production If all the coal produced in 2021 were arranged in a cube, it would measure 2,141 meters (2.1km) on each side—more than 2.5 times the height of the world’s tallest building. China produced 50% or more than four billion tonnes of … Les mer

Fonts

By @culturaltutor at Twitter Arial A classic font, designed in 1982 by Robin Nicholas and Patricia Saunders, and once the default for things like PowerPoint and Excel. But Arial has a secret: it’s a knock-off with exactly the same letter width as another font in this list… Arnold Böcklin Designed by Otto Weisert in 1904 … Les mer

Sol i Sahara

Det dukker fra tid til annen opp tullete tegninger av små frimerker i Afrika, for å illustrere hvor lite som skal til for å dekke verdens energi-behov med solceller. La oss regne på det. Vi tar utgangspunkt i verdens tredje største solcellepark: Pavagada Solar Park i India. The 400MW/1,6GWh Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility er … Les mer

Kategorier Sol

On the Law of Diminishing Specialization

Cal Newport, Oct 3, 2108 Recently, I’ve been dipping in and out of Edward Tenner’s provocative 1996 book, When Things Bites Back. In following one of Tenner’s footnotes I came across a fascinating 1992 academic study from the National Review of Productivity, authored by the Georgia Tech economist Peter G. Sassone.  The paper has an … Les mer

Havvind i Norge

I 2023 går startskuddet for norsk satsning på havvind. Det er snakk om to områder: NVE anslår 30 millioner / MW for faste og 50 millioner / MW for flytende vind. energimeldingen som den norske regjeringen la frem, er NVE sitert på at bunnfast havvind på Sørlige Nordsjø II kan bygges med en levetidskostnad (LCOE) … Les mer