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Kati Perry Sept. 14 at 3:32 p.m, Washington Post Since modern Lego bricks debuted in 1958, their color scheme has undergone a transformation from just a handful to more than 110 at the peak in 2004. The palette has evolved, grown and shrunk over the decades. When Lego started manufacturing bricks, it started small, colorwise. … Les mer
This says something about living standards (Source: IEA):
publised in Royal Society of Chemistry (journal) Jun 9, 2022. Written by Mark Z. Jacobson, * Anna-Katharina von Krauland, Stephen J. Coughlin,Emily Dukas, Alexander J. H. Nelson, Frances C. Palmer and Kylie R. Rasmussen. Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford,California 94305-4020, USA Extracts and personal comments to a highly optimistic study. For … Les mer
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
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
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
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
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
Could humans maintain an ecosystem on the Moon or Mars? In 1991, 8 researchers locked themselves inside this 3.14-acre sealed structure in the Arizona desert for 2 years to test just that. It remains the largest and longest experiment of its kind, ever.Biosphere 2 was built to be an isolated, self-sufficient ecosystem, modelled after the … Les mer
Alexander Stahel My view: unless the West get its decarbonisation targets & deadlines in line with China (& India), reducing CO2 is 100% risk and 0% reward. What drives policy? In short: @IPCC_CH. Scientists there believe an increase of 1.5C is the “safe limit” for global warming while higher temperatures may change the environment and, … Les mer