Anthropogenic Global Warming

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Hydrogen-Powered Car Fueled by Sewage Attempting to Break Land Speed Records

A hydrogen-powered car fueled by sewage and manufactured with various recycled materials may soon attempt to break several land speed records.

The car was built by students at Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) at the University of Warwick and will run off a byproduct of wastewater from the utilities company Severn Trent Water.

The Waste2Race Le Mans Prototype race car (LMP3) has been built from a selection of spare and unused parts to further its sustainable street cred in a world little-regarded for its sustainability—motorsport.

The car itself will be used to try to break one of several land speed records depending on how it performs, including the fastest standing and flying starts for both a mile and a kilometer. Its creators hope to have the car fully up and running in the next 6 to 12 months.

The parts themselves come from Ginetta, a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars based in Leeds. Among its green bits and bobs are materials made from recycled carbon fiber and a wing mirror made from beetroot waste.

The steering wheel is also 100% natural, while the firm ENRG Motorsport contributed a battery recovered from a crashed road car.

“These sorts of collaborations are a great example of how businesses, universities, and the endless curiosity of our students can break barriers and push the boundaries of what’s possible,” said Head of the Sustainable Materials and Manufacturing Research Group at WMG, Professor Kerry Kirwan.

“We’re incredibly proud of the ingenuity of our students and wish them all the best of luck in their land speed record attempt.”

Just thought this is fun and it's cool that they're doing as much as possible to keep it as green as possible. Who knows what kind of things this could lead to down the road.

Didn't Doc Brown use garbage to fuel the Delorean?

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Glad to see nuclear getting a chance. There's absolutely no reason the US should have ever shifted away from nuclear and it's about time we get back to implementing it. It leads to cleaner, cheaper energy that is insanely safe.

US opens applications for $900 million for small nuclear reactors (msn.com)

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Wednesday opened applications for up to $900 million in funding to support the initial domestic deployment of small modular reactor nuclear technology.

WHY IT'S IMPORTANT

President Joe Biden's administration believes nuclear power is critical in the fight against climate change because it generates electricity virtually free from emissions, and that U.S. nuclear power capacity must triple to meet emissions goals.

Small modular reactors (SMRs) differ from traditional larger nuclear plants in that they have simpler designs and can be scaled to demand. Backers say they are inherently safer and will be less costly because they can be built in factories rather than at site. SMRs could be used to generate heat or power and for desalination.

But no U.S. commercial SMR has been built yet. Critics say they will be more expensive to run than larger reactors because they will struggle to achieve economies of scale. Like the large reactors, they will also produce long-lasting radioactive waste for which there is no final depository in the U.S.

These can be built quicker and cheaper than the large plants, not that there isn't a place for the larger facilities. Those concerned with waste haven't been paying attention to all of the work that's been done to reuse and cleanup such things virtually eliminating the need for massive storage facilities for it.

If you believe in man caused global warming, you should absolutely support nuclear as you eliminate the massive amounts of CO2 released through traditional power generation. It also has a much smaller physical footprint than wind and solar farms and will produce more, consistent energy than those.

If you simply want to see a move towards a cleaner environment (water and air) than this is a no brainer as well.

If you want cheaper, reliable energy, nuclear is the answer as well.

[WstateU]

Hydrogen-Powered Car Fueled by Sewage Attempting to Break Land Speed Records



Just thought this is fun and it's cool that they're doing as much as possible to keep it as green as possible. Who knows what kind of things this could lead to down the road.

Didn't Doc Brown use garbage to fuel the Delorean?