• QueerCommie
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    94 months ago

    Interesting. It would be liberalism to think that innovations like this could fix our environmental crises without a revolutionary transformation of the relationship of humans and non-human nature, but considering this is largely an accomplishment of socialism, and China has greater plans than small changes, this is good. Patsocs always have weird anti-science takes, but those are new to me.

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      4 months ago

      I can give you a long list of battery tech & hydrogen stuff & renewables especially coming out of China that makes me hopeful, as well as ecological civilization shit that doubles as climate resistance like sponge cities that Malaysia’s getting into. and also some example of stuff i’m not big on we’re doing like the 70s era carbon sequestrarion US/EU keep pushing and the like coal to hydrogen lmao

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        54 months ago

        I did a whole project on this last year, but I’m sure there’s more new stuff that you’re more up to date on than me.

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          Maybe. Idk if I mentioned the new desalination stuff that looks promising. Other random stuff

          cold plasma pyrolysis of trash -> syngas (i’ve read this can be quite efficient correct me if i’m wrong)

          sodium ion batteries (appliances and other applications where density is less important, there are already power drills)

          redox flow batteries (very long term storage with many cycles perfect for renewable power stations & datacenters, made from cheap shit, can completely replace large lithium bricks)

          zinc solution hydrogen batteries (80% efficiency vs 50% of compressed hydrogen gas, zero fire hazard)

          floating wave generators for supplying outlying islands nations throughout the pacific

          • QueerCommie
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            44 months ago

            I was keeping up through dongsheng news, but then I deleted Telegram, so I’m not up to date with tech. Thanks for all this, very optimism inducing.

            new desalination stuff

            That’s cool asf. Hopefully developments like these will help Mos Def’s observations cease to be true. My one concern is what happens to all the salt. I’ve heard that over-salination can be damaging to ecosystems. Might there be a coming innovation that will allow the production of table salt in addition in this efficient way or something?

            cold plasma pyrolysis of trash -> syngas

            I think I heard about something like this in like 2018 and have fantasized about it since. I think what I heard was that the Netherlands used it and it was too good or something? I’m glad there have been advancements in it.

            sodium ion batteries

            redox flow batteries

            zinc solution hydrogen batteries

            I’m happy about any tech innovation that means less rare mineral extraction is necessary.

            floating wave generators

            I’m glad there’s progress on those.

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          54 months ago

          oh also on the lithium ion front, there’s a cellulose mesh being messed around with that triples the number of recharges you get. and lithium-sulfur is actually feasible now