Sustainability

A balance.

Sites

• Drawdown Solution Library — Solutions to reduce emissions to reach drawdown
• Climate Change Tracker — Track climate change, global warming and greenhouse gas emissions

Links

• The floor is lava | Reuters Graphics
  • Urban heat islands: how different materials absorb different levels of heat and radiate back to the surroundings
• Direct Ocean Carbon Capture | IEEE Spectrum
  • Ocean absorbs a quarter of CO2 emission, through electrolysis or electrodialysis to separate CO2 from seawater
  • The concern is that seawater will become more acidic
• Tire dust makes up the majority of ocean microplastics (HN)
  • 78% of ocean microplastics are from synthetic tire rubber, which are toxic and flow directly into the ocean
  • This problem won't go away with EVs and EVs tend to shed around 20% more becuase of higher weight and torque
• Generating Power on Earth from the Coldness of Deep Space
  • How radioactive cooling works, potential for reducing HVAC load, and possible applications
  • How does temperature difference generate electricity and possibly creating "reverse solar panels"?
• YouTube: The problem of wind energy | Real Engineering (16:46)
  • The gearbox and inverter system that controls the frequency of the output to align with the frequency of the grid because wind is unstable
• YouTube: How much progress have we made on climate change? | Simon Clark (19:51)
  • Progress are made, lowering emission in energy production, heat generation, transportation, steel and cement production. Slowing down deforestation and more.
  • Optimism on the progress made based on facts and data over decades
  • Video filmed with physical, miniature model of the Earth, high quality production