The climate crisis is getting worse, with both the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and COP28 in its final agreement emphasizing the urgency of steep greenhouse gas emissions reductions to keep global warming below 1.5°C as …
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Monday’s Friday Reads – 19 February 2024
• Tickets, please! You may not like the name, but you’re welcome on London’s Windrush line (The Guardian) • Northern using AI to trial British Sign Language announcements on trains (Rail UK) • Europe Train …
Continue readingLithium, the False Profit of Electrification: Video (PeterZeihan)
Lithium has played an important role in the green transition and remains a crucial resource for the future of electricity; however, it’s not going to be all sunshine and rainbows for lithium… While lithium is …
Continue readingStationary energy storage system using 2nd hand ebus batteries starts operation (UrbanTransport)
The life cycle of a drive battery does not necessarily end after having been used in a vehicle. The GUW+ pilot project at Üstra Hannoversche Verkehrsbetriebe AG, to which Daimler Buses is a partner, demonstrates …
Continue readingRecycling Spent Batteries is next big Electric Car Challenge (BloombergGreen)
They call themselves “garbage collectors,” but the metal boxes that Li and his team in southern China gather and sell are in reality immensely valuable — and difficult to come by. The seven men are …
Continue readingUsing a car frame, boat hull, or phone case as a supercapacitor (Anthropocene)
Using a clever combination of materials and design, engineers have made a battery-like device that is strong enough to provide mechanical support. A new battery-like energy-storing device is also tough enough to provide protection and …
Continue readingRepurposing of wind turbine blades as footbridge structure elements (NewCivilEng)
A transatlantic research network is finding ways to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades as footbridges. As the government scales up wind farm development, the challenge of disposing of turbine blades when they reach the end …
Continue readingOne solution to fight climate change? Fewer parking spaces (Grist)
Less parking could pave the way for denser housing and more accessible public transportation. In the beginning, parking lots were created to curb chaos on the road. But climate change has turned that dynamic on …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 24 November 2023
• Riding The New Tube For London: Video (Geoff Marshall) • Gatwick: A Great Station Upgrade; Now Sort The Trains And Fares (BusAndTrainUser) • Exploring Stratford to North Woolwich: Video (The TfL Three) • Toyota …
Continue readingWhy EVs Aren’t The GreenTech Panacea: Video (PeterZeihan)
When the major auto manufacturers start changing their EV plans, it’s probably a sign something’s not quite right. For all those who think they’re better than everyone else because they drive a Tesla, this video …
Continue readingRail travel for work: which companies have sustainable business travel? (Transport&Environment)
Flying for work is all too common for some employees. But on some common routes like London-Amsterdam, traveling by rail over plane will reduce the employee’s carbon footprint by 93%. Yet, too few companies have …
Continue readingThe first no-battery, super capacitor e-bike design (Euronews)
The brainchild of French entrepreneur Adrien Lelièvre, the Pi-Pop e-bike uses a supercapacitor to store energy rather than rely on batteries. If riding a bike on a daily basis is too much of a challenge …
Continue readingUnderground parking garages are a wasted heat source (Anthropocene)
A large untapped source of energy could be right underneath our wheels, a new study shows. Cars parked in underground parking lots throw off so much heat that it warms up groundwater beneath them. This …
Continue readingThe world has crossed a solar tipping point: Transport needs to keep up (Anthropocene)
A new study suggests it no longer makes sense to consider the continued dominance of fossil fuels a “business as usual” scenario. Solar power (also known as photovoltaics, or PV) is likely to become the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 27 October 2023
• New video shows the nearly finished Brent Cross West station (IanVisits) • Reflective pavements tackle urban heat but sometimes make feel pedestrians hotter (CityLab) • Kyiv Metro vs the World: How Kyiv Metro runs …
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