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Chemistry / Re: Is nitrogen based liquid fuel a viable energy storage solution?

« Last post by evan_au on Today at 10:57:34 »

Another advantage of ammonia as a fuel is that it doesn't need compression/refrigeration to anywhere near the same extent as hydrogen or methane for easy transport.
- Ammonia boiling point: -33C at atmospheric pressure
- Methane boiling point: -161C "
- Hydrogen boiling point: -253C "

Ammonia is a feedstock for biological systems, but toxicity is a problem at high concentrations....

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 08:17:04 »

We seem pretty much pre-programmed, by nature and by our beliefs.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 08:15:22 »

Or, instincts and urges, human behaviors.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 08:13:19 »

Droughts isn't the answer. some of the answers becomes over populations, religions, global warming and its fossil emissions, topsoil deterioration, groundwater depletion, infra structures as well as urbanization, chemicals and other synergistic pollutions as plastics, micro and nano, and a blind belief in 'progress' and this game of inequality.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 08:06:43 »

" Europe's largest desalination plant for drinking water is running at full throttle to help the greater Barcelona area and some five million people adapt to the impact of climate change, which has contributed to the drying up of southern Europe's fresh water reserves through heat waves and drought. "

yeah     https://apnews.com/article/spain-barcelona-desalination-drought-climate-fcef13d68e8e1e760391408195e05804

2019    https://e360.yale.edu/features/as-water-scarcity-increases-desalination-plants-are-on-the-rise

And nowhere do I see anyone questioning why we need them.

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 07:58:36 »

Funny, isn't it. How those geopolitics trains and weaponize already existing internal conflicts of interest into something starting to look as genocides. Then sending more 'aid'.

Who could have guessed?

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 07:54:29 »

Consequences

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/may/28/why-the-climate-crisis-is-making-our-insects-run-for-the-hills

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 07:51:24 »

Human behaviors

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/may/28/ron-desantis-climate-crisis-campaign

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 07:49:35 »

Geopolitics, "warlords", and human collateral. There's a lot of "warlords" around.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/29/niger-cycle-of-deadly-violence-raises-questions-over-us-counter-terror-role

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New Theories / Re: An essay in futility, too long to read :)

« Last post by yor_on on Today at 07:41:01 »

La Nina transforming

" Maximiliano Herrera, a climatologist and weather historian who regularly reports record temperatures on Twitter, said the heatwave affecting Asia was "arguably the worst tropical heatwave in world climatic history" in terms of its intensity of temperatures, its geographical spread and the length of time it has lasted. "

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/26/vietnam-cities-cut-lighting-save-energy-heatwave

El Nino

https://edition.cnn.com/2023/04/01/world/el-nino-forecast-weather-climate-impacts/index.html

And then there is this 'dark horse', a 'Super El Nino" and what it might mean for Northern Europe, transforming its normal behavior into heatwaves. That's a very interesting one, and one we're not prepared for.