Technological adaptations: Difference between revisions
From WikiDemocracy
Jump to navigationJump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
=====Researchers design an improved pathway to carbon-neutral plastics===== | |||
[https://phys.org/news/2019-11-pathway-carbon-neutral-plastics.html PhysOrg 11/20/2019] | |||
Researchers from U of T Engineering and Caltech have designed a new and improved system for efficiently converting CO2, water, and renewable energy into ethylene—the precursor to a wide range of plastic products, from medical devices to synthetic fabrics—under neutral conditions. The device has the potential to offer a carbon-neutral pathway to a commonly used chemical while enhancing storage of waste carbon and excess renewable energy. | |||
While the prototype is still a long way from commercialization, the overall concept offers a promising way to address several key challenges in sustainability. It eliminates the need to extract more oil to make plastics and other consumer goods based on ethylene, and it turns waste CO2 into a feedstock, adding a new incentive to invest in carbon capture. | |||
=====Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough===== | =====Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough===== | ||
[https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/19/business/heliogen-solar-energy-bill-gates/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2RmCA2_auMoAmEorZPNP8u5KlhK1NB4FYSVMxw8o6YZLo9ZqVFQt4Rr4Y CNN 11/19/2019] | [https://edition.cnn.com/2019/11/19/business/heliogen-solar-energy-bill-gates/index.html?fbclid=IwAR2RmCA2_auMoAmEorZPNP8u5KlhK1NB4FYSVMxw8o6YZLo9ZqVFQt4Rr4Y CNN 11/19/2019] | ||
