Carbon Removal Works. The Arithmetic Is the Problem
Machines that pull carbon dioxide from the air exist and function. The gap between current capacity and what would matter is enormous.
Tag: energy
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Vertical Farming Works for Lettuce and Fails for Wheat
Growing indoors in stacked layers is technically proven and economically narrow. The energy bill decides everything.
Whatever Happened to Hydrogen Cars
For a while it was the obvious answer. Batteries won the passenger car argument, and hydrogen found a different job.
Geothermal Energy Is No Longer Limited to Volcanic Regions
New drilling techniques can reach hot rock almost anywhere. The heat is there; the cost of reaching it is the question.
Data Centres Are Being Built Near You, and People Are Objecting
Compute demand is driving construction at unprecedented scale, and local opposition is growing.
Small Modular Reactors: The Case and the Delays
Building reactors in a factory instead of on site is meant to fix nuclear's cost problem. It has not been demonstrated yet.
Fusion Power: What Actually Changed and What Did Not
Net energy gain was achieved in a laboratory. The distance from there to a power station is larger than the coverage suggested.
Desalination Got Cheap Enough to Change the Map
Turning seawater into drinking water used to be a last resort. Falling energy costs are making it a planning option.
Crypto Mining and the Energy Question in 2026
The argument has moved on from raw consumption to something more interesting: where the power comes from and when it is used.
The Grid Needs Storage More Than It Needs Generation
Solar and wind are cheap. Making them useful when the sun sets is the remaining problem, and it is a storage problem.