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…people globally is equivalent to supplying 7,000 TWH per annum of energy, or c10% of all global energy. For comparison, the useful energy harnessed from 40Mbpd of oil by the…
…hectares of the world’s 3.5bn hectares of forests are torn down every year. This is the singles largest anthropogenic emissions source globally (data below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/breakdown-of-global-co2-emissions/ Viewed from this perspective, stemming…
…there are reasons to wonder whether higher-temperature or even room-temperature superconductors might be developed in the future, from the multi-billion member state space of possible candidates across materials science. We…
…of unmitigated climate change in the latter half of the 21st century, using a framework derived from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Our estimate for $1.5trn per annum…
…energy transition debate follow below. Thunder Said Energy: CO2 Neutral in 2019? (Jan-2020, 9-pages) Climate science: staring into the sun? (Feb-2020, online) Energy Transition: polarized perspectives? (Jan-2020, online) The Most…
…effectively be ignored. This is despite not having any clear expertise in Earth Science or climatology himself. Conversely, our own climate models and conclusions are below. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2021/02/03/global-temperatures-how-fast-are-they-increasing/ https://thundersaidenergy.com/downloads/net-zero-an-energy-climate-model-for-2-degrees/ (2) A…
This data-file aggregates information into the strength, temperature resistance, rigidity, costs and CO2 intensities of important structural metals and materials. It shows why nickel-based super-alloys are used in gas turbines…
…temperature rise due to fundamental gas laws (PV = nRT). The excess temperature is rejected to the atmosphere via heat exchangers, yielding pressurized refrigerants at ambient temperature. Next, the refrigerant…
…engine depends on the delta between its maximum temperature and the ambient temperature (both measured in Kelvin) The Rankine Cycle is a modified variant of the Carnot Cycle, which adds…
…words, if you are worried about the climate impacts of leaking 0.6 – 3.5% methane across global gas value chains, the climate impacts are effectively the same for leaking 2…