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Science & Tech
Only recently has fusion achieved net energy gain—producing more energy than it took to initiate. However, recent advancements and increasing private investment have sped up progress, making fusion seem closer to reality than ever before.
Science & Tech
As demonstrated by a recent U.S. Army development that could replace traditional diesel generators, military innovation can also benefit energy consumers and the planet.
Environment
Recycling can be complicated. The process can be even more daunting for industrial facilities sorting scrap metals like aluminum and other hard-to-recycle mixed parts. Now, a startup from Fort Wayne, Indiana, has found a way to relieve the burden on manufacturers by leveraging AI.
Energy
American hydropower is facing some challenges. Experts say we are past ‘peak dam,’ and the number of new dams being built every year has dwindled. Despite providing reliable, clean electricity, environmental opposition to new and existing dams persists.
Transportation
While the freight industry has opposed the Biden administration’s costly, unworkable regulations to reduce emissions from heavy-duty trucks, innovators are finding ways to clean up the nation’s existing fleet cost-effectively.
Conservation
Amid the devastating wildfires scorching Los Angeles, the lack of effective fire prevention strategies is apparent. One prevention solution that receives little attention is grazing.
Energy
You may have heard the cliché to say that “fusion is always 10 years away.” I’ve been hearing that since the beginning of my career. It was ten years away in the late 90s, and it was still ten years away just a few years ago. It’s the unattainable goalpost just over the horizon.
