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Hello Thomas,
As we are seeing more melting glaciers (one just buried a town in Switzerland as it collapsed) and more violent storms, we are happy to promote our latest book, Hothouse Earth Extinction: Carbon Dioxide Removal Now, with another new reason that just cropped up in my Inbox: Legion 44.world which is a clearinghouse for at least seven (7) major CDR sites and companies actively engaged in major tons, tonnes, and gigatons of carbon dioxide removal from the atmosphere! Their motto is “Watch and Remove” as well as the request to “Tell 10 people.” You can join their email list at the above link too. IRI and Legion44 both firmly believe we can reverse the heating trend of global warming with CDR.
On that note, we are happy to announce Incant launches the world’s largest fully electric ship with 250 tons of batteries and can carry up to 2100 passengers and 225 vehicles between Buenos Ares and Uruguay. After launching its new vessel on Friday in Tasmania, Australian shipbuilder Incat said the historic moment “represents a giant leap forward in sustainable shipping.” Not only for the company, “but for the future of maritime transport,” Incat’s chairman, Robert Clifford, explained.
Story #1 is an amazing breakthrough for enabling infrared vision from 800-1600 nm wavelength . Special contact lenses allow the user to see in the infrared, which of course can go right through eyelids (unlike visible light 400-700 nm). Results were published in the journal Cell.
Story #2 is all about storing renewable energy sustainably and efficiently. It is one of the major challenges of our time. A team of German researchers is proposing a revolutionary solution: concrete spheres immersed in the ocean floor. Their potential is such that California is preparing to test a large-scale prototype up to 30 meters in diameter. It is called StEnSea (Stored Energy in the Sea) developed by Fraunhofer IEE in Germany to store up to 400 kWh of energy by pumping water out of the spheres with excess low-cost energy and returning the water for energy storage.
Story #3 is a mysterious new discovery unless you already know about biophotons. IRI publishes a great book excerpt from Dr. Bishoff on biophotons (book form or electronic download). According to a recent study by researchers from University of Calgary, every living system emits light without requiring external excitation due to a biological phenomenon known as ultraweak photon emission (UPE) or biophotons. UPE varied depending on exposure to stress factors like temperature changes, injury and chemical treatments, as reported in The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters, “Imaging Ultraweak Photon Emission from Living and Dead Mice and from Plants under Stress.” The researchers suggest that these findings could catalyze the application of UPE imaging as a non-invasive technique for both basic biological research and clinical diagnostics.
Story #4 is a follow-up to several previous reports that IRI has done on the emerging technology of sodium-ion batteries which are expected to rival lithium-ion batteries very soon. A new company called Biwatt can supply up to 72 kWh with stacked sodium-ion IP65-rated 4.5 kWh batteries. Visit https://www.biwattpower.com/news for more information.
Story #5 about the US Department of Energy award for groundbreaking energy innovation is great to see when the news of the US government has been otherwise. The Energy Program for Innovation Clusters (EPIC) lists all of the six startup companies that were in competition. The technologies included geothermal energy development and fuel-flexible power systems to name a few.
Lastly, IRI is also offering a FREE paperback review copy of Hothouse Earth Extinction if you send an email to me at iri@rcn.com with your postal mailing address and your expressed intention to post a short review on the above Amazon.com site. Also, don’t forget to contact Legion44 to get the latest on reversing climate change info@legion44.world. You can help make a difference .
Sincerely,
Thomas Valone, PhD,
Editor
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