@engineers_feed It’s not the most promising but it should be the most important : green energy generation. Let’s fix the environment then we have time for all the others!
Before the advent of quantum mechanics, classical physics predicted that black bodies (perfect absorbers of radiation) should emit radiation with infinite energy at ultraviolet and shorter wavelengths, a prediction clearly at odds with physical reality. This problem, known as the ultraviolet catastrophe, was resolved by Max Planck in 1900, who introduced the idea that energy is quantized, laying the foundation for quantum mechanics.
80 years since the Holocaust’s end, antisemitism still exists – fuelled by the same lies and loathing that made the Nazi genocide possible.
And it is rising.
We must condemn antisemitism and we must renew our resolve to defend the dignity and human rights of all.
Unpopular opinion: 😂
All governments should track all their spending on the blockchain, an immutable public ledger.
It's called "public spending" for a reason.
Reforestation is a win-win for climate and wildlife, but large-scale afforestation and bioenergy cropping may do more harm than good, according to a new Science study.
The findings emphasize the need to ensure well-intentioned climate action does not exacerbate biodiversity loss. https://t.co/PSm71ZyHmb
Global heating is racing forward — we cannot afford to move backward.
Governments must keep their promise to produce new, economy-wide national #Climateaction plans this year, aligned with limiting the rise in global temperature to 1.5 degrees.
Cheap, plentiful energy provided by renewables is an extraordinary economic opportunity.
One that will benefit people in every country.
And one that will make the end of the fossil fuel age inevitable — no matter how hard vested interests try to stop it.
This is #climate change and proof that Earth is warming not cooling
A strong Jet stream that normally keeps cold air locked in Arctic increasingly weakened due to Arctic melting, allowing cold air to seep further south as far as Florida and warm air to flow to Alaska
Today, President Trump will issue a series of Executive Orders that deny the climate emergency facing our country in favor of a phony “energy emergency”. These performative acts show the pervasive influence that the fossil fuel industry will have in the United States over the next four years. But make no mistake, the global Sustainability Revolution is unstoppable.
As was the case in 2017, withdrawing the US from the Paris Agreement is a shortsighted abdication of leadership that will only serve to put our nation at a disadvantage. Clinging to the industries of the past instead of embracing the industries of the future may boost the short-term profits of fossil fuel companies, but it will come at the expense of the broader American economy - including American workers who risk being left behind.
This is the first of what will be many attempts to ignore reality and try to stall the world’s unstoppable and irreversible move to a clean energy economy. But these proclamations are not reflective of our political and economic reality. These efforts to roll back progress – particularly the hugely popular clean energy investments in the Inflation Reduction Act – will be met with opposition from both political parties.
That’s why, in the coming weeks, months, and years, climate leaders and activists must not be deterred or distracted. From extreme weather disasters like Hurricane Helene and the still burning Los Angeles wildfires, to the growing number of climate refugees, to competitiveness in the global economy, the climate crisis will have profound consequences for the United States over the next four years.
If the new Administration won’t lead on this issue, it is up to all of us. Now is the time for Governors, Mayors, business leaders, investors, and activists to put their heads down and do the work that will advance the climate solutions our nation and the world so urgently need. We were able to keep up the pace of climate action during the first Trump Administration, and it is urgent that we take up the mantle once again.
I know many are skeptical about the need for clean energy.
Some don’t believe climate change is real – they're wrong. The clean energy transition is already happening, and the United States must win.
This will shape the future of the global economy and the planet.