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Goldenslicer t1_ja7hyz9 wrote
Reply to comment by ShadowDV in How is radioactive dating used to determine historical greenhouse gas levels and temperatures? by pog_irl
How do we know any particular depth corresponds to a particular age?
Goldenslicer t1_j0rhtce wrote
Reply to comment by shandangalang in Watching sunrise pixelart by vixit_art
Ah, I was primed to think "sun" by the title.
Goldenslicer t1_j0peqz1 wrote
Reply to Watching sunrise pixelart by vixit_art
I was wondering how is it possible that the sun appears so blindingly bright even though it's not actually brighter, and I noticed that the whole scene was darkened to help produce that effect.
Clever.
Goldenslicer t1_izu55u9 wrote
Ocean 'dead zones'? As in, ecological dead zones?
That's where the Ghost Leviathans are. I'd steer clear, they're quite terrifying.
Goldenslicer t1_izu4jkr wrote
Can't we take a giant ladle and stir the ocean water around these dead zones to help oxygen from the surface proliferate down there?
/s
Goldenslicer t1_ixqfe9h wrote
Reply to comment by twisted_cistern in Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all by filosoful
Lol my joke was too subtle. I was suggesting people farmed yeast tanks, as in, plant yeast tank seeds in the ground, then after you water them, the yeast tank saplings grow into mature yeast tanks, which you then harvest.
Y'know, yeast tank farming.
Goldenslicer t1_ixonclx wrote
Reply to comment by KungFuHamster in Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all by filosoful
So you farm... yeast tanks?
Goldenslicer t1_iv1xt5x wrote
Reply to comment by OdinTheHugger in Researchers fed microalgae on leftover coffee grounds to produce high-quality biodiesel | It could decrease reliance on palm oil to produce biofuel. by chrisdh79
Yeah, the issue with solar panels is that energy is in the form electricity, not corn. It isn't suitable to be turned into fuel for combustion cars.
But it doesn't matter.
Right now, the gas at the pump is a mix of 90% fossil fuel and 10% biofuel.
We can lose the 10% biofuel, just go 100% fossil fuel, and use the energy from the solar farms to displace other energy generation sourced from fossil fuels.
And we'd have a cleaner overall energy mix, even with more polluting car fuel.
Goldenslicer t1_iuwlu64 wrote
Reply to comment by OdinTheHugger in Researchers fed microalgae on leftover coffee grounds to produce high-quality biodiesel | It could decrease reliance on palm oil to produce biofuel. by chrisdh79
The corn biofuel isn't just stupid because it's economically unsound without subsidies, but photosynthesis isn't really that efficient of a process at capturing solar energy, which in essence, that's what corn biofuel is. It's solar energy turned into fuel.
We do a lot better with solar panels.
Take all the land we are currently growing corn for the purpose of biofuels, and cover it in solar panels. We'd generate a lot more energy from the same amount of land.
Corn biofuel is so stupid.
Goldenslicer t1_is0xod5 wrote
Reply to comment by Gratchmole in Major milestone for Greek energy as renewables power 100% of electricity demand by Always__curious__
Thanks I appreciate!
Goldenslicer t1_irxkfsd wrote
Reply to comment by tnorbosu in Major milestone for Greek energy as renewables power 100% of electricity demand by Always__curious__
This would make sense if at most 20% of the country's energy consumption is in the form of electricity.
Is it? I actually don't know.
Edit: crap. It is. Using my own source. In 2021, the country consumed 293 TWh of energy, of which, 55.78 TWh was electricity which comes out to 19.0% of total energy being in the form of electricity.
I stand corrected.
Goldenslicer t1_irxcinj wrote
Reply to Major milestone for Greek energy as renewables power 100% of electricity demand by Always__curious__
Why are you lying to me, article?
>Greece: How much of the country’s energy comes from fossil fuels?
> 2021: 79.84%
I stand corrected. The country's electricity consumption accounts for 19.0% of total energy consumption. So it is entirely plausible that the electric grid is 100% renewable yet 80% of the country's energy comes from fossil fuels.
Which is kind of a sobering thought really. That even if we sourced all our electricity from renewables, we are far from done...
Goldenslicer t1_iqyd1g8 wrote
Reply to comment by tyrantextreme in Solar power world record broken with ‘miracle material’ by NickDanger3di
I understood that reference.
Goldenslicer t1_iqyc0nq wrote
Reply to comment by Environmental-Ad7594 in Solar power world record broken with ‘miracle material’ by NickDanger3di
Maybe. But maybe not.
Goldenslicer t1_jd4t8w0 wrote
Reply to comment by westernguy339 in Can a single atom be determined to be in any particular phase of matter? by Zalack
What's a solid liquid?