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Det dukker fra tid til annen opp tullete tegninger av små frimerker i Afrika, for å illustrere hvor lite som skal til for å dekke verdens energi-behov med solceller. La oss regne på det. Vi tar utgangspunkt i verdens tredje største solcellepark: Pavagada Solar Park i India. The 400MW/1,6GWh Moss Landing Energy Storage Facility er … Les mer
Cal Newport, Oct 3, 2108 Recently, I’ve been dipping in and out of Edward Tenner’s provocative 1996 book, When Things Bites Back. In following one of Tenner’s footnotes I came across a fascinating 1992 academic study from the National Review of Productivity, authored by the Georgia Tech economist Peter G. Sassone. The paper has an … Les mer
I 2023 går startskuddet for norsk satsning på havvind. Det er snakk om to områder: NVE anslår 30 millioner / MW for faste og 50 millioner / MW for flytende vind. energimeldingen som den norske regjeringen la frem, er NVE sitert på at bunnfast havvind på Sørlige Nordsjø II kan bygges med en levetidskostnad (LCOE) … Les mer
Could humans maintain an ecosystem on the Moon or Mars? In 1991, 8 researchers locked themselves inside this 3.14-acre sealed structure in the Arizona desert for 2 years to test just that. It remains the largest and longest experiment of its kind, ever.Biosphere 2 was built to be an isolated, self-sufficient ecosystem, modelled after the … Les mer
Alexander Stahel My view: unless the West get its decarbonisation targets & deadlines in line with China (& India), reducing CO2 is 100% risk and 0% reward. What drives policy? In short: @IPCC_CH. Scientists there believe an increase of 1.5C is the “safe limit” for global warming while higher temperatures may change the environment and, … Les mer
THE BIG PICTURE AI encompasses a wide range of technologies, including: MACHINE LEARNING CATEGORIES Machine learning can be divided into three main categories: MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS There are various forms of machine learning algorithms. USE CASES AI is being used across a wide range of industries, from healthcare to finance, to manufacturing. In healthcare, AI … Les mer
By Invitation | Artificial intelligenceYuval Noah Harari argues that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisationStorytelling computers will change the course of human history, says the historian and philosopher Apr 28th 2023 FEARS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) have haunted humanity since the very beginning of the computer age. Hitherto these fears focused on … Les mer
Tech billionaires are buying up luxurious bunkers and hiring military security to survive a societal collapse they helped create, but like everything they do, it has unintended consequences Douglas Rushkoff Sun 4 Sep 2022 10.00 BST As a humanist who writes about the impact of digital technology on our lives, I am often mistaken for … Les mer
Julia Black Apr 3, 2023, 10:30 AM In early October, Ye culminated a dayslong spree of inflammatory comments about Black and Jewish people with a tweet declaring, «I’m a bit sleepy tonight but when I wake up I’m going death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.» The outrage was immediate. Companies like Balenciaga and JPMorgan announced … Les mer
Med undertittelen «A Brief Economic History of the World» er en bok fra 2007, skrevet av Gregory Clark. Hans teori: Sykdom tok livet av mange ulærde arbeidere i England, og jobbene deres ble overtatt av rikere menneskers sønner, med bedre utdannelse, bedre helse og bedre arbeidsmoral. «Middelklasseverdiene» ble spredd biologisk og kulturell, «downward mobiity» økte … Les mer