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  • I miss the times when people would make up wild pseudoscience theories to explain coincidences instead of religion. I want a reporter wondering if this is proof that time travel exists or that time space loops might be a thing instead of just generic "Angels".

    Hell, tell me maybe this was a Valar improvising on Illuvatar's music.

  • One major point this article overlooks is that CO2 is a byproduct of the iron ore -> steel process. It uses carbon to bind the oxygen molecules in the iron ore (which is mostly Iron Oxide) to produce pure iron and CO2.

    It IS possible to create new iron in an induction or electric arc furnace, but you still need to add carbon to drive the chemical reaction that actually purifies the ore.

    That said, there are other elements (such as hydrogen which is mentioned once) that can be used to bind with the oxygen instead of carbon, it's just that most of them do so violently. Engineering around that volatility isn't trivial, and sourcing them introduces new logistical problems.

    Ultimately, I think forcing carbon capture as part of the process is probably the easiest way to solve the problem. It's not like taking CO2 out of regular air: it is being produced in a controlled environment as part of an industrial system, so engineering a way to separate the carbon and oxygen before it leaves that system should be very feasible.

  • If the non-food products (which account for about 40% of the animal) are accounted for, the food-CO2 falls by ~40% to about 51.

    This doesn't seem to take into account methane production and its effect on the climate either, which would probably put cows and pigs much higher.

  • I want to believe there's a critical mass of competition in the market already, but I think it's still fragile. They'll keep making cars but with Musk huffing his own fumes...I don't think Tesla has a bright future unless they get rid of him.

  • I worked with dudes that smoked like it was a job requirement that looked haggard AF at 30. I didn't recognize one of them 10 years later because he had stopped smoking and dropped a ton of weight - he looked 10 years younger than when I met him.

    Smoking is bad, kids. And no, Vaping probably isn't much better.