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Climate Change Solution or “Worse Than Coal”? New Research Explores Debate Around Controversial Energy Technology

Climate Change Solution or “Worse Than Coal”? New Research Explores Debate Around Controversial Energy Technology

A new study analyzed public opinion on Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), a divisive energy technology featured in the UK’s net-zero plan for 2050. The study identified eight key storylines in media coverage, ranging from viewing BECCS as a “Necessary mitigation tool” to labeling it “Worse than coal,” and found that the battle for public opinion on BECCS is far from settled.

A recent study delves into the polarizing public discourse surrounding a controversial energy technology. Supporters argue that it’s essential for fighting climate change, while detractors claim it’s even more harmful than coal.

Bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) features heavily in the UK government’s plan to achieve a net-zero economy by 2050. However there is low public awareness of the technology, which has split the opinion of scientists, politicians, and media outlets.

BECCS generates energy by burning plants and trees and captures the resulting carbon

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The ancient technology keeping space missions alive

The ancient technology keeping space missions alive

4 June 1996, European space port, French Guiana…

It took more than 10 years to design and build Europe’s four identical Cluster satellites for launch; and just 39 seconds to lose them all in an enormous fireball.

Their remains rained down over the South American jungle as the Ariane 5 rocket veered off course and exploded. VIPs who had been sipping champagne on the outdoor viewing gallery moments earlier were ushered back inside to avoid being injured by the falling debris.

The disaster was one of the European Space Agency’s (Esa) most visible and spectacular failures. But within months, work had begun on a replacement mission, Cluster II.

Designed to fly in formation to investigate the interaction between charged particles from the Sun – the solar wind ­– and the magnetic bubble surrounding the Earth, known as the magnetosphere, Cluster II ranks as one of the most successful and long-lasting

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Bridgestone Golf introduces Mindset visual technology

Bridgestone Golf introduces Mindset visual technology

By:

Ryan Barath




Bridgestone Mindset technlogy in available on all Tour B models

Ryan Barath

Golfers are always trying to find different ways to improve performance and focus on the course. With the help of former world number 1 Jason Day and his long-time mental performance coach Jason Golfsmith, Bridgestone is excited to help golfers do just that with the launch of their new Mindset visual technology across their entire Tour B series of golf balls.

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Mindset is available across Bridgestone’s entire Tour B line up of golf balls

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“We have always believed that the only reason to sell printed golf balls was if they provided added value to consumers and Mindset is our first foray into the printed category,” said Dan Murphy, president of Bridgestone Golf. “It is designed to legitimately help players improve their focus and play better golf. We’re proud of this

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Hong Kong’s Technology Lifeline to Russia

Hong Kong’s Technology Lifeline to Russia

As the war in Ukraine continues into its second year, Moscow has intensified its campaign to strike Ukrainian targets with strategic bombers, lethal drones, and cruise missiles.1 To cut off Russia’s access to the critical components required to manufacture these weapons, the United States and its partners have imposed a wide array of sanctions against Russia’s defense industrial base. Despite Western sanctions, foreign-made technology continues to find its way into Russia’s war machine. Russia’s most consequential partner, China, has extended a critical helping hand to an increasingly isolated Russia, funneling over $500 million worth of microelectronic components needed to manufacture military gear into Russia’s defense industrial base in 2022 alone.2

While China’s support for Russia is widely reported, Hong Kong’s substantial contributions to Russia’s war efforts are less known. Recent reports have identified Hong Kong as a prominent node in Russia’s illicit procurement network, acting as a transshipment

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The battle between American workers and technology heats up

The battle between American workers and technology heats up

For more than 200 years Luddites have received bad press—worse even than the British Members of Parliament who voted in 1812 to put to death convicted machine-breakers. Yet even at the time, the aggrieved weavers won popular sympathy, including that of Lord Byron. In an “Ode to Framers of the Frame Bill” the poet wrote: “Some folks for certain have thought it was shocking/ When Famine appeals, and when Poverty groans/ That life should be valued at less than a stocking/ And breaking of frames lead to breaking of bones.” He used his maiden speech in the House of Lords to urge for a mixture of “conciliation and firmness” in dealing with the mob, rather than lopping off its “superfluous heads”.

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Once again, technological upheaval is rife

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