EDITORIAL This morning I have read on the Italian newspaper IlSole24Ore that "Google and Microsoft consume more energy than tens of countries". This follows an article I read in May 2024 on Forbes: "AI Is Pushing The
World Toward An Energy Crisis" and, in particular: The data centers used... |
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| Climate explainer:
Blue Carbon Blue Carbon is the term coined for carbon dioxide (CO2) stored in the world’s coastal and marine ecosystems such as mangroves, saltmarshes, and seagrasses. It’s called “Blue” because of its proximity to the
ocean: it is stored mostly in the soil and silt up to 6 meters under the seabed. |
The 7-38-55 Rule: it's still the secret to exceptional Emotional Intelligence (EQ) First described by UCLA psychologist Albert Mehrabian back in 1967, it was later explained in detail in his book "Silent Messages". The rule, as it's usually cited,
states that 7% of communication is conveyed by our words, 38% comes via our tone of voice, and 55% comes through body language. Waymo has doubled its weekly paid robotaxi trips to 100,000 since May Waymo is now providing more than 100,000 paid robotaxi rides per week in the U.S., according to a LinkedIn announcement by co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana. That’s double the 50,000 weekly paid trips the company reported in May.
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Can Pulling Carbon from Thin Air Slow Climate Change? Tech firms, oil companies and the U.S. government are investing billions of dollars in carbon capture technology to suck greenhouse gases out of the
atmosphere. Can it save the warming world? Can bacteria unlock green construction? Concrete has a huge carbon problem. Its production accounts for 8% of global carbon emissions, and this proportion is only getting bigger as
construction ramps up around the world. And according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), we are off track as decarbonisation is pitted against economic growth. |
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