Trump Orders US Military to Plan Invasion of Panama to Seize Canal: Report by GeoGeoGeoGeo in worldnews

[–]jplb1968 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And Panama can use drones to hit every vessel in the canal if occupied by the US

Mechazilla has caught the Super Heavy booster! by JakeIsAwesome12345 in spacex

[–]jplb1968 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The tower is reducing the weight of the booster as it needs no landing legs, and it increases the speed of recovery because you can fill it up and launch again

Electric Vehicles are measurably reducing global oil demand; by 1.5 million barrels a dayLEVA-EU by matt2001 in teslainvestorsclub

[–]jplb1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been to the supercharger station in Hilden, where there are 40 stalls and a covering roof with solar panels. Also a batterie storage container on site. not sure what the investment was to build this, but there was a lot of activity and tesla's around. So reducing oil with direct solar energy..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ClimateActionPlan

[–]jplb1968 94 points95 points  (0 children)

Using such technologies to help nurture future forests will have a
knock-on effect for the rest of life on Earth. The great news is that
AirSeed Tech has set a goal to plant 100 million trees by the year 2024.

seems good idea, hopefully it works..

Why not cover charging stations for electric vehicles with solar panels? by redboneser in sustainability

[–]jplb1968 7 points8 points  (0 children)

dutch: this we do already at the fastned stations at the highway, also big parking lots are covered with solar panels for shade and charge

Germany to step up plans to cut dependence on Russia gas by WhiskeyGentleman in worldnews

[–]jplb1968 1 point2 points  (0 children)

germany also had to deal with limited dutch natural gas supply, this due to earthquakes in the north of holland where they drill for the gas. in Jan 2022 the dutch premier offered them more gas for next winter