Archive for 2018
A little nuclear power plant that could
A wee reactor with plenty more oomph. That’s what NuScale Power, a nuclear power company in the US, has achieved in what is touted as a technological breakthrough. The Oregin-based company’s light-water reactors measure only 22.5m in height and 4.4m
Giant invasive worms wreak havoc in France
Ease of travel has shrunk the planet, reducing once vast distances to a few hours’ worth of air travel. That has not been an entirely good thing. It’s now not only humans that can now travel from one end of
The EU is moving to ban 10 single-use plastic Items
If you live within the EU and you like using disposable plastic utensils, plates, straws, drink stirrers and earbuds, you aren’t in luck. The European Commission is planning to ban the use of such plastic items by 2019 in order
A road can now charge electric vehicles on the go
First came news, earlier this year, of a brand-new electric car that could recharged itself on the go. Lightyear One is an electric car in development by a Dutch startup that can charge itself through solar panels installed in it.
Here comes ecofriendly solid and coal-like biofuel
Coal is still one of the most commonly used fossil fuels in parts of Europe, yet it’s also one of the most pernicious. Each coal-fuelled power plant releases millions of tons of CO2 into the atmosphere, thereby worsening climate change.
Electric cars will come into their own worldwide
In industrialized nations like the United States vehicles with internal combustion engines account for a fifth of all CO2 emissions, emitting 19 pounds of heat-trapping gasses for every gallon of gasoline. With millions upon millions of gasoline-guzzling vehicles on roads,