Titan owner Rush claimed NASA helped develop carbon fiber hull, agency has different story
Stockton Rush, co-founder and CEO of OceanGate, which developed the ill-fated Titan submersible, said the deep-sea submersible's carbon fiber hull was built with help from NASA and aerospace manufacturers. claimed to have been developed. But NASA officials said the agency had little involvement in the process. Boeing officials agreed, saying the aerospace manufacturer's recommendations were […]
We should all be carbon supremacists
Carbon supremacists hold the ideological belief that carbon-based intelligence (humans, cats, fish, bees) is superior to silicon-based intelligence, also known as AI, and conversely, silicon-based intelligence exists solely to serve carbon-based intelligence. I am a carbon supremacist, and you should consider becoming one too. In recent years, I’ve had a number of conversations along the […]
China Downplays International Hopes Of Beating Carbon Emissions Targets Ahead Of Meeting With Biden Climate Czar
According to Bloomberg, Chinese energy officials on Thursday dashed hopes that the country's carbon dioxide emissions had already peaked, following reports in July that the country would stop growing its emissions after this year. China's carbon dioxide emissions were reported to be roughly flat in July. Tracking China's carbon dioxide emissions are expected to fall […]
Air New Zealand Abandons Promises to Cut Carbon Emissions by 2030
It’s too hard and too expensive: That’s why Air New Zealand has abandoned its goal of reducing its carbon emissions by 2030. The airline said on Tuesday that a variety of challenges contributed to the decision. Delayed deliveries of more fuel-efficient aircraft and low prices for alternative jet fuel were the two main factors behind […]
‘Big Con Game’: Corporations Sink Hundreds Of Millions Into Carbon Credit System On Already Protected Land
A large number of carbon credit projects are claiming to preserve land that is already being protected by Brazilian conservation efforts, The Washington Post reported Wednesday. Over the past two decades, so-called “carbon cowboys,” people who set up carbon credit initiatives for financial gain, have launched land preservation projects across the Amazon rainforest, generating carbon […]
GOP Senate Hopeful Unveils Bill Critics Warn Could Lead To Carbon Taxes
Republican Utah Rep. John Curtis unveiled a bipartisan bill Tuesday that critics fear could be the first step toward domestic carbon taxes. Curtis, who is running for U.S. Senate in Utah, introduced the PROVE IT Act in the House alongside Democratic California Rep. Scott Peters, putting forward the complement to the already-introduced Senate version of […]