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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology

Canadian and British-based company First Hydrogen has unveiled a new concept for a zero-emission recreational vehicle (RV) that uses fuel cell technology. Developed in partnership with German engineering services provider EDAG Group, the RV concept illustrates how First Hydrogen explores how fuel cell electric technology could be applied to larger vehicles.

One of the primary benefits of using fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) for RVs is their ability to cover larger ranges and manage heavier payloads than equivalent battery electric vehicles (BEVs).

RVs often travel long distances, often into wilderness areas far from refueling or charging infrastructure. Therefore, the long-range capability is especially appealing, and refueling an FCEV takes mere minutes, approximately the same amount of time as refueling a petrol or diesel vehicle.

In contrast, recharging electric vehicles can take hours, restricting the freedom that van life demands. FCEVs are also well-suited for running auxiliary loads such as cookers and water boilers, often required in recreational vehicles.

Using a fuel cell powertrain would positively affect the environment by reducing harmful emissions and noise compared to a traditional ICE. Additionally, an FCEV could travel longer distances, carry heavier payloads, and refuel in a matter of minutes, much like a gas or diesel vehicle.

First Hydrogen has not disclosed the estimated range for its Gen 2 vehicle, but the first-generation van is designed to cover between 249 and 373 miles (400 and 600 km) on a single refueling, which takes only five minutes.

First Hydrogen recently unveiled images of its Gen 2 LCV concept, which features off-road lighting, a front winch, and what appears to be a solar panel on the roof. Although no roof rack is visible in the images, the spacious interior could accommodate large gear such as a kayak, and the vehicle could be quickly converted into a comfortable camping site.  READ MORE...

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FBI Gets Involved With Disney

FBI Gets Involved in Disney’s “Plans” to Move to a New State, Federal Charges Filed

Federal charges were filed after the FBI was forced to get involved in Disney’s “plans” to move to another state.

This week, evening news programs and websites are teeming with stories and posts about the Walt Disney World Resort packing up and moving to another state in response to the escalating feud between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, Florida lawmakers, and The Walt Disney Company. 

Millions of online users are searching terms associated with Disney World moving away from Florida–and for good reason.

On Wednesday, North Carolina State Senator Michael Garrett filed a bill called “Mickey’s Freedom Restoration Act,” seeking $750,000 for the creation of a committee to determine how to attract The Walt Disney Company and its Central Florida theme Park Resort to the state of North Carolina.

Some say North Carolina is the perfect place for Disney World to relocate. Others say the best place for Disney World to move to is the state of Virginia. And some say there’s no way the Disney World Resort would/could be moved to another state.


But this isn’t the first time other states have invited Disney to relocate. In April 2022, similar sentiments in favor of Disney and opposed to Gov. Ron DeSantis were expressed by Colorado Governor Jared Polis, who tweeted an offer of asylum to Mickey and Minnie in the early weeks of the Disney vs. DeSantis war, extending an invitation for Disney to pack its bags and head to the Centennial State. 

Only days later, a judge in South Texas extended a warm and welcoming “howdy, y’all” to The Walt Disney Company, inviting the company to pack up, head west, and plant Disney roots deep in the heart of Texas.  READ MORE...

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President Biden's Tax Plan

President Biden's Tax Plan would involve the following:

• tax increases for corporations
• tax increases for high income earners

Outcomes:

1. 335,000 jobs would be lost due to these tax increases
2. there would be a 7% reduction in economic output
3. there would be an unknown % increase in prices

KNOWN FACT:

Wealthy Individuals and Wealthy Corporations create jobs...  jobs ARE NOT created by the middle class or the poor class in the USA

AVERAGE WAGE IN USA :    $60, 575

There are 5,300,000 millionaires in USA

There are 770 billionaires in USA

2% of the population are millionaires/billionaires

300,000,000 people in the USA

Corporations in USA

Employees                                # of Businesses

100 or less                                    153,318

101 - 249                                        89,578

250 - 499                                       33, 537

500 or moe                                    19, 218

Biden's tax plan is to tax the 2% of the US population in order to give more benefits to the 98% of the US population.

Question:  Do you think this will piss off the 2%?

Question:  If they are pissed off what do you think that they will do?

OPINION:  

First --  It it my belief that the most (but not all) of the millionaires and billionaires will be pissed off and if their money is not in offshore bank accounts it soon will be so that this does not happen again...

Second --  Most (but no all) companies will invest in AI/Robots as quickly as possible, so that they can reduce their workforce as quickly and as dramatically as they can...

Third --  Companies will reduce their production, and raise their prices to pay for the increase in prices so that their BOTTOM LINES are not impacted and their EPS and dividends to stock holders remain the same...

FOURTH  --  There will be supply chain problems that when coupled with the reduced production will cause prices in increase substantially...

FIFTH  --  There will be a global impact of this on the global community causing more countries to stop trading in US dollars...

SIXTH  --  The stock market will not like any of this and will begin a gradual decline as the marketplace spins out of control...

SEVENTH  --  Some of Biden's Revenues will increase the movement toward Green Energy but that industry will not be hiring any of the unemployed workers for two reasons:

1.  they are not trained properly

2.  it will be cheaper to use robots

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Saudi Arabia Will No Longer Use the US Dollar

The first lesson you learn in economics is there are always tradeoffs.

For instance, if your country announces it’s banning gas by 2035 it will force oil-producing countries to scramble in search of new alternative revenue streams.

Enter Saudi Arabia: they are breaking ties with the U.S. dollar and joining the China-led Shanghai Cooperation Organization, a massive trade bloc that trades in yuan.

Here’s the score if you aren’t keeping track:

• Crafting connections with China, a superpower rival to the U.S. ✅
• Creating a new financial system away from the dollar ✅

As their Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman recently told associates last year, “[we] are no longer interested in pleasing the United States.”

This is the biggest story of the year.
Was losing U.S. hegemony part of his plan?

Image from Wikimedia Commons

Yes. Of course.

The free ride of the dollar is over. The world can’t sustain it.

Since 1933, the U.S. dollar has lost 92% of its domestic purchasing power. It doesn’t help that almost half of global trade is based on this volatile gumshoes system.

It’s led to events like the British pound flash crashing against the dollar and now fucking the UK economy beyond repair:

• Rampant inflation (10.4%), which the central bank is not controlling
• Daily strikes in the UK as people aren’t getting paid enough
• Real estate is overpriced for mostly everyone forcing them to rent for the rest of their lives

Lost access to the EU economy through Brexit
But it wasn’t just Biden; the entire U.S. financial system — that led to the crashes of 2008, 2020, and 2023 — was ignored by both parties.

Americans think in quarter-long windows and take military and economic supremacy for granted. Countries like Saudi Arabia, India, China, and Russia are looking at the long-term picture, figuring out ways to reduce their reliance on U.S. dollars.

Was it self-sabotage or hubris that got America to its current state?

I don’t know, mate. But we’ve squandered our advantage, and now?  

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Stunning Collapse of US Dollar

(Kitco News) Markets need to pay closer attention to the de-dollarization trend since the greenback is losing its power as a reserve currency faster than many analysts are noticing, according to Stephen Jen, CEO and co-CIO of Eurizon SLJ Capital.

The dollar's loss of its reserve currency status accelerated last year when the greenback was used against Moscow as part of the sanction package after Russia invaded Ukraine. In 2022, the USD's share as a global reserve currency fell at ten times the average pace of the past 20 years, Jen said in a report.

"The dollar suffered a stunning collapse in 2022 in its market share as a reserve currency, presumably due to its muscular use of sanctions," Jen wrote. "Exceptional actions taken by the U.S. and its allies against Russia have startled large reserve-holding countries, most of which are from the Global South."

According to Jen's calculations, the greenback's share of official global reserve currencies dropped from 73% in 2001 to about 55% in 2021. And in 2022, it tumbled to 47% of total global reserves.

Coordinated sanctions against Russia alerted many countries, pushing them to seek currency alternatives — for trade settlements and reserve build-up.

"It seems reasonable to speculate that the main driver of the collapse in USD's reserve status in 2022 may have reflected a panicked reaction to property rights being jeopardised. What we witnessed in 2022 was sort of a 'defund-the-global-police' moment, whereby many reserve managers in the world disagreed with the conduct of both Russia and the U.S.," the note said.  READ MORE...

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Electricity Requirements for 100% Electric Vehicles

In 2021, more than 60% of the nation’s electricity was generated by fossil fuels. While this ratio has fallen since 2010, when the total was 70%, it means powering EVs can still produce emissions. SOURCE: USA FACT


Electricity is also produced from renewable sources such as wind, hydropower, solar power, biomass, and geothermal. Together, renewable energy sources generated about 20% of the country's electricity in 2020. SOURCE: Energy.gov

What you need to understand is that wind, water, and solar farms are not going to provide enough electricity to power 100% electric vehicles in the USA...  We are currently at 20% with a majority of our electricity provided by fossil fuels....

Even if we stopped the production of gasoline for our vehicles, we would still need fossil fuels to generate electricity...

If were at 100% electric vehicles, we would need fossil fuels for commercial and military aircraft as well as military vessels and cruise ship vessels unless we decided to go nuclear power...  which in and of itself is dangerous.

Until we find a better way to generate electricity, we are going to be reliant upon fossil fuels for the next several decades.

HOWEVER...

Hydrogen powered vehicles do not require electricity or fossil fuels...  all they required is WATER and a conversion process...

It makes more sense to go hydrogen than electric and there will not be all this silly investment into solar, wind, and hydro to generate electricity...  except for maybe a home or a business.

We need to think through some of our ideas before we jump up and say this is the only way to go...  doing that makes us look stupid and foolish...  

WHO WANTS TO FOLLOW SOMEONE WHO IS STUPID AND FOOLISH???

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Strange Matter Observed

Jefferson Lab’s CEBAF Large Acceptance Spectrometer in Experimental Hall B. 

Credit: DOE’s Jefferson Lab

New findings from Jefferson Laboratory shed light on the process of forming strange matter from ordinary matter.

Nuclear physicists have made a groundbreaking discovery through their unique analysis of experimental data. For the first time ever, they have observed the production of lambda particles, also known as “strange matter,” through a process called semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering (SIDIS). 

The data obtained also suggests that the building blocks of protons, quarks, and gluons can sometimes march through the nucleus of an atom in pairs referred to as diquarks. The experiment was carried out at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility, which is run by the U.S. Department of Energy.

This achievement has been the culmination of many years of hard work. The data that was used in this study was originally gathered in 2004. Lamiaa El Fassi, who is currently serving as an associate professor of physics at Mississippi State University and is the lead researcher of this project, initially analyzed these data while she was working on her thesis project to obtain her graduate degree on a different topic.


Nearly a decade after completing her initial research with these data, El Fassi revisited the dataset and led her group through a careful analysis to yield these unprecedented measurements. The dataset comes from experiments in Jefferson Lab’s Continuous Electron Beam Accelerator Facility (CEBAF), a DOE user facility. 

In the experiment, nuclear physicists tracked what happened when electrons from CEBAF scatter off the target nucleus and probe the confined quarks inside protons and neutrons. The results were recently published in Physical Review Letters.


“These studies help build a story, analogous to a motion picture, of how the struck quark turns into hadrons. In a new paper, we report first-ever observations of such a study for the lambda baryon in the forward and backward fragmentation regions,” El Fassi said.

In like a lambda, out like a pion
Like the more familiar protons and neutrons, each lambda is made up of three quarks.  READ MORE...

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Turning Solar Power Into Hydrogen Fuel

 

• Researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology broke through the 1-kilowatt ceiling of green hydrogen generation using solar energy.
• The system turns solar power into hydrogen, oxygen, and heat.
• The lab wants to find new ways to use solar to create useful energy sources.

Researchers in Switzerland took a promising lab experiment and scaled it into a real-world example of how we could use solar energy to produce green hydrogen. Their system broke the coveted 1-kilowatt ceiling for green hydrogen production, and offers a new commercialization opportunity.

This efficient convertor of solar energy to fuel functions as an efficient artificial photosynthesis system, according to a new study by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) published in Nature Energy. It also produces useful byproducts of oxygen and heat.

“This is the first system-level demonstration of solar hydrogen generation,” Sophia Haussener, head of the Laboratory of Renewable Energy Science and Engineering in the School of Engineering at EPFL, says in a news release. 

“Unlike typical lab-scale demonstrations, it includes all auxiliary devices and components, so it gives us a better idea of the energy efficiency you can expect once you consider the complete system, and not just the device itself.”

To make it all happen, a system that looks like a satellite dish has been engineered to act like a tree. The 23-foot-diameter dish concentrates the sun’s radiation power nearly 1,000 times. 

When water is piped into the system, a connected reactor uses photoelectrochemical cells powered by that concentrated solar radiation to split the water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen. 

The process—dubbed artificial photosynthesis—also generates heat, which can move through a heat exchanger to reach a useful finished state.  READ MORE...

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