Mastodawn

NeilBhay May 12, 2024

UK to build first (or second, depending on how fast Ontario comes online) commercially available nuclear SMR (Small Modular Reactor) targeting completion by 2027.

#bhayenvironment #greenenergy

https://medium.com/predict/a-nuclear-revolution-has-just-started-c6b568067636

A Nuclear Revolution Has Just Started - Predict - Medium

Nuclear power is by far one of the cleanest and safest energy sources we have. It stands to reason, it should be a powerhouse of our net-zero transition. Sadly, though, they are also extortionately…

Predict

NeilBhay Mar 13, 2024

Just a little reminder about fatburgs (no relation to Andy Samburg or the movie fatburgers). Just that you shouldn’t flush wipes, kitchen grease, condoms down general drainage cause it destroys our plumbing.

#bhayenvironment #environment
https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/fatberg-nyc-dep-baby-wipes-grease-flushed-down-toilet-sewers/

Exclusive: NYC Waging Costly War Against 'Fatbergs'

New Yorkers are told not to flush wipes, floss and other plastics down the drain, but they do it anyway. When all that waste combines, it creates a clog known as a "fatberg."

CBS New York

NeilBhay Mar 4, 2024

Efficiency updates are coming to the next gen of home appliances and these are via a deal manufacturers struck with environmental and consumer advocacy organizations to outline efficiency standards in six appliance categories.

#bhayenvironment #environment

https://grist.org/energy/washers-and-dryers-are-about-to-get-a-whole-lot-more-efficient/

Washers and dryers are about to get a whole lot more efficient

New efficiency guidelines will save people $2.2 billion a year in energy costs and eliminate 71 million tons of planet-warming CO2.

Grist

NeilBhay Jan 13, 2024

The +Pool is going from concept to Reality targeting an opening in 2025.

While the final location is not finalized (I hope it’s Brooklyn Bridge park), and an due diligence test is to be done as a next step, this ingenious pool not only serves as a public amenity but a filtration system to clean the East River.

#bhayenvironment #environment #swimmingpool #publicpool #newyork

https://gothamist.com/news/floating-pool-to-open-in-nyc-river-in-2025

NeilBhay Oct 27, 2023

The Taur scooter seems really great for a standard scooter in this price range (<$1000)

#scooter #environment #consumertech #bhayenvironment #bhayconsumer

https://taur.com/

TAUR – The Road-Ready Electric Scooter

TAUR's electric scooter combines road safety features and award-winning product design with a user experience that is built around you. Available now across the United States.

TAUR Technologies

NeilBhay Oct 23, 2023

NY storm surge plans criticized as not going far enough (since NY couldn’t handle a simple rain storm that overcame NYC storm and sewer runoff pipes)

#bhayenvironment #Environment #nyc

https://citylimits.org/2023/10/23/11-years-after-hurricane-sandy-plan-to-build-storm-barriers-around-nyc-faces-pushback/

11 Years After Hurricane Sandy, Plan to Build Storm Barriers Around NYC Faces Pushback

Environmentalists say an Army Corps of Engineers’ plan to protect the city from coastal storms using walls and gates fails to address other climate change-related threats, like heavy rainfall.

City Limits

NeilBhay Oct 18, 2023

@rivian strides as Amazon’s electric delivery fleet provider.

#bhaytechnology #bhayenvironment #electriccar #rivian

https://techcrunch.com/2023/10/17/amazons-fleet-of-rivian-made-electric-delivery-vans-reaches-10000-in-us/