Tag: RISK
Your Single-Use Plastic Bottles Are Killing Endangered Sea Turtles
Those plastic bottles that are so readily available at convenience stores, groceries, conferences, and sports venues are a real problem: they kill marine creatures. A recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences concludes that plastic ingestion has been documented in nearly 1,300 marine species, including every … [continued]
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Why Simple Fuels Win at Sea: Assessing LNG SOFCs, Hydrogen, Sails, and CCS Against Practical Needs
I was recently asked by someone in the maritime industry whether Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cells could play a real role in maritime propulsion. The question was prompted by the announcement from Ponant, GTT, and Bloom describing a concept cruise vessel for 200 passengers that would combine hard wing … [continued]
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How Outdated Engineering Models Distort Today’s EV & Road Charges Debate
The debate about vehicle weight and road damage shows how quickly a simple idea can gain traction even when the underlying evidence is thin. Commenters often reach for a familiar claim that heavier vehicles must be responsible for increased road wear. The argument sounds reasonable at first glance and it … [continued]
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Tesla Allows Texting While Using FSD In Certain Situations … But Not Taking On Liability
Last month during Tesla’s annual shareholder meeting, Elon Musk noted that Tesla would soon allow texting while using FSD (“Full Self Driving”). That was potentially going to be a huge step forward. Was Tesla about to let human drivers completely stop supervising the car in FSD mode and do things … [continued]
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Seabed Mining Meets Reality: What the Technoeconomic Evidence Shows
I was pleased to be asked to complete the technoeconomic assessment of seabed mining by the National Ocean Protection Coalition and to join the webinar discussing its results. It is not often that I have the opportunity to bring together decades of work in complex systems analysis, technology readiness, and … [continued]
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