To displace fossil fuels we need to increase low-carbon energy. While renewables have been growing, a decline in nuclear has offset some of these gains.
City Labs has launched the world's first commercial satellite carrying a nuclear-powered payload into orbit. Lofted atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, the Betavoltaic Orbital High-Reliability (BOHR) CubeSat is designed to demonstrate using tritium as an energy source. Continue Reading Category: Space Systems , Engineering Tags: Nuclear , Satellite
Now, where did we leave off last time? Oh, right, alternative energy sources. I touched briefly on the potential that solar technologies have to offer. But there are a number of other alternatives to the currently fossil fuel driven system we use. #22 - Another alternative that is currently in use is in several places across the world is nuclear power. Maryland actually gets around 30% of it's…
