Max Planck Institute Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:50:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Stellarator: The German Nuclear Fusion Machine That Could Provide Limitless Clean Power https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stellarator-nuclear-fusion-machine/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stellarator-nuclear-fusion-machine/#respond Wed, 04 Nov 2015 12:50:39 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=57204 It took 1.1 million construction hours, but the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics is finally ready to turn on the world’s biggest “stellarator”, a type of nuclear fusion machine. Fusion generates an immense amount of clean power, and could potentially solve the current problems related to resource consumption and mitigate the possibility of a […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/stellarator-nuclear-fusion-machine/feed/ 0 57204 Climate Change Action Hampered by Shortsightedness, Schelling Was Right https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-action-hampered-shortsightedness-schelling-right-20131024/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-action-hampered-shortsightedness-schelling-right-20131024/#comments Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:15:18 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=42863 Our ability to make decisions today, such as addressing climate change, for a future that we may not even live to see, better conditions for our children or even grandchildren, is hampered by the fact that our collective brains can’t handle that kind of reward. Ask someone today if they would give you $1 for […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/climate-change-action-hampered-shortsightedness-schelling-right-20131024/feed/ 1 42863 High-Altitude Winds Some 200 Times Weaker Than Previously Thought https://www.greenoptimistic.com/high-altitude-winds-planck-20111213/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/high-altitude-winds-planck-20111213/#comments Tue, 13 Dec 2011 14:47:54 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=21491 High-altitude winds have been thought by some to be the ultimate energy source that will drive our needs in the future. However, recent calculations that researchers from the Max Planck Institute performed, reveal that these high winds contain some 200 times less energy than some people thought, and cited elementary physics in favor of that. […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/high-altitude-winds-planck-20111213/feed/ 1 21491 A new catalyst can split carbon dioxide gas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a-new-catalyst-can-split-carbon-dioxide-gas-20080130/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/a-new-catalyst-can-split-carbon-dioxide-gas-20080130/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:58:34 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/index.php/2008/01/30/a-new-catalyst-can-split-carbon-dioxide-gas/ Tom Simonite, www.newscientist.com A new catalyst that can split carbon dioxide gas could allow us to use carbon from the atmosphere as a fuel source in a similar way to plants. “Breaking open the very stable bonds in CO2 is one of the biggest challenges in synthetic chemistry,” says Frederic Goettmann, a chemist at the […]

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