Hacker News with Generative AI: Sustainability

Lockheed Certifies F-35 to Use Sustainable Fuels (airandspaceforces.com)
Lockheed Martin has approved Synthetic Aviation Turbine Fuels (SATFs) as safe to fly in the F-35 fighter, a potential boon for the Air Force’s energy and climate goals.

Military, Aviation, Sustainability, Climate Change

4 points by mikece 8 hours ago | 0 comments

Fed Withdraws from Network of Central Banks for Greening the Financial System (federalreserve.gov)
The Federal Reserve Board on Friday announced it has withdrawn from the Network of Central Banks and Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).

Central Banking, Financial Regulation, Climate Change, Sustainability

5 points by impish9208 8 hours ago | 0 comments

Maintaining and sustaining soil health (worldsensorium.com)
"OK. There are more living organisms in one tablespoon of soil than there are people living on the earth."

Soil Health, Agriculture, Sustainability, Environment

50 points by dnetesn 3 days ago | 26 comments

Norway on track to be first to go all-electric (bbc.com)
Norway is the world leader when it comes to the take up of electric cars, which last year accounted for nine out of 10 new vehicles sold in the country. Can other nations learn from it?

Norway, Electric Vehicles, Sustainability, Transportation, Government Policy

53 points by zfg 4 days ago | 87 comments

Study shows how households can cut energy costs (news.mit.edu)
An experiment in Amsterdam suggests providing better information to people can help move them out of “energy poverty.”

Energy Efficiency, Sustainability, Social Impact, Research

4 points by gnabgib 4 days ago | 1 comments

After 2 years, Coca-Cola's promise to scale up reusable packaging is dead (grist.org)
Despite growing public scrutiny and legal challenges over its use of plastic, Coca-Cola appears to be moving backward on packaging sustainability.

Sustainability, Corporate Responsibility, Packaging, Coca-Cola

22 points by insane_dreamer 5 days ago | 14 comments

Longtime Aspen ski executive thinks corporate sustainability is a scam (cpr.org)
Before announcing his plan to resign come spring, Auden Schendler spent 26 years working as the vice president of corporate sustainability for Aspen One, which operates the world-famous ski resorts around the posh community on Colorado’s Western Slope.

Sustainability, Business, Skiing, Colorado

43 points by mooreds 5 days ago | 80 comments

Mullenweg Shuts Down WordPress Sustainability Team, Igniting Backlash (therepository.email)
Members of the fledgling WordPress Sustainability Team have been left reeling after WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg abruptly dissolved the team this week—an action prominent tech journalist Kara Swisher has described as “bizarrely heinous behavior.”

WordPress, Sustainability, Technology, Backlash

216 points by robin_reala 6 days ago | 162 comments

Plastic recycling: A panacea or environmental pollution problem (nature.com)
Increasing plastic waste is a critical global challenge to ecological and human health requiring focused solutions to reduce omnipresent plastic pollution in the environment.

Plastic Recycling, Environmental Pollution, Sustainability, Science

3 points by rntn 6 days ago | 0 comments

Why Hong Kong uses bamboo scaffolding, and meet the spider-men who climb it (scmp.com)
Hong Kong is one of the last places in the world where bamboo is still widely used for scaffolding in construction. It’s flexible, strong and cheaper than steel and aluminium — metal alternatives that are now more commonly used in mainland China and elsewhere in Asia.

Construction, Hong Kong, Culture, Sustainability

14 points by thunderbong 7 days ago | 2 comments

A laptop stand made from a single sheet of recycled paper (core77.com)
This g.stand, by Seoul-based industrial design firm grape lab, is made from a single sheet of recycled paper. It weighs just 45g (1.5oz), but is sturdy enough to hold "even the heaviest laptops," the firm writes.

Design, Sustainability, Paper Products, Laptops

342 points by surprisetalk 7 days ago | 242 comments

House designed on Passive House principles survives Cali wildfire (reddit.com)

Architecture, Sustainability, California, Wildfires

14 points by dasKrokodil 8 days ago | 6 comments

Innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines (mena-forum.com)
Record-tall Wind Turbine Towers with 3D-printed Concrete Bases were in the news a few years back. Today, here are six innovative ways to float skyscraper-sized wind turbines. These enormous turbines can reach up to 240m tall—about the size of a skyscraper. Since they are so tall, strong winds far above the sea surface tend to cause the turbine to tilt, so platform designs focus on minimising this tilt while still being cost-competitive with other forms of energy.

Renewable Energy, Engineering, Wind Power, Construction, Sustainability

30 points by yread 8 days ago | 12 comments

Matt disbands sustainability team after representative steps down in protest (reddit.com)
Matt disbands sustainability team after representative steps down in protest (i.redd.it)

Sustainability, Business, Politics, Protest

10 points by FireBeyond 8 days ago | 3 comments

Consumer-grade routers on puny power supplies (2024) (apnic.net)
Around a decade ago, I proudly joined the — then still small — ranks of people in New Zealand with a solar photovoltaics system on their roof.

Consumer Electronics, Networking, Power, Sustainability

84 points by fanf2 11 days ago | 55 comments

Is rapid charging bad for your car? Learn about battery C-Rate [video] (foxev.io)
Yes, Rapid charging generates more heat and stress on your battery, leading to faster degradation, whereas home charging at slower rates preserves battery health and extends its lifespan. Let's learn about the C-Rate to find a measure for this:

Electric Vehicles, Battery Life, Technology, Sustainability

3 points by janosch_123 11 days ago | 6 comments

Plastic crystals could replace greenhouse gases used in refrigerators (techxplore.com)
A team of chemical engineers at Deakin University, working with colleagues from the University of Western Australia, the University of Sydney and Monash University, all in Australia, has found that a type of plastic crystal can be used as a refrigerant, possibly replacing the greenhouse gas currently used in most refrigerators.

Refrigeration, Chemistry, Materials Science, Sustainability, Environment

10 points by geox 13 days ago | 2 comments

Redwood Materials recycled a record 20 GWh of batteries in 2024 (twitter.com)

Recycling, Battery Technology, Sustainability, Environmentalism, Business

3 points by peterisza 15 days ago | 1 comments

PlasticList's Advice for Food Companies (twitter.com)

Food Industry, Sustainability, Marketing, Environmental Impact, Business

134 points by Jimmc414 15 days ago | 99 comments

How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020) (lowtechmagazine.com)
As a freelance journalist – or an office worker if you wish – I have always believed that I should regularly buy a new laptop. But older machines offer more quality for much less money.

Technology, Sustainability, Personal Finance, Consumerism

132 points by mgd 16 days ago | 141 comments

Can dumb 'smart' TVs be the EU's next target, please? (thenational.scot)
IT was packaged by the European Commission as a belated Christmas gift – new regulations that mean all new small and medium-sized electronic devices sold in the EU will use the same charging cable.

Consumer Technology, Regulations, European Union, Sustainability

13 points by this_weekend 17 days ago | 7 comments

Nuclear waste is reusable. Why aren't we doing it? [video] (youtube.com)

Nuclear Waste, Sustainability, Environmental Science, Video

4 points by keepamovin 18 days ago | 0 comments

Sport produces mountains of high-tech waste. We've New ways to recycle it (theconversation.com)
Sport produces mountains of high-tech waste. We are finding new ways to recycle it

Sports, Technology, Recycling, Sustainability

5 points by gnabgib 18 days ago | 0 comments

Limits to Growth (1972) (bit-player.org)
"Computation and the Human Predicament," in the May–June issue of American Scientist, discusses the World3 computer model, introduced in the 1972 book The Limits to Growth. As a way of better understanding the inner structure of the model, I have been working to re-implement it as a web application. The current state of this project is on exhibit here.

Modeling, Environmentalism, Sustainability

99 points by Tomte 19 days ago | 87 comments

Human composting is rising in popularity as an earth-friendly life after death (cnn.com)

Human Composting, Environment, Death, Sustainability

9 points by mooreds 19 days ago | 2 comments

Super Juice – How to Get 8x as Much Juice from One Citrus? (kevinkos.com)
Have you ever thought about how to get more juice from one citrus? Using citrus is a must for a number of cocktails, but is it really necessary to use one whole citrus for only one cocktail and then throw it away? It’s on us to think more environmentally friendly and try to be sustainable with our hobby/passion/profession.

Life Hacks, Cocktails, Sustainability

4 points by amarcheschi 19 days ago | 4 comments

Is Societal Collapse Inevitable? (theguardian.com)
For someone who has examined 361 studies and 73 books on societal collapses, Danilo Brozović’s conclusion on what must happen to avoid today’s world imploding is both disarmingly simple and a daunting challenge: “We need dramatic social and technological changes.”

Societal Collapse, Social Change, Technology, Sustainability

16 points by marban 19 days ago | 3 comments

Tiny home on a bicycle provides shelter for the chronic homeless (tinytinyhomes.ca)
At Tiny Tiny Homes, we believe everyone deserves a safe place to call home. We've developed a tiny home on a bicycle to provide shelter for those experiencing chronic homelessness. Join us in our mission to replace unsafe tent encampments with secure, mobile homes and help rebuild lives with dignity and hope.

Homelessness, Housing, Sustainability, Design, Social Impact

14 points by cf100clunk 19 days ago | 18 comments

Nissan Starts Selling Portable Power Source with Old Leaf EV Batteries [2023] (insideevs.com)
Nissan, in cooperation with JVCKenwood Corp. and 4R Energy Corp., has developed a portable power source that uses reclaimed modules from old Leaf electric hatchbacks, in a bid to offer a second life for used high-voltage EV batteries, according to the Associated Press.

Nissan, Electric Vehicles, Batteries, Sustainability, Reusing Materials

7 points by Bluestein 20 days ago | 4 comments

Providing decent living for 8B people requires only 30% of current resources use (sciencedirect.com)
Some narratives in international development hold that ending poverty and achieving good lives for all will require every country to reach the levels of GDP per capita that currently characterise high-income countries.

Sustainability, Economics, Development, Population

12 points by lr0 21 days ago | 10 comments