Cumulative CO2 emissions from 2015 onwards may not exceed 424 billion tons of carbon and that the point of no return (PNR) is 2035 for the policy scenario where the share of renewable and nuclear energy rises by 2% per year. If the risk tolerance is 67% chance of exceeding the-2 degree increase. If renewables …
Iran is launching a cryptocurrency backed by its national fiat currency the Rial. Transactions will be recorded on a private blockchain based on open-source Hyperledger Fabric technology. The Central Bank of Iran will control the issuance of new tokens at their discretion. The new cryptocurrency would help move money and avoid sanctions. Venezuela has tried …
Reaction Engines of the UK could be part of a winning group of bidders for open-ended hypersonic weapons development. They have proven an innovative pre-cooling system which does not require the development of new materials to handle the heat of hypersonic flight speeds. The US Air Force Research Labs are already working with them. They …
The US military is looking at open-ended hypersonic weapons development. There are already contracts for several air-launched hypersonic weapons, ground launched hypersonic weapons, submarine-launched hypersonic weapons and reusable hypersonic planes and drones. Hypersonic weapons and vehicles can go faster than 5 times the speed of sound. Russia and China have been able to deploy hypersonic …
Below is chart of world CO2 emissions needed to maintain various temperatures. The RCP2.6 is the world CO2 diet for definitely staying below 2 degrees celsius of warming and having a shot at 1 degree warming. It mostly requires getting to net zero CO2 emissions by 2050 and then going about 20 billion tons per …
India imported 4.8 million barrels per day (bpd) of oil in June, an increase of 10 percent from a year earlier, according to data from shipping and industry sources, with the top three suppliers Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Iran making up nearly half of imports. India is the third largest oil importer after China and …
Venezuela was producing oil at about 2.6 million barrels per day in 2015. OPEC estimates Venezuela produced 1.278 million barrels per day in July. This is down from 2.15 million barrels per day in 2016 and 1.91 million barrels per day in 2017. Analysts expect Venezuela’s oil production to fall to below 1 million bpd …
India internet is dominated by American technology giants. Facebook’s WhatsApp is the most popular app on phones. Virtually every smartphone runs on Google’s Android system. YouTube is the favorite video platform and Amazon is the No. 2 online retailer. India’s government will be imposing tough new rules on the technology industry. China has been able …
The Lowy Institute looks at economic, cultural, military and other factors of power in Asia. They also projected the GDP in purchasing power parity and military spending and workforce levels. Those are all measures which favor emerging large population economies like China and India. Thus they project that China will surpass the US in terms …