This is promising research...

[Darkwind]

I'm not a believer in man-made climate change. The climate was changing 100s of millions of years before mankind ever trod on this rock. However, I am a believer in man-made pollution. The evidence is all around us, and to Me, this is a great threat to the quality of life for people in the future. Like everyone else, I have people who will have to live here going forward, and with the birth of my great-granddaughter a week ago, I'm more concerned with a quality local environment over some hair-on-fire fearmongering climate Bovine Scat.

But that doesn't mean I'm against researching and learning new ways to clean up after ourselves. I found this article very interesting in that it hits towo of those concerns. Cleaning up local enviroment and creating an affordable and cleaner fuel.

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From Perplexity.ai news.

Scientists turn wastewater contaminants into hydrogen fuel

Scientists at RMIT University have developed a method to harness heavy metals and other contaminants in wastewater to boost green hydrogen production, potentially addressing both water scarcity and clean energy challenges simultaneously. The technology transforms what has traditionally been an environmental liability into a catalyst for sustainable fuel generation.

The research, published in ACS Electrochemistry, demonstrates how platinum, chromium, nickel and other metals naturally present in wastewater can be captured and repurposed to accelerate the water-splitting process that produces hydrogen12. This approach eliminates the need for expensive purification steps typically required for hydrogen production.

The experimental system uses specially designed electrodes with carbon surfaces made from agricultural waste that attract metals from wastewater to form what researchers call "cocktail catalysts"1. These mixed-metal catalysts prove more efficient at conducting electricity and speeding up hydrogen production than traditional purified water methods.

"The advantage of our innovation over others to produce green hydrogen is that it harnesses wastewater's inherent materials rather than requiring purified water or additional steps," said Associate Professor Nasir Mahmood, lead researcher from RMIT's School of Science12.

The process works by placing two electrodes in partially treated wastewater and powering the system with renewable energy. As electricity flows through the water, it triggers chemical reactions that split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen1.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production

The research builds on RMIT's broader platform of innovations for producing hydrogen from challenging water sources, including previous breakthroughs with seawater splitting and biosolids conversion12. The university won the 2024 Water Minister's Climate Innovation Challenge for related work producing green hydrogen from solar energy and recycled water34.

Co-lead researcher Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi emphasized the technology's dual benefits: "Our innovation addresses both pollution reduction and water scarcity, benefiting the energy and water sectors"12.

With more than 80% of global wastewater discharged untreated, the approach offers potential to convert an environmental problem into clean energy production12. The team is now seeking industry partnerships to scale the technology for commercial applications.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production
3. Green hydrogen innovation by South East Water and RMIT recognized by Water Minister’s Challenge
4. Green hydrogen breakthrough wins 2024 Climate Innovation Challenge - Australian Manufacturing

 

[sealybobo]

I'm not a believer in man-made climate change. The climate was changing 100s of millions of years before mankind ever trod on this rock. However, I am a believer in man-made pollution. The evidence is all around us, and to Me, this is a great threat to the quality of life for people in the future. Like everyone else, I have people who will have to live here going forward, and with the birth of my great-granddaughter a week ago, I'm more concerned with a quality local environment over some hair-on-fire fearmongering climate Bovine Scat.

But that doesn't mean I'm against researching and learning new ways to clean up after ourselves. I found this article very interesting in that it hits towo of those concerns. Cleaning up local enviroment and creating an affordable and cleaner fuel.

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From Perplexity.ai news.

Scientists turn wastewater contaminants into hydrogen fuel

Scientists at RMIT University have developed a method to harness heavy metals and other contaminants in wastewater to boost green hydrogen production, potentially addressing both water scarcity and clean energy challenges simultaneously. The technology transforms what has traditionally been an environmental liability into a catalyst for sustainable fuel generation.

The research, published in ACS Electrochemistry, demonstrates how platinum, chromium, nickel and other metals naturally present in wastewater can be captured and repurposed to accelerate the water-splitting process that produces hydrogen12. This approach eliminates the need for expensive purification steps typically required for hydrogen production.

The experimental system uses specially designed electrodes with carbon surfaces made from agricultural waste that attract metals from wastewater to form what researchers call "cocktail catalysts"1. These mixed-metal catalysts prove more efficient at conducting electricity and speeding up hydrogen production than traditional purified water methods.

"The advantage of our innovation over others to produce green hydrogen is that it harnesses wastewater's inherent materials rather than requiring purified water or additional steps," said Associate Professor Nasir Mahmood, lead researcher from RMIT's School of Science12.

The process works by placing two electrodes in partially treated wastewater and powering the system with renewable energy. As electricity flows through the water, it triggers chemical reactions that split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen1.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production

The research builds on RMIT's broader platform of innovations for producing hydrogen from challenging water sources, including previous breakthroughs with seawater splitting and biosolids conversion12. The university won the 2024 Water Minister's Climate Innovation Challenge for related work producing green hydrogen from solar energy and recycled water34.

Co-lead researcher Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi emphasized the technology's dual benefits: "Our innovation addresses both pollution reduction and water scarcity, benefiting the energy and water sectors"12.

With more than 80% of global wastewater discharged untreated, the approach offers potential to convert an environmental problem into clean energy production12. The team is now seeking industry partnerships to scale the technology for commercial applications.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production
3. Green hydrogen innovation by South East Water and RMIT recognized by Water Minister’s Challenge
4. Green hydrogen breakthrough wins 2024 Climate Innovation Challenge - Australian ManufacturWe ing

The climate has always and will always change. That doesn't mean man can't affect the climate in a negative or positive way. We can pollute more or less. We can plant trees or cut trees down. We could drive a battery car around or a gas guzzler.

What I love is Man Made Climate Change is mostly negatively affecting people who don't believe in it. Like people in Texas.

 

[Darkwind]

The climate has always and will always change. That doesn't mean man can't affect the climate in a negative or positive way. We can pollute more or less. We can plant trees or cut trees down. We could drive a battery car around or a gas guzzler.

What I love is Man Made Climate Change is mostly negatively affecting people who don't believe in it. Like people in Texas.

Just stop. Talk about the research in the article. I reject your entire notion of man-made climate crisis. I reject it in its entirety.

However, we have ample proof of ground water contamination, landfill issues of leaching into ground water, and plastics getting into everywhere. One of the largest obstacles to cleaning up these troubled areas, along with other economic issues of cheap energy, is a reliance on petroleum for transportation. The greatest and best way to clean up after ourselves is to provide a cheap and reliable fuel that also has a minimal impact on the environment.

 

[Dirk the Daring]

The climate has always and will always change. That doesn't mean man can't affect the climate in a negative or positive way. We can pollute more or less. We can plant trees or cut trees down. We could drive a battery car around or a gas guzzler.

What I love is Man Made Climate Change is mostly negatively affecting people who don't believe in it. Like people in Texas.

'negatively affecting' is an oddly dispassionate way of saying 'killing and destroying families.' And yes, this HAS to be MAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE because as everyone knows, tropical storms NEVER stalled over land before people invented cars!

 

[sealybobo]

'negatively affecting' is an oddly dispassionate way of saying 'killing and destroying families.' And yes, this HAS to be MAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE because as everyone knows, tropical storms NEVER stalled over land before people invented cars!

You and Darkwind are smarter than NASA and Elon Musk? They understand MMCC is real.

 

[Donald H]

I'm not a believer in man-made climate change. The climate was changing 100s of millions of years before mankind ever trod on this rock. However, I am a believer in man-made pollution. The evidence is all around us, and to Me, this is a great threat to the quality of life for people in the future. Like everyone else, I have people who will have to live here going forward, and with the birth of my great-granddaughter a week ago, I'm more concerned with a quality local environment over some hair-on-fire fearmongering climate Bovine Scat.

But that doesn't mean I'm against researching and learning new ways to clean up after ourselves. I found this article very interesting in that it hits towo of those concerns. Cleaning up local enviroment and creating an affordable and cleaner fuel.

*************

From Perplexity.ai news.

Scientists turn wastewater contaminants into hydrogen fuel

Scientists at RMIT University have developed a method to harness heavy metals and other contaminants in wastewater to boost green hydrogen production, potentially addressing both water scarcity and clean energy challenges simultaneously. The technology transforms what has traditionally been an environmental liability into a catalyst for sustainable fuel generation.

The research, published in ACS Electrochemistry, demonstrates how platinum, chromium, nickel and other metals naturally present in wastewater can be captured and repurposed to accelerate the water-splitting process that produces hydrogen12. This approach eliminates the need for expensive purification steps typically required for hydrogen production.

The experimental system uses specially designed electrodes with carbon surfaces made from agricultural waste that attract metals from wastewater to form what researchers call "cocktail catalysts"1. These mixed-metal catalysts prove more efficient at conducting electricity and speeding up hydrogen production than traditional purified water methods.

"The advantage of our innovation over others to produce green hydrogen is that it harnesses wastewater's inherent materials rather than requiring purified water or additional steps," said Associate Professor Nasir Mahmood, lead researcher from RMIT's School of Science12.

The process works by placing two electrodes in partially treated wastewater and powering the system with renewable energy. As electricity flows through the water, it triggers chemical reactions that split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen1.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production

The research builds on RMIT's broader platform of innovations for producing hydrogen from challenging water sources, including previous breakthroughs with seawater splitting and biosolids conversion12. The university won the 2024 Water Minister's Climate Innovation Challenge for related work producing green hydrogen from solar energy and recycled water34.

Co-lead researcher Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi emphasized the technology's dual benefits: "Our innovation addresses both pollution reduction and water scarcity, benefiting the energy and water sectors"12.

With more than 80% of global wastewater discharged untreated, the approach offers potential to convert an environmental problem into clean energy production12. The team is now seeking industry partnerships to scale the technology for commercial applications.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production
3. Green hydrogen innovation by South East Water and RMIT recognized by Water Minister’s Challenge
4. Green hydrogen breakthrough wins 2024 Climate Innovation Challenge - Australian Manufacturing

Change of opinion comes slow to others too. Just as long as you aren't supposing that only the god can influence climate, your opinions can be heard and refuted.

You need to first of all, discourage spamming by Christians who usually want to trot out their god as being responsible for the mess we've made of our earth.

 

[Darkwind]

You and Darkwind are smarter than NASA and Elon Musk? They understand MMCC is real.

NASA has become politicized. They are smart enough to manipulate the language while protecting the data through the politcis of personal destruction.

I don't have to be smarter than an agency that is advocating a political ideology over all else.

This is a direct effort at the creation of cheap, reliable, and sustainable energy. I will support these kinds of efforts over spending 100 trillion dollars in the next 50 years and not affect anything.

 

[sealybobo]

NASA has become politicized. They are smart enough to manipulate the language while protecting the data through the politcis of personal destruction.

I don't have to be smarter than an agency that is advocating a political ideology over all else.

This is a direct effort at the creation of cheap, reliable, and sustainable energy. I will support these kinds of efforts over spending 100 trillion dollars in the next 50 years and not affect anything.

You've politicized it.

Or it could be the oil companies are lying to you because they want to continue making money on oil?

I told a guy yesterday I'm not perfect but I feel like a one eyed man in a country full of blind people. Or at least being run by blind people. Or being run by the people who blinded you.

 

[IM2]

Man-made climate change is real. While the climate has changed in the past, we don't know what effect humans had on that change. Furthermore, the changes occurring now are happening far faster than the so-called normal ways that climate has changed, and people who have spent their lives studying this without being paid for by fossil fuel companies are showing us evidence of it.

 

[sealybobo]

Man-made climate change is real. While the climate has changed in the past, we don't know what effect humans had on that change. Furthermore, the changes occurring now are happening far faster than the so-called normal ways that climate has changed, and people who have spent their lives studying this without being paid for by fossil fuel companies are showing us evidence of it.

You know what I can't believe? That we are even having this conversation still. Man made climate change is pretty much a fact. It's so obvious that the Republicans are paid by the oil and coal companies to deny man made climate change. It's ONLY Republicans who deny MMCC and even they are split on this. For example Elon knows it's real. So it's probably 50% of Republican voters or lets call it 25% of Americans who deny man made climate change is real.

A significant majority of the world's population believes in climate change. Surveys indicate that over 80% of people globally believe climate change is happening and that it is caused by human activity. Specific numbers vary by survey and methodology, but generally show a high level of concern and belief in climate change across various regions and demographics.

 

[Darkwind]

You've politicized it.

Or it could be the oil companies are lying to you because they want to continue making money on oil?

I told a guy yesterday I'm not perfect but I feel like a one eyed man in a country full of blind people. Or at least being run by blind people. Or being run by the people who blinded you.

No, the left politicized it, as they do with everything. To the left, it is the all mighty dollar, and a desire for power drives it.

But if we can get hydrogen and oxygen from wastewater, then what we will need is a breakthrough in hydrogen power transporation.

As it stands, hydrogen-powered transportation is too expensive to build en masse.

 

[sealybobo]

No, the left politicized it, as they do with everything. To the left, it is the all mighty dollar, and a desire for power drives it.

But if we can get hydrogen and oxygen from wastewater, then what we will need is a breakthrough in hydrogen power transporation.

As it stands, hydrogen-powered transportation is too expensive to build en masse.

To the right it's not all about the all mighty dollar and the desire for power?

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

Just stop. Talk about the research in the article. I reject your entire notion of man-made climate crisis. I reject it in its entirety.

However, we have ample proof of ground water contamination, landfill issues of leaching into ground water, and plastics getting into everywhere. One of the largest obstacles to cleaning up these troubled areas, along with other economic issues of cheap energy, is a reliance on petroleum for transportation. The greatest and best way to clean up after ourselves is to provide a cheap and reliable fuel that also has a minimal impact on the environment.

The Green New Deal Is a Dead Man's Hand

Natural, unpolluted air is the most toxic of all. It is a mindless, primitive, and passive superstition to believe that such a germ-saturated atmosphere is best for humans. There is nothing good in nature that man can't do better.

 

[justoffal]

I'm not a believer in man-made climate change. The climate was changing 100s of millions of years before mankind ever trod on this rock. However, I am a believer in man-made pollution. The evidence is all around us, and to Me, this is a great threat to the quality of life for people in the future. Like everyone else, I have people who will have to live here going forward, and with the birth of my great-granddaughter a week ago, I'm more concerned with a quality local environment over some hair-on-fire fearmongering climate Bovine Scat.

But that doesn't mean I'm against researching and learning new ways to clean up after ourselves. I found this article very interesting in that it hits towo of those concerns. Cleaning up local enviroment and creating an affordable and cleaner fuel.

*************

From Perplexity.ai news.

Scientists turn wastewater contaminants into hydrogen fuel

Scientists at RMIT University have developed a method to harness heavy metals and other contaminants in wastewater to boost green hydrogen production, potentially addressing both water scarcity and clean energy challenges simultaneously. The technology transforms what has traditionally been an environmental liability into a catalyst for sustainable fuel generation.

The research, published in ACS Electrochemistry, demonstrates how platinum, chromium, nickel and other metals naturally present in wastewater can be captured and repurposed to accelerate the water-splitting process that produces hydrogen12. This approach eliminates the need for expensive purification steps typically required for hydrogen production.

The experimental system uses specially designed electrodes with carbon surfaces made from agricultural waste that attract metals from wastewater to form what researchers call "cocktail catalysts"1. These mixed-metal catalysts prove more efficient at conducting electricity and speeding up hydrogen production than traditional purified water methods.

"The advantage of our innovation over others to produce green hydrogen is that it harnesses wastewater's inherent materials rather than requiring purified water or additional steps," said Associate Professor Nasir Mahmood, lead researcher from RMIT's School of Science12.

The process works by placing two electrodes in partially treated wastewater and powering the system with renewable energy. As electricity flows through the water, it triggers chemical reactions that split water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen1.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production

The research builds on RMIT's broader platform of innovations for producing hydrogen from challenging water sources, including previous breakthroughs with seawater splitting and biosolids conversion12. The university won the 2024 Water Minister's Climate Innovation Challenge for related work producing green hydrogen from solar energy and recycled water34.

Co-lead researcher Professor Nicky Eshtiaghi emphasized the technology's dual benefits: "Our innovation addresses both pollution reduction and water scarcity, benefiting the energy and water sectors"12.

With more than 80% of global wastewater discharged untreated, the approach offers potential to convert an environmental problem into clean energy production12. The team is now seeking industry partnerships to scale the technology for commercial applications.

1. Wastewater Contaminants Enhance Green Hydrogen Output
2. Wastewater Contaminants Boost Green Hydrogen Production
3. Green hydrogen innovation by South East Water and RMIT recognized by Water Minister’s Challenge
4. Green hydrogen breakthrough wins 2024 Climate Innovation Challenge - Australian Manufacturing

So the world is going to be powered by shit?

 

[justoffal]

'negatively affecting' is an oddly dispassionate way of saying 'killing and destroying families.' And yes, this HAS to be MAN MADE CLIMATE CHANGE because as everyone knows, tropical storms NEVER stalled over land before people invented cars!

I remember one about 300,000 years ago...
Put me through a lot of grief!

 

[Woodznutz]

The climate has always and will always change. That doesn't mean man can't affect the climate in a negative or positive way. We can pollute more or less. We can plant trees or cut trees down. We could drive a battery car around or a gas guzzler.

What I love is Man Made Climate Change is mostly negatively affecting people who don't believe in it. Like people in Texas.

I agree. We should at least see if we can affect the climate in a positive way.

 

[sealybobo]

I agree. We should at least see if we can affect the climate in a positive way.

We can. A great example is the Canadian wildfire. Dude, I live in MI and we all experienced breathing problems from that man made forest fire.

We know the amount of pollution China is putting up, India, Russia, all of Europe, Middle East, Australia, all polluting. You don't think this is a problem?

One reason us liberals allowed Reagan and Bush to create NAFTA and Clinton argued that if China is manufacturing then the pollution is over there. I agree. We are above it. Especially with AI coming? I love it that Trump wants to bring coal back and factory jobs. For who our AI robots?

Maybe I'll put it to you like Trump would so you will agree. Remember the California fire? Trump understands we need to clean up our forests. Where did all that smoke go?

Yea yea, volcanos do worse. But do we want all those nations pilin on? Scientists say we need to be careful. Republicans who serve corporations say fake news.

 

[BackAgain]

You and Darkwind are smarter than NASA and Elon Musk? They understand MMCC is real.

Understand or believe? They aren’t the same.

 

[sealybobo]

Understand or believe? They aren’t the same.

What you understand it but don't worry about it? Then you don't understand it.

Perhaps you don't believe the oil lobbyists and global polluters pay a lot of money to get Republicans and Fox News to misinform you?

 

[BackAgain]

What you understand it but don't worry about it? Then you don't understand it.

Perhaps you don't believe the oil lobbyists and global polluters pay a lot of money to get Republicans and Fox News to misinform you?

You’re babbling. What you believe may or may not be true. What you understand is dubious.

One can have some concern about global warming without buying the fiction that humans have much of anything to do with it.

Perhaps you’ve simply )and simple-minded) chosen to accept the nonsense the MSM “reports.”