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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Aug 10, 2021 15:41:07 GMT
Who invited her !! Most kids I see her age and a bit older don't seem to care, materialistic, they are still buying bottles of water daily, packaged food etc and don't care about where their food comes, she doesn't have much of an affect, maybe put her on love island or whatever shit they watch these days  I suspect history (if there are any historians in a future civilisation, if human civilisation even survives what's coming) will judge her much more kindly than the vast majority of world leaders who did (and continue to do) very little in the decades where warnings were repeatedly given, and more kindly than the majority of people who mocked her involvement and just carried on living their lives as they wanted to without much of a care about the issue as a whole. Much like those people who tried to warn what was coming with the Nazis and too many people just looked the other way... |
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 10, 2021 15:49:15 GMT
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 10, 2021 15:58:28 GMT
Sir David Attenborough has been named as "the people's advocate" at the conference. I think I'll give it a miss to keep my carbon footprint down, although I might go to to Eurocoke.  www.metcokemarkets.com/eurocoke |
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Post by partickpotter on Aug 10, 2021 16:16:22 GMT
Sir David Attenborough has been named as "the people's advocate" at the conference. I think I'll give it a miss to keep my carbon footprint down, although I might go to to Eurocoke. www.metcokemarkets.com/eurocoke I’ll pop down to see what is going on. The boondoggle is taking place just two minutes walk from where I live. So my carbon footprint will be non existent. Could be quite exciting. |
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Post by The Drunken Communist on Aug 10, 2021 16:21:55 GMT
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Post by Kilo on Aug 10, 2021 16:57:50 GMT
Interesting how all us minions had to still lock ourselves in our bedrooms for another two weeks after our second vaccination but when young Greta gets here we can give her a jab and she's then free to mingle with the great and good who've flown from all corners of the globe.
I look up to her, I know my place. (one for the oldies)
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Post by Northy on Aug 11, 2021 20:47:06 GMT
Just about 49'c in Sicily today, a new European high temperature, another 'new' something again, that's too damn hot.
You'll still get people saying it's all a scam.
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 17, 2021 10:22:46 GMT
The government has announced today that it is set to create 9,000 jobs over the next decade with the launch of its new Hydrogen Strategy. It plans to replace natural gas in homes with hydrogen. A low-carbon ‘hydrogen economy’ is expected to be worth £900m and create 9,000 jobs by 2030, with the potential to rise to 100,000 jobs by 2050. Over the next decade, the government is aiming for hydrogen to drive the decarbonisation of pollution-heavy industries like chemicals, oil refineries and shipping. (No mention of steel.) Measures outlined in today’s strategy include a new £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund to support new hydrogen plants across the country, establishing a UK standard for low carbon hydrogen, and launching a development action plan. Released 8.15 this morning: www.government-online.net/uk-hydrogen-strategy/ |
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Post by lawrieleslie on Aug 17, 2021 10:43:18 GMT
The government has announced today that it is set to create 9,000 jobs over the next decade with the launch of its new Hydrogen Strategy. It plans to replace natural gas in homes with hydrogen. A low-carbon ‘hydrogen economy’ is expected to be worth £900m and create 9,000 jobs by 2030, with the potential to rise to 100,000 jobs by 2050. Over the next decade, the government is aiming for hydrogen to drive the decarbonisation of pollution-heavy industries like chemicals, oil refineries and shipping. (No mention of steel.) Measures outlined in today’s strategy include a new £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund to support new hydrogen plants across the country, establishing a UK standard for low carbon hydrogen, and launching a development action plan. Released 8.15 this morning: www.government-online.net/uk-hydrogen-strategy/Some common sense at last. I know that a north east community are to be used to trial a 70-30 natural gas-hydrogen mixture with a view to extending this to a full town trial in Scotland if it is successful. From this I’m guessing that boilers fired by natural gas can be easily converted to hydrogen. Think the problem will be gas tightness of existing pipework because hydrogen molecules are smaller and find leaks easier. |
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 17, 2021 11:29:49 GMT
The government has announced today that it is set to create 9,000 jobs over the next decade with the launch of its new Hydrogen Strategy. It plans to replace natural gas in homes with hydrogen. A low-carbon ‘hydrogen economy’ is expected to be worth £900m and create 9,000 jobs by 2030, with the potential to rise to 100,000 jobs by 2050. Over the next decade, the government is aiming for hydrogen to drive the decarbonisation of pollution-heavy industries like chemicals, oil refineries and shipping. (No mention of steel.) Measures outlined in today’s strategy include a new £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund to support new hydrogen plants across the country, establishing a UK standard for low carbon hydrogen, and launching a development action plan. Released 8.15 this morning: www.government-online.net/uk-hydrogen-strategy/Some common sense at last. I know that a north east community are to be used to trial a 70-30 natural gas-hydrogen mixture with a view to extending this to a full town trial in Scotland if it is successful. From this I’m guessing that boilers fired by natural gas can be easily converted to hydrogen. Think the problem will be gas tightness of existing pipework because hydrogen molecules are smaller and find leaks easier. There has been a trial conducted much closer to the "home" of Stoke City, Nello, and Malcolm Clarke: www.keele.ac.uk/discover/news/2020/january/hydeploy-goes-live/at-keele-university.php |
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Post by Foster on Aug 17, 2021 11:38:08 GMT
The government has announced today that it is set to create 9,000 jobs over the next decade with the launch of its new Hydrogen Strategy. It plans to replace natural gas in homes with hydrogen. A low-carbon ‘hydrogen economy’ is expected to be worth £900m and create 9,000 jobs by 2030, with the potential to rise to 100,000 jobs by 2050. Over the next decade, the government is aiming for hydrogen to drive the decarbonisation of pollution-heavy industries like chemicals, oil refineries and shipping. (No mention of steel.) Measures outlined in today’s strategy include a new £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund to support new hydrogen plants across the country, establishing a UK standard for low carbon hydrogen, and launching a development action plan. Released 8.15 this morning: www.government-online.net/uk-hydrogen-strategy/2050 is too late IMO and too far away for anything. As for the UK net zero target. I read that this was misleading as it's based on in-UK production and not actual UK 'consumption', which would be a more appropriate measurement. Effectively it's just the UKs carbon footprint being passed onto somebody else. This in turn makes the countries from which we import look worse than they really are. To be honest I'm all for the UK (and all countries) becoming more self sufficient and producing more home grown food / materials wherever possible. I have a bad feeling that relying too much on the services sector may come back to bite us in the future. For example, we might not have the resources available for mining metals, but I don't see why we (and other countries) can't be responsible for producing our own wood. I mean, how hard can it be to grow trees? Rather than having to chop down the rainforest. I realise it's down to money, but this kind of excessive consumption and transporting everything all over the planet just can't continue forever. Whatever we can produce locally, we should. |
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 17, 2021 12:01:57 GMT
The government has announced today that it is set to create 9,000 jobs over the next decade with the launch of its new Hydrogen Strategy. It plans to replace natural gas in homes with hydrogen. A low-carbon ‘hydrogen economy’ is expected to be worth £900m and create 9,000 jobs by 2030, with the potential to rise to 100,000 jobs by 2050. Over the next decade, the government is aiming for hydrogen to drive the decarbonisation of pollution-heavy industries like chemicals, oil refineries and shipping. (No mention of steel.) Measures outlined in today’s strategy include a new £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund to support new hydrogen plants across the country, establishing a UK standard for low carbon hydrogen, and launching a development action plan. Released 8.15 this morning: www.government-online.net/uk-hydrogen-strategy/2050 is too late IMO and too far away for anything. As for the UK net zero target. I read that this was misleading as it's based on in-UK production and not actual UK 'consumption', which would be a more appropriate measurement. Effectively it's just the UKs carbon footprint being passed onto somebody else. This in turn makes the countries from which we import look worse than they really are. To be honest I'm all for the UK (and all countries) becoming more self sufficient and producing more home grown food / materials wherever possible. I have a bad feeling that relying too much on the services sector may come back to bite us in the future. For example, we might not have the resources available for mining metals, but I don't see why we (and other countries) can't be responsible for producing our own wood. I mean, how hard can it be to grow trees? Rather than having to chop down the rainforest. I realise it's down to money, but this kind of excessive consumption and transporting everything all over the planet just can't continue forever. Whatever we can produce locally, we should. I agree with that. We need to aim better than 2050. What really worrying me is the fires everywhere, France is in the news today. The fires don't just release more CO2 they destroy the lungs that consume CO2 so they are a double whammy, and accelerate the global warming process. www.euronews.com/2021/08/17/thousands-evacuated-as-hundreds-of-firefighters-battle-fire-in-southern-france |
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Post by Foster on Aug 17, 2021 12:30:21 GMT
2050 is too late IMO and too far away for anything. As for the UK net zero target. I read that this was misleading as it's based on in-UK production and not actual UK 'consumption', which would be a more appropriate measurement. Effectively it's just the UKs carbon footprint being passed onto somebody else. This in turn makes the countries from which we import look worse than they really are. To be honest I'm all for the UK (and all countries) becoming more self sufficient and producing more home grown food / materials wherever possible. I have a bad feeling that relying too much on the services sector may come back to bite us in the future. For example, we might not have the resources available for mining metals, but I don't see why we (and other countries) can't be responsible for producing our own wood. I mean, how hard can it be to grow trees? Rather than having to chop down the rainforest. I realise it's down to money, but this kind of excessive consumption and transporting everything all over the planet just can't continue forever. Whatever we can produce locally, we should. I agree with that. We need to aim better than 2050. What really worrying me is the fires everywhere, France is in the news today. The fires don't just release more CO2 they destroy the lungs that consume CO2 so they are a double whammy, and accelerate the global warming process. www.euronews.com/2021/08/17/thousands-evacuated-as-hundreds-of-firefighters-battle-fire-in-southern-franceYeah, double whammy. Gone from what seemed like an isolated event in Turkey to a worldwide phenomenon. Also coinciding with the hottest July ever recorded. I think the climate change problems are going to increase more rapidly than most have predicted. The world as a whole is well off target and there are too many people unwilling to endure a little less 'comfort' for the sake of the planet. The funny (in a non-funny way) thing being that the money being saved now is going to be peanuts compared to the costs incurred in the future. I also can't really fathom the plastic waste that's still being produced. It's taken years just to bring in paper straws and is just so damn slow. A complete lack of collective will or urgency. Why so much plastic everywhere. Sustainable living isn't going to be optional soon and if it's forced on people then I'm fine with that. |
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Post by foghornsgleghorn on Aug 17, 2021 17:11:17 GMT
The government has announced today that it is set to create 9,000 jobs over the next decade with the launch of its new Hydrogen Strategy. It plans to replace natural gas in homes with hydrogen. A low-carbon ‘hydrogen economy’ is expected to be worth £900m and create 9,000 jobs by 2030, with the potential to rise to 100,000 jobs by 2050. Over the next decade, the government is aiming for hydrogen to drive the decarbonisation of pollution-heavy industries like chemicals, oil refineries and shipping. (No mention of steel.) Measures outlined in today’s strategy include a new £240m Net Zero Hydrogen Fund to support new hydrogen plants across the country, establishing a UK standard for low carbon hydrogen, and launching a development action plan. Released 8.15 this morning: www.government-online.net/uk-hydrogen-strategy/Some common sense at last. I know that a north east community are to be used to trial a 70-30 natural gas-hydrogen mixture with a view to extending this to a full town trial in Scotland if it is successful. From this I’m guessing that boilers fired by natural gas can be easily converted to hydrogen. Think the problem will be gas tightness of existing pipework because hydrogen molecules are smaller and find leaks easier. Some info here on the home heating and cooking drop-down knowledge.energyinst.org/collections/hydrogen?gclid=EAIaIQobChMImezmpcS48gIViLbtCh0BAQgsEAAYASAAEgJeDvD_BwE |
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 17, 2021 17:34:18 GMT
Yeah, double whammy. Gone from what seemed like an isolated event in Turkey to a worldwide phenomenon. Also coinciding with the hottest July ever recorded. I think the climate change problems are going to increase more rapidly than most have predicted. The world as a whole is well off target and there are too many people unwilling to endure a little less 'comfort' for the sake of the planet. The funny (in a non-funny way) thing being that the money being saved now is going to be peanuts compared to the costs incurred in the future. I also can't really fathom the plastic waste that's still being produced. It's taken years just to bring in paper straws and is just so damn slow. A complete lack of collective will or urgency. Why so much plastic everywhere. Sustainable living isn't going to be optional soon and if it's forced on people then I'm fine with that. I agree. When I was a child in the 50s I remember dried milk and sugar in blue bags. Everything was either loose or wrapped in paper and you only ate what was in season plus imported fruit. We did get butter and lamb from New Zealand. Today we rely on the vast majority of frozen potatoes supplied in plastic bags from Belgium. People expect to go into a supermarket and buy anything they want everyday of the year. Even fresh vegetables are chilled to hold in store, hence they go rotten and mouldy very quickly when you get them home. We can be more self sufficient. In the 50s chicken was a luxury, today down the road from me a massive chicken factory is being built, the one area of livestock farming that is growing in the UK*. But we have to develop the capability of getting food directly from farm to consumer without freezing, plastic packaging, etc. Another issue is manufactured goods. We have to get to using products for life, or at least decades like cars, machines, cookers, etc. It is crazy to build washing machines where it is impossible/impracticable to replace a bearing and throw the item away to be recycled in a Chinese (!) steelworks. (The UK exports 4 million tonnes pa of scrap steel to foreign steelmakers.) * The UK is 60% self sufficient in chicken. Production has increased 28% in the last decade. |
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 18, 2021 7:57:00 GMT
The government has announced > £90m funding for projects to develop new green automotive technologies, through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). Four projects have received the funding- BMW-UK-BEV in Oxford, Project CELERITAS in Birmingham, the BRUNEL project in Darlington and REEcorner in Nuneaton; they are aiming to save 32 million tonnes of carbon emissions, as well as safeguard more than than 2,700 jobs across the country. The projects include the development of an electric battery with a longer driving range, the creation of new “ultra-fast” charging batteries that could charge in 12 minutes, the development of a zero-emission, hydrogen-fuelled engine to help decarbonise heavy goods vehicles, and the redesign of commercial electric vehicles. www.gov.uk/government/news/91-million-funding-for-low-carbon-auto-tech-including-hydrogen-engines-and-ultra-fast-charging-batteries |
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Post by Northy on Aug 18, 2021 8:06:45 GMT
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Post by Northy on Aug 18, 2021 8:10:13 GMT
The government has announced > £90m funding for projects to develop new green automotive technologies, through the Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC). Four projects have received the funding- BMW-UK-BEV in Oxford, Project CELERITAS in Birmingham, the BRUNEL project in Darlington and REEcorner in Nuneaton; they are aiming to save 32 million tonnes of carbon emissions, as well as safeguard more than than 2,700 jobs across the country. The projects include the development of an electric battery with a longer driving range, the creation of new “ultra-fast” charging batteries that could charge in 12 minutes, the development of a zero-emission, hydrogen-fuelled engine to help decarbonise heavy goods vehicles, and the redesign of commercial electric vehicles. www.gov.uk/government/news/91-million-funding-for-low-carbon-auto-tech-including-hydrogen-engines-and-ultra-fast-charging-batteriesI think it is one of the midland universities, maybe Leicester, who were looking into the batteries, or it could have been advanced metal reclamation from the batteries for reuse. I said a while ago Hydrogen is probably the way forward, the government has aided a company to set up near Hull and research to use the clean north sea wind power to extract hydrogen from sea water, so almost carbon free |
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Post by Rednwhitenblue on Aug 18, 2021 17:10:16 GMT
It's great that these R&D initiatives are being pursued. You do have to wonder though whether it's all a bit after the horse has bolted?
Electric vehicles were largely concept type things until the last 20 years or so and it's only really now that we are finally accepting that we need to switch to them, and consequently starting to see more and more on the road. They've lost that 'unusual' sight.
That being the case, if we take a similar amount of time to develop hydrogen fuel technology to power trucks (and cars), we're looking at 2040 onwards to reach the point where we currently are with EVs ie about 2% of the vehicle fleet.
I think we might be even deeper in the shit by then.
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Post by Northy on Aug 20, 2021 20:47:23 GMT
It's great that these R&D initiatives are being pursued. You do have to wonder though whether it's all a bit after the horse has bolted? Electric vehicles were largely concept type things until the last 20 years or so and it's only really now that we are finally accepting that we need to switch to them, and consequently starting to see more and more on the road. They've lost that 'unusual' sight. That being the case, if we take a similar amount of time to develop hydrogen fuel technology to power trucks (and cars), we're looking at 2040 onwards to reach the point where we currently are with EVs ie about 2% of the vehicle fleet. I think we might be even deeper in the shit by then. Too many fingers in middle east oil mens pockets probably |
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Post by tuum on Aug 23, 2021 1:19:24 GMT
I have been out of work for a year now. As a Project Manager/Engineer working overseas in Oil&Gasfor the last 15 yrs I was looking forward to 6-9 months off. Unfortunately, I live in Thailand where Covid is still rising so I will probably be staying here jobless for another 6mths or so.
Not to waste my time I have been doing some research and training. One big initiative is Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation (CCSU) and the creation of CCUS hubs around the world. Norway is just finishing up construction of the 1st. The UK is just starting design of the 2nd. It is part of the NetZero inititive based on Teeside and the Humber estuary. Essentially, carbon from industry will be captured,treated, transported offshore to the North Sea and buried deep underground. Other hubs currently in progress are Rotterdam and China. They will be followed by Canada, US x2 and Italy. SaudiAramco are keen to develop something similar in Saudi Arabia. These will be mega-projects and create a lot of work. From memory, NetZeroTeeside will provide 5,000 jobs. Any young engineers may want to look at this initiative if they fancy a 25yr career travelling the world on decent money. It's a bit late for me but I would still like to be involved if only for 5 years or so. It looks like interesting work. I would consider returning to the UK to work on the Teeside project.
There are a whole host of renewable energy initiatives going on around the world. Definitely, a growth industry with lots of interesting opportunities. Unfortunately, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 or so may not be enough. We need to be carbon negative** by 2050 (i.e. to extract more carbon from the atmosphere than we produce from industry).
I used to be neutral about climate change but I really like all these alternatives and am curious to find out more. I love to watch engineering programmes to see how engineers/scientists are overcoming these problems. One significant contributor to CO2 emissions is the cement industry. They are now taking action to change not only their processes in making cement but also its constituent parts. Concrete technology is evolving rapidly but like everything in construction it needs Govts to mandate the use of more environmentally friendly materials. No engineer is going to specify using such material if it adds 20% to the price of a m3 of concrete (unless of course he has an enlightened client who is willing to pay for it)
** not sure if 'carbon negative' is the right term
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 24, 2021 8:38:00 GMT
It's great that these R&D initiatives are being pursued. You do have to wonder though whether it's all a bit after the horse has bolted? Electric vehicles were largely concept type things until the last 20 years or so and it's only really now that we are finally accepting that we need to switch to them, and consequently starting to see more and more on the road. They've lost that 'unusual' sight. That being the case, if we take a similar amount of time to develop hydrogen fuel technology to power trucks (and cars), we're looking at 2040 onwards to reach the point where we currently are with EVs ie about 2% of the vehicle fleet. I think we might be even deeper in the shit by then. Too many fingers in middle east oil mens pockets probably Matters are a bit closer to home Northy, Oil exports are one of the UK's top exports. Fortunately the UK is also a world leader in renewable energy technologies, with the world's largest floating wind farm developed. splash247.com/worlds-largest-floating-wind-farm-completed/ |
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Post by mrcoke on Aug 24, 2021 8:55:01 GMT
I have been out of work for a year now. As a Project Manager/Engineer working overseas in Oil&Gasfor the last 15 yrs I was looking forward to 6-9 months off. Unfortunately, I live in Thailand where Covid is still rising so I will probably be staying here jobless for another 6mths or so. Not to waste my time I have been doing some research and training. One big initiative is Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation (CCSU) and the creation of CCUS hubs around the world. Norway is just finishing up construction of the 1st. The UK is just starting design of the 2nd. It is part of the NetZero inititive based on Teeside and the Humber estuary. Essentially, carbon from industry will be captured,treated, transported offshore to the North Sea and buried deep underground. Other hubs currently in progress are Rotterdam and China. They will be followed by Canada, US x2 and Italy. SaudiAramco are keen to develop something similar in Saudi Arabia. These will be mega-projects and create a lot of work. From memory, NetZeroTeeside will provide 5,000 jobs. Any young engineers may want to look at this initiative if they fancy a 25yr career travelling the world on decent money. It's a bit late for me but I would still like to be involved if only for 5 years or so. It looks like interesting work. I would consider returning to the UK to work on the Teeside project. There are a whole host of renewable energy initiatives going on around the world. Definitely, a growth industry with lots of interesting opportunities. Unfortunately, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 or so may not be enough. We need to be carbon negative** by 2050 (i.e. to extract more carbon from the atmosphere than we produce from industry). I used to be neutral about climate change but I really like all these alternatives and am curious to find out more. I love to watch engineering programmes to see how engineers/scientists are overcoming these problems. One significant contributor to CO2 emissions is the cement industry. They are now taking action to change not only their processes in making cement but also its constituent parts. Concrete technology is evolving rapidly but like everything in construction it needs Govts to mandate the use of more environmentally friendly materials. No engineer is going to specify using such material if it adds 20% to the price of a m3 of concrete (unless of course he has an enlightened client who is willing to pay for it) ** not sure if 'carbon negative' is the right term Good post. I agree, we need to aim higher in reducing the dependence on carbon and bring forward the carbon neutral date. The carbon capture schemes need to be accelerated as does the reduction in use of carbonaceous fuels. Although I am an ex steel worker I can see the sense in letting our old outdated steel industry go to large brand new more efficient works in India, while the UK takes advantage of our former oil wells and coal mines and concentrates on carbon capture at Teesside (2 "s" please!) and Humberside and geothermal energy recovery at our former coal mines. We could sell the advanced technology to the world. As a former worker in the cement and lime industries I am interested in your reference to new cement technology. Do you have any links to technical papers? Ever the optimist, I am hopeful that the UK can announce some major landmark ambitious targets to tackle global warming at the forthcoming Glasgow conference and set ourselves up as a world leader |
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Post by wagsastokie on Aug 24, 2021 9:01:10 GMT
Yeah, double whammy. Gone from what seemed like an isolated event in Turkey to a worldwide phenomenon. Also coinciding with the hottest July ever recorded. I think the climate change problems are going to increase more rapidly than most have predicted. The world as a whole is well off target and there are too many people unwilling to endure a little less 'comfort' for the sake of the planet. The funny (in a non-funny way) thing being that the money being saved now is going to be peanuts compared to the costs incurred in the future. I also can't really fathom the plastic waste that's still being produced. It's taken years just to bring in paper straws and is just so damn slow. A complete lack of collective will or urgency. Why so much plastic everywhere. Sustainable living isn't going to be optional soon and if it's forced on people then I'm fine with that. If it’s forced on people then I’m fine with that Well I’m pleased you’ve found yourself in the position you can afford not to give a fuck about the cost There are millions in this country currently struggle to heat there homes Without the green agenda bullshit never mind when they’ve implemented it It’s time the environmentalists come clean and told the general public the true cost of saving the planet from the so called Armageddon Whilst people in Western Europe with little disposable income see their costs rise for environmentally friendly food and heating China carries on as normal |
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Post by Northy on Aug 24, 2021 9:40:52 GMT
Too many fingers in middle east oil mens pockets probably Matters are a bit closer to home Northy, Oil exports are one of the UK's top exports. Fortunately the UK is also a world leader in renewable energy technologies, with the world's largest floating wind farm developed. splash247.com/worlds-largest-floating-wind-farm-completed/Yep, we are just working with black mountain on a solar field site next to one of our sites for our use, big drive on atm from overseas to go zero carbon. |
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Post by dutchstokie on Aug 24, 2021 9:42:45 GMT
I have been out of work for a year now. As a Project Manager/Engineer working overseas in Oil&Gasfor the last 15 yrs I was looking forward to 6-9 months off. Unfortunately, I live in Thailand where Covid is still rising so I will probably be staying here jobless for another 6mths or so. Not to waste my time I have been doing some research and training. One big initiative is Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation (CCSU) and the creation of CCUS hubs around the world. Norway is just finishing up construction of the 1st. The UK is just starting design of the 2nd. It is part of the NetZero inititive based on Teeside and the Humber estuary. Essentially, carbon from industry will be captured,treated, transported offshore to the North Sea and buried deep underground. Other hubs currently in progress are Rotterdam and China. They will be followed by Canada, US x2 and Italy. SaudiAramco are keen to develop something similar in Saudi Arabia. These will be mega-projects and create a lot of work. From memory, NetZeroTeeside will provide 5,000 jobs. Any young engineers may want to look at this initiative if they fancy a 25yr career travelling the world on decent money. It's a bit late for me but I would still like to be involved if only for 5 years or so. It looks like interesting work. I would consider returning to the UK to work on the Teeside project. There are a whole host of renewable energy initiatives going on around the world. Definitely, a growth industry with lots of interesting opportunities. Unfortunately, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 or so may not be enough. We need to be carbon negative** by 2050 (i.e. to extract more carbon from the atmosphere than we produce from industry). I used to be neutral about climate change but I really like all these alternatives and am curious to find out more. I love to watch engineering programmes to see how engineers/scientists are overcoming these problems. One significant contributor to CO2 emissions is the cement industry. They are now taking action to change not only their processes in making cement but also its constituent parts. Concrete technology is evolving rapidly but like everything in construction it needs Govts to mandate the use of more environmentally friendly materials. No engineer is going to specify using such material if it adds 20% to the price of a m3 of concrete (unless of course he has an enlightened client who is willing to pay for it) ** not sure if 'carbon negative' is the right term Another option here in NL is the MAHOOSIVE gas field off the shores near Groningen. Its coming to the point where regular earth movements and quakes are causing proper dismay in the communities in the Groningen district. Insurance claims are mounting on a monthly basis, so theyre trying to come up with a way of storing it there.... Im like you in the sense of being in the O&G industry a long time but got out last year and now working in Renewables and wind farms construction and de-commissioning. Some really interesting projects kicking around in Europe right now..... |
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Post by tuum on Aug 24, 2021 10:52:20 GMT
I have been out of work for a year now. As a Project Manager/Engineer working overseas in Oil&Gasfor the last 15 yrs I was looking forward to 6-9 months off. Unfortunately, I live in Thailand where Covid is still rising so I will probably be staying here jobless for another 6mths or so. Not to waste my time I have been doing some research and training. One big initiative is Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation (CCSU) and the creation of CCUS hubs around the world. Norway is just finishing up construction of the 1st. The UK is just starting design of the 2nd. It is part of the NetZero inititive based on Teeside and the Humber estuary. Essentially, carbon from industry will be captured,treated, transported offshore to the North Sea and buried deep underground. Other hubs currently in progress are Rotterdam and China. They will be followed by Canada, US x2 and Italy. SaudiAramco are keen to develop something similar in Saudi Arabia. These will be mega-projects and create a lot of work. From memory, NetZeroTeeside will provide 5,000 jobs. Any young engineers may want to look at this initiative if they fancy a 25yr career travelling the world on decent money. It's a bit late for me but I would still like to be involved if only for 5 years or so. It looks like interesting work. I would consider returning to the UK to work on the Teeside project. There are a whole host of renewable energy initiatives going on around the world. Definitely, a growth industry with lots of interesting opportunities. Unfortunately, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 or so may not be enough. We need to be carbon negative** by 2050 (i.e. to extract more carbon from the atmosphere than we produce from industry). I used to be neutral about climate change but I really like all these alternatives and am curious to find out more. I love to watch engineering programmes to see how engineers/scientists are overcoming these problems. One significant contributor to CO2 emissions is the cement industry. They are now taking action to change not only their processes in making cement but also its constituent parts. Concrete technology is evolving rapidly but like everything in construction it needs Govts to mandate the use of more environmentally friendly materials. No engineer is going to specify using such material if it adds 20% to the price of a m3 of concrete (unless of course he has an enlightened client who is willing to pay for it) ** not sure if 'carbon negative' is the right term Good post. I agree, we need to aim higher in reducing the dependence on carbon and bring forward the carbon neutral date. The carbon capture schemes need to be accelerated as does the reduction in use of carbonaceous fuels. Although I am an ex steel worker I can see the sense in letting our old outdated steel industry go to large brand new more efficient works in India, while the UK takes advantage of our former oil wells and coal mines and concentrates on carbon capture at Teesside (2 "s" please!) and Humberside and geothermal energy recovery at our former coal mines. We could sell the advanced technology to the world. As a former worker in the cement and lime industries I am interested in your reference to new cement technology. Do you have any links to technical papers? Ever the optimist, I am hopeful that the UK can announce some major landmark ambitious targets to tackle global warming at the forthcoming Glasgow conference and set ourselves up as a world leader No technical papers. I just stole it straight from this youtube channel. He covers all aspects of climate change and and has some interesting videos. |
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Post by tuum on Aug 24, 2021 11:35:19 GMT
A while back I toyed with the idea of buying some land and building my own eco-friendly house (Passivhaus type philosophy). It fell by the wayside because we weren't sure which country we would eventually retire to. I did some research and even looked at doing some online or in-house training courses. I noticed that there was an energy efficiency research centre in Stoke (Longton?) that did research into all of this stuff. It seemed to be quite well regarded but I think it no longer exists. Which is a shame because I was quite impressed by the research and education it was providing.
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Post by Northy on Aug 24, 2021 11:57:42 GMT
I have been out of work for a year now. As a Project Manager/Engineer working overseas in Oil&Gasfor the last 15 yrs I was looking forward to 6-9 months off. Unfortunately, I live in Thailand where Covid is still rising so I will probably be staying here jobless for another 6mths or so. Not to waste my time I have been doing some research and training. One big initiative is Carbon Capture Storage and Utilisation (CCSU) and the creation of CCUS hubs around the world. Norway is just finishing up construction of the 1st. The UK is just starting design of the 2nd. It is part of the NetZero inititive based on Teeside and the Humber estuary. Essentially, carbon from industry will be captured,treated, transported offshore to the North Sea and buried deep underground. Other hubs currently in progress are Rotterdam and China. They will be followed by Canada, US x2 and Italy. SaudiAramco are keen to develop something similar in Saudi Arabia. These will be mega-projects and create a lot of work. From memory, NetZeroTeeside will provide 5,000 jobs. Any young engineers may want to look at this initiative if they fancy a 25yr career travelling the world on decent money. It's a bit late for me but I would still like to be involved if only for 5 years or so. It looks like interesting work. I would consider returning to the UK to work on the Teeside project. There are a whole host of renewable energy initiatives going on around the world. Definitely, a growth industry with lots of interesting opportunities. Unfortunately, aiming to be carbon neutral by 2050 or so may not be enough. We need to be carbon negative** by 2050 (i.e. to extract more carbon from the atmosphere than we produce from industry). I used to be neutral about climate change but I really like all these alternatives and am curious to find out more. I love to watch engineering programmes to see how engineers/scientists are overcoming these problems. One significant contributor to CO2 emissions is the cement industry. They are now taking action to change not only their processes in making cement but also its constituent parts. Concrete technology is evolving rapidly but like everything in construction it needs Govts to mandate the use of more environmentally friendly materials. No engineer is going to specify using such material if it adds 20% to the price of a m3 of concrete (unless of course he has an enlightened client who is willing to pay for it) ** not sure if 'carbon negative' is the right term That's got me thinking, there's normally some guys from Sika concrete technology staying in the same hotel as me down south, I'll ask if I see them. Slimdrill international were recruiting recently, is that in your line of work ? www.eeegr.com/jobs/page/2/ |
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Post by Foster on Aug 24, 2021 13:40:22 GMT
Yeah, double whammy. Gone from what seemed like an isolated event in Turkey to a worldwide phenomenon. Also coinciding with the hottest July ever recorded. I think the climate change problems are going to increase more rapidly than most have predicted. The world as a whole is well off target and there are too many people unwilling to endure a little less 'comfort' for the sake of the planet. The funny (in a non-funny way) thing being that the money being saved now is going to be peanuts compared to the costs incurred in the future. I also can't really fathom the plastic waste that's still being produced. It's taken years just to bring in paper straws and is just so damn slow. A complete lack of collective will or urgency. Why so much plastic everywhere. Sustainable living isn't going to be optional soon and if it's forced on people then I'm fine with that. If it’s forced on people then I’m fine with that Well I’m pleased you’ve found yourself in the position you can afford not to give a fuck about the cost There are millions in this country currently struggle to heat there homes Without the green agenda bullshit never mind when they’ve implemented it It’s time the environmentalists come clean and told the general public the true cost of saving the planet from the so called Armageddon Whilst people in Western Europe with little disposable income see their costs rise for environmentally friendly food and heating China carries on as normal Using less plastic, recycling, using less water, eating less shit quality meat, etc, doesn't cost anything. Don't you think people should be doing more to slow down climate change? |
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