Emphasis on the nearly, though. — Elon Musk’s pride and joy is the 394-foot-tall SpaceX Starship rocket. This behemoth promises to open up the stars to humanity and even help us reach Mars. But, its first attempt at an orbital launch on national marijuana day this year didn’t go to plan. In fact, it was such…

Eco-friendly with a high-energy density and cheap. What’s not to love? — For humanity to kick its fossil fuel addiction once and for all and save this beautiful planet from ourselves, we need batteries. Lots and lots of batteries. But we have a bit of a problem. You see, our current battery technology of choice, lithium-ion batteries, isn’t perfect. While they are…

And what lessons can we learn from it? — 2023 has been the year of insane weather. The oceans have boiled, heatwaves spread from pole to pole, wildfires have raged like never before, and biblically powerful storms have battered much of humanity. In fact, over the past months, ten countries have experienced intense floods, including Hong Kong, much of…

We need to brace ourselves. — 2023 has been a wild year. The COVID-19 pandemic seems to have fizzled out (though its damage is still very much here), NFTs are now near worthless, Russia is still trying to relive its Soviet days, AI is now the latest fad, and the world has baked under extreme heat…

You’d think they would have learnt their lesson from Nordstream, but nope! — The EU has done some commendable work trying to get on track to save the planet from our self-made apocalypse. They no longer directly fund fossil fuel extraction, are a significant player in international climate talks and tax those that pollute the environment. But sadly, it turns out that tens…

Sunak is a “climate radical,” the world should learn from his mistakes. — You might think of Britain as a leader in the eco-movement. Solar farms are becoming increasingly common in its quaint countryside, its coastline is filling up with wind turbines, and it is one of the few countries investing in new nuclear power. In fact, the country loudly exclaimed it was…

And it could save Earth’s largest ecosystem. — In theory, deep-sea mining is a brilliant idea. You see, reaching net-zero will take a massive supply of hard-to-find materials like nickel and cobalt. These are essential for the batteries and magnets that make EVs and renewable power grids possible. But, mining and refining these materials has a plethora of…

Carbon-neutral, my ass. — A few days ago, Apple did yet another one of its swanky launch events. The main focus of this one was the upcoming iPhone 15 and its EU-compliant USB-C port (RIP lightning port). But hidden among the pomp and excitement was something truly worrying: Apple’s next Apple Watch. The product…

Forget the 4680; this is the battery breakthrough we have been waiting for. — Toyota was once the face of sustainable transport. Back in 2008, Leonardo DiCaprio used a hybrid Toyota Prius to arrive at the Oscars, shocking the entertainment world and making environmentalism just a bit cooler. But since then, they have massively lagged behind. They avoided the EV revolution like the plague…