Coldfusion

With the incredible ballooning of the plant-based milk market of the last few years, one could be forgiven for thinking it’s a modern oddity, but soy and almond milk have been made in Asia and the Middle East for centuries. Mexico’s famous cinnamon-spiked rice drink, horchata, has been around for hundreds of years as well. Still, as the incidence of allergies increases and interest in sustainable, vegan and plant-based diets rises, the options have mushroomed — or rather, they’ve hemped, cashewed and legumed. They’ve come a long way from the hauntingly translucent, watery and nutrient-bare rice milk of the ’90s, too. Many of them now on the market are excellent in flavor, texture and nutritional punch. Dairy-free cheese, though, has historically been much harder to nail… Source link

With the incredible ballooning of the plant-based milk market of the last few years, one could be forgiven for thinking it’s a modern oddity, but soy and almond milk have been made in Asia and the Middle East for centuries. Mexico’s famous cinnamon-spiked rice drink, horchata, has been around for hundreds of years as well. Still, as the incidence of allergies increases and interest in sustainable, vegan and plant-based diets rises, the options have mushroomed — or rather, they’ve hemped, cashewed and legumed. They’ve come a long way from the hauntingly translucent, watery and nutrient-bare rice milk of the ’90s, too. Many of them now on the market are excellent in flavor, texture and nutritional punch. Dairy-free cheese, though, has historically been much harder to nail… Source link

“The Permanent Problem” is an ongoing series of essay about the challenges of capitalist mass affluence as well as the solutions to them. You can access the full collection here, or subscribe to brinklindsey.substack.com to get them straight to your inbox.  We are able to say that communist central planning failed because we can compare its results with those of capitalism. We can look at nighttime photos of the Korean peninsula; we can contrast Soviet bread lines with the groaning shelves of an American supermarket.  Imagine a nearby Universe, though, where on Earth Prime, Marxist-Leninist revolution had somehow triumphed globally while reducing the most advanced countries to ruins. Rebuilding from the ashes would have felt like progress, as would the spread of… Source link

Synopsis: In The Work Study Job. When a college professor steals a discovery from his grad student, the Leverage team has to take him down, returning the credit and reputation to the brilliant young woman in the process.   The Story When a friend of Brianna has her academic thesis stolen by her lecturer at a University. The Leverage Team sets about trying to prove it. However, given that the young woman who is called Emma struggles with anxiety. It proves a little more difficult for them as usual as they can only involve her in certain parts of the con. Added to this is the fact that Emma’s lecturer has very good standing with the university and the US media. Meaning that the team has to think outside the box in order to bring him down and get Emma the credit that she deserves.   The… Source link

Repurposing Is the Road to Free The old saying is “the best things in life are free.” However, the reality is that very few things are free anymore. When it comes to heat, this is especially true this winter season as people cut down thermostats and look to trim expenses. This year heating prices across the world have gone up dramatically, especially in places like Europe. For a lot of reasons, there are compelling reasons for finding alternative ways to heat. Now before you start thinking this is an article about creating “cold fusion” in your backyard, it’s not. Source link

While the rafters are ringing with praise for the nuclear fusion breakthrough at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, let me inject a sour note. This isn’t the beginning of cheap, safe, nonpolluting electricity. It is a scientific milestone, not an electricity one. Science tantalizes, but it also deceives. Often the mission turns out not to be the one for which years of scientific research were aiming. I would remind the world that science stirred great hope — futilely — with the idea of superconductivity at ambient temperatures after some laboratory success. The history of fusion is a clear illustration of expectation dashed, revived, resurrected… Source link

As we look toward the new year with high hopes and a modicum of trepidation, it is perhaps altogether fitting and proper to look back on this past year and the emerging trends compelling us toward 2023. So we ask: What’s out and what’s in? Brace yourselves!   Out: 31/M In:  Showfields   Out: Blues Alley is leaving for good! In: Blues Alley is here to stay!           Out: Shop Made in DC on one side of M Street In: Shop Made in DC on other side of M St.   Out: Zoom get togethers at home In: Going out for the Georgetown Garden Tour!       The 2022 Georgetown Garden Tour highlighted fountains, pathways and pools. Photo by Jane North.     Out: Planting sunflowers in one’s garden In: Planting sunflowers across… Source link

Decades ago it was announced that cold fusion had been achieved. As it turned out, the process used in the lab could not be duplicated. If it does work, great. We would want to expand its use worldwide. But there is a serious environmental problem it would create. Smashing hydrogen atoms together creates helium. How will we dispose of all that helium safely? We can’t just release it into the atmosphere where it would become a climate change environmental pollutant. The potential negative consequences have to be considered. Another example of a salvation science that could save us is desalination. That could solve our potable water problems. But it creates a super salty brine byproduct that would harm the marine environment if dumped back into the ocean. Source link

The ‘breakthrough’ announced by the US National Ignition Facility has focused the spotlight on nuclear fusion. NIF reported a net energy gain (more output than input), which is deduced to have come from two nuclei of hydrogen atoms fusing to form a helium nucleus. But this is a baby step; there is a lot of runway to cover before nuclear fusion takes off, experts say. But developments elsewhere seem to challenge this view. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) was set up in 2018 “on the basis of decades of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) fusion research”. It has raised $2 billion from the likes of Bill Gates, Google, Eni, Khosla Ventures, Soros Fund Management, and Temasek. In collaboration with MIT’s Plasma Science and… Source link