CleanTechnica: Your Questions About Montana Renewables, (Partly) Answered
The biofuel field is beginning to grow past the food-vs-fuel debate by moving the focus to camelina and other non-food oilseed crops that can grow on marginal, non-food lands. Still, the prospect of mowing down forests, grasslands, and other biodiverse habitats to grow energy crops is not a sustainable solution.
A more promising movement is afoot to replant derelict citrus plantations and other pre-stressed lands with new climate-hardy varietiesthat lend themselves to biofuel production as well as food and animal feed. Algae farming is another potential pathway for avoiding habitat destruction, though significant obstacles remain in that field. Neither of these options is available at scale here and now, though.
Wikipedia: Camelina
Biodiesel made from camelina has a variety of benefits. First, traditional petroleum or diesel fuel is not renewable resources, the production of these resources is finite. Camelina biodiesel, however, is a renewable resource. Camelina based aviation fuel could save 84% of carbon emissions. Camelina biodiesel can be produced in large quantities as feedstocks are enough. Moreover, camelina biodiesel can reduce a country’s dependence on fossil resources, which can ensure a country’s energy security. In addition, camelina biodiesel is an environmentally friendly fuel, and it is biodegradable. The greenhouse gas emission of camelina biodiesel produced by no-till farming is lower than that of traditional methods.
Verge (YouTube): CES 2025 roundtable: AI, robots, and everything else
While we’re used to highlighting the best parts of CES, we wanted to chat through the contenders that didn’t make the shortlist, but definitely made an impact.
- 00:01 Intro
- 00:30 Big CES 2025 trends: smart glasses, AI, chatbots, smart home robots
- 05:40 Antonio’s first CES
- 06:30 Laptops, gaming handhelds
- 08:30 CES attendance records?
- 09:55 Victoria’s “most CES” moment
- 10:30 Karaoke and speakers
- 11:12 Favorite vaporware
- 11:50 The CES b-sides
- 12:00 Intel Innovation showcase
- 13:42 Smart ring — Circular Ring 2
- 15:22 Best Boox Palma alternative — TCL 60 XE
- 18:50 Audio tech — monitor with beamforming audio
- 20:07 Wildlife camera
- 22:02 Portable TV — LG StanByME 2 (and the rest of LG products)
- 23:05 Nilay’s closing remarks
The Verge (YouTube): Best of CES 2025
CES 2025 has wrapped, and after days on the show floor, our Verge reporters have picked the year’s best tech. From next-gen gaming handhelds and bendable screens to new TVs, AI-powered smart home gadgets, smart rings, and futuristic EVs. Here are our top picks from the show. Presented by Siemens
Read more: www.theverge.com/2025/1/10…
- 00:00 Intro
- 00:31 Chris Welch - Best TV
- 02:33 Victoria Song - Best wearable
- 03:26 Victoria Song - Best beauty tech
- 05:13 Antonio Di Benedetto - Best laptop
- 06:22 Andrew J. Hawkins - Best car
- 07:20 Jennifer Pattison Tuohy - Best smart home tech
- 08:44 Allison Johnson - Best toaster imposter
- 10:11 Sean Hollister - Best gaming handheld
- 11:14 Tom Warren - Best gaming overall
- 13:04 Vjeran Pavic - Best sequel
Apple Insider: How to spot and block scam texts on your iPhone
By default, if you receive a text message on an iPhone or other Apple device from an unknown sender, any links therein are disabled. Once you reply to a message, however, the Messages app then allows clickable links, reports Bleeping Computer.
Scammers and other threat actors have developed a way around this restriction that savvy users will spot easily, but novice users might fall for. Often, this “smishing” attack comes in the form of a notice of an unpaid bill for a small amount, or a “failed delivery” notification.
The key to these new scam “warnings” is that they will often ask the recipient to reply “Y” or “N” or some variation in a reply immediately. They will instruct the user to reply, then exit the chat and return to their message in order to click a now-enabled scam link.
This explains those “Y or N” texts.
WashPo: NASA’s next great space telescope, the Roman, takes shape
About two dozen workers clustered around towering pieces of hardware, some twice or three times the height of a typical person. When stacked and integrated, these components will form the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope.
The assembly of the telescope ramped up this fall, with 600 workers aiming to get everything integrated and tested by late 2026. NASA has committed to launching the telescope no later than May 2027.
The telescope will be roughly the size of the Hubble Space Telescope, but not quite as long (a “stubby Hubble,” some call it).
Globe: Alex Ovechkin is on track to break Wayne Gretzky’s NHL career goals record
Alex Ovechkin of the Washington Capitals is closing in on the NHL career goals record of 894 held by Wayne Gretzky.
Ovechkin has 873 goals and needs 22 to set a new record.
Ovechkin entered the season 42 short of breaking a record by “The Great One” that long seemed unapproachable.
Last Updated: 12.Jan.2025 23:36 EST
