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BBC Winterwatch

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BBC Winterwatch is back this week & next on BBC Two at 8pm every night from Tues to Fri. aside from being a fascinating and enjoyable hour long TV show about nature and animals during Winter, they also have a set of live wildlife cameras viewable online from 10am to 10pm each day. Make sure to check out the 15-20 thousand starlings roosting at night under Aberystwyth pier!
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Iron As Renewable Fuel

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Working with researchers from TU Eindhoven, the Swinkels Family Brewers in The Netherlands are the first to employ at scale the burning of Iron as a renewable fuel. Finely ground iron powder burns cleanly at high temperatures and produces iron oxide (rust) as its only emission. Best of all, this rust can be reenrgised back in to iron powder using electricity, for use as a combustable source of energy again!
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David Attenborough's A Life On Our Planet

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This week I watched David Attenborough's excellent documentary film A Life On Our Planet on Netflix. David himself describes the film as his witness statement of the destruction of the bio-sphere that he has witnessed in his lifetime. It is harrowing viewing but ends in an optimistic call to action about what needs to be done to stop ourselves from destroying the planet. It is mandatory viewing for everyone, especially for those with children or in positions of power or influence.
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Bill Gates On Vehicles

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Bill Gates published a blog post about his thoughts on the future of transport, in particularly vehicle transport. Electric vehicles are great for short haul, provided the efficiency of battery weight to range is improved. He sees the future of long-haul transport in biofuels, that can take CO2 from the atmosphere and combine with water to create hydrogen without any waste. These biofuels power vehicles and extract CO2 from the air, a win win!
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