#displacement

We have patients, wounded and injured 💔

Please help me and my family to be evacuated. Unfortunately, I need $ 5,000 to be able to evacuate, including the money withdrawal commission that has become 50%, and this means that $ 100 has become = 50 $

Among them are transportation transportation that cost more than $ 2000

Please help you, my friends, my friends, and I know very well that you did not and will not leave me alone to die 😭😭

@cantsayidont @nevert-the-guy @northgazaupdates2 @gemevieve @gazaboovintage @donconsejeroofficial

It disgusts me every day to know we live in an age where the most powerful governments and the richest businessmen remain tactfully neutral and conviniently blind to on an ongoing humanitarian crisis that they could likely put a swift end to...

Yet at the same time, it warms my heart to know that when the government has failed us over and over and over again, that we the average internet users from all over the globe are coming together over social media, hearts full of anger and sympathy, to try and lend a hand however we can.

We may not hold as much power as our politicians, but we are many. And if every one of us does just a little and gives just a little, we can save lives.

Aahed reported gaining about $350 in donations since my last post, which is amazing! But they still need over a thousand dollars for him to get himself and his family somewhere safer.

Help me make this possible for them.

Thank you all for helping me. When we stand together, we can do anything!

his family consists of 13 people, including children, and it's extremely difficult to stay on top of their needs. he often doesn't get enough regular donations, and the needs start to pile up.

now that winter is coming, his goal for this week is $4000. this is not a luxury, it is necessary to provide for his family's most basic human needs, things which are human rights and which most of us take for granted: food, firewood, clean water, healthcare, hygiene products.

please help my friend if you have anything to give. even if its just a little bit, i promise you, it really, really does make a difference. if you truly cannot give, please at least reblog this. you can also support seraj on instagram, as it's the main way he promotes his campaign and he regularly gets shadowbanned.

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paypal (preferred way to donate, since it reaches him faster)

chuffed

Green energy is in its heyday. 

Renewable energy sources now account for 22% of the nation’s electricity, and solar has skyrocketed eight times over in the last decade. This spring in California, wind, water, and solar power energy sources exceeded expectations, accounting for an average of 61.5 percent of the state's electricity demand across 52 days. 

But green energy has a lithium problem. Lithium batteries control more than 90% of the global grid battery storage market. 

That’s not just cell phones, laptops, electric toothbrushes, and tools. Scooters, e-bikes, hybrids, and electric vehicles all rely on rechargeable lithium batteries to get going. 

Fortunately, this past week, Natron Energy launched its first-ever commercial-scale production of sodium-ion batteries in the U.S. 

“Sodium-ion batteries offer a unique alternative to lithium-ion, with higher power, faster recharge, longer lifecycle and a completely safe and stable chemistry,” said Colin Wessells — Natron Founder and Co-CEO — at the kick-off event in Michigan. 

The new sodium-ion batteries charge and discharge at rates 10 times faster than lithium-ion, with an estimated lifespan of 50,000 cycles.

Wessells said that using sodium as a primary mineral alternative eliminates industry-wide issues of worker negligence, geopolitical disruption, and the “questionable environmental impacts” inextricably linked to lithium mining. 

“The electrification of our economy is dependent on the development and production of new, innovative energy storage solutions,” Wessells said. 

Why are sodium batteries a better alternative to lithium?

The birth and death cycle of lithium is shadowed in environmental destruction. The process of extracting lithium pollutes the water, air, and soil, and when it’s eventually discarded, the flammable batteries are prone to bursting into flames and burning out in landfills. 

There’s also a human cost. Lithium-ion materials like cobalt and nickel are not only harder to source and procure, but their supply chains are also overwhelmingly attributed to hazardous working conditions and child labor law violations. 

Sodium, on the other hand, is estimated to be 1,000 times more abundant in the earth’s crust than lithium. 

“Unlike lithium, sodium can be produced from an abundant material: salt,” engineer Casey Crownhart wrote ​​in the MIT Technology Review. “Because the raw ingredients are cheap and widely available, there’s potential for sodium-ion batteries to be significantly less expensive than their lithium-ion counterparts if more companies start making more of them.”

What will these batteries be used for?

Right now, Natron has its focus set on AI models and data storage centers, which consume hefty amounts of energy. In 2023, the MIT Technology Review reported that one AI model can emit more than 626,00 pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent. 

“We expect our battery solutions will be used to power the explosive growth in data centers used for Artificial Intelligence,” said Wendell Brooks, co-CEO of Natron. 

“With the start of commercial-scale production here in Michigan, we are well-positioned to capitalize on the growing demand for efficient, safe, and reliable battery energy storage.”

The fast-charging energy alternative also has limitless potential on a consumer level, and Natron is eying telecommunications and EV fast-charging once it begins servicing AI data storage centers in June. 

On a larger scale, sodium-ion batteries could radically change the manufacturing and production sectors — from housing energy to lower electricity costs in warehouses, to charging backup stations and powering electric vehicles, trucks, forklifts, and so on. 

“I founded Natron because we saw climate change as the defining problem of our time,” Wessells said. “We believe batteries have a role to play.”

-via GoodGoodGood, May 3, 2024

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