darth_nadoma

darth_nadoma OP t1_iul1ad0 wrote

The report stresses that without urgent action on clean air, the financial cost of air pollution in Africa’s cities is predicted to increase by more than 600 per cent by 2040. Studies show that Africa’s cities are likely to house 65 per cent of its population by 2060.

Air pollution killed 1.1 million Africans in 2019, while AIDS related diseases killed 440 thousand.

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darth_nadoma OP t1_iu43j65 wrote

The number of installed industrial robots globally has increased by 517 thousand units in 2021, brining the total number of operational units to 3.5 million. With 74 % of installations being in Asia and UK being the only major country where installations decreased.

The article stated that while humanoid robots attract fanfare the humble industrial robots are doing more to transform the economy. The humanoid robots do not yet perform as good as humans

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darth_nadoma t1_itthi44 wrote

They are producing it from manure.

I remember writing a paper in college on production of fuel methane from Food Waste.

There are big facilities that make methane from food waste and then use the methane to produce electricity in Barcelona, Catalonia.

Methane Gas from cow manure is how a lot of rural electrification was achieved in India 🇮🇳. It also allowed some peasants to produce their own gas to cook with.

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