why carbon trading is so contentious not only for fossil energy companies, but within the green tech community. the real reason ... https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/black-potato-stew-our-calorific-diet-386f5104b28e #finance #carbon #money #crypto

A very good list of scams where fake investors, VCs, "family offices", fund managers (collectively, the clowns that pretend to use their own monopoly money) use to make money off ill-informed founders, start-ups and businesses.

16 ways to scam a founder raising funds

In this post, I

be informed, be safe. #money #investment #finance #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain

this is a nicely made relaxing and upbeat performance with a fantastic island view (Sabah, Malaysia)

interesting information with the accompanying comments . . . View quoted note →

the photo you see below, is the method of using liquid tin to extract minerals and metals from seawater desalination brine, at a competitive cost-performance ratio that is a lot better than (1) electrodialysis (this consumes a lot of electricity), (2) absorbents (which causes discharge and pollution). note the solubility of Mg, Na, K, Ca metals in Sn (Tin) at the target temperature (573K). when it comes to extraction of uranium from the oceans, using this method, will be thermodynamically challenging at the same temperature range, to which a more nauced analysis should first be undertaken. the 2007 article titled "Review of uranyl mineral solubility measurements", in particular page 339 equation 2. a more elegant (but much slower) method is the passive polymer-matrix, to which the same above document is useful, in particular page 344 plot figure 1 and reference table no. 2 is useful. this study (JPN20004) was funded by NEDO and supported by JST Spring, Japan Grant Number JPMJSP2180, JPMJSP2106. https://iwaponline.com/jwrd/article/15/1/109/107206/Liquid-metal-technology-for-collection-of-metal https://www3.nd.edu/~fein/Publications/Gorman-Lewis%20JThermo%20(40)335.pdf

this is what I needed, to remind me WTF i'm doing. bravo.

Part 4 and 7 if done right will set a market reference value for bitcoin. many do not realize how crucial this is, in addition to expanding the demand curve beyond capital appreciation. Part 6 is where you will be able to determine who (issuers) are the (a) scam fks, (b) criminals in suits, (c) real projects. Part 3 - the entire point of bitcoin is to cause governments to realize that if they fk around too much, money will move to decentralized assets. this is the balls shrink effect / influence that is the underlying real core of what bitcoin is. Part 5 - be careful of the prevailing mantra to stock up on bitcoin and sit and wait for havings and transaction processing income, because the reason why the likes of Blackrock is accumulating BTC is to ride on this mantra within the bitcoin use base and liquidate at the right trading window. demand is a very powerful economic factor to providing market reference value for an asset, digital, real-world, whatever. When the US Dollar peg to gold was removed in 1971, it was the demand created by the 1973 PetroDollar deal with Saudi Arabia that created this market reference value. DO NOT take my word for it. VERIFY the facts and run it through whatever AI tools you have to get a NON-BIAS perspective/analysis. View quoted note →

read about why the ocean is the last frontier of our last days > #finance #bitcoin #crypto #money #ocean #environment #energy #whyOceanMatters https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/oceanic-frontier-of-our-last-days-2025-edition-776b7da82b44

excellent pointers on how to protect against crypto scammers. one of the valuable advice? a cold wallet. the second? always never hesitate to go to law enforcement. remember, sharing and spreading information makes us all safer. #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #finance #money #scams #crime

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a step in the right direction for a global carbon tax on shipping. by using a credit trading model, we have major economies onboard and this allows for non-fossil fuels to be eventually utilized for carbon-neutral shipping & logistics worldwide. at the moment, some reservations do remain, such as concerns that targeted reductions in carbon intensity for fuels may not be stringent enough to reduce the use of fossil methane as a marine fuel. within the context of switching from marine diesel to fossil methane, it is considered by many as only a transitional fuel. when renewable ocean power is deployed to make non-fossil natural gas, then it becomes a carbon neutral competitive advantage. right now, e-fuels like ammonia and methanol are priced at multiple above premium to their fossil counterparts, and will hamper the financial competitiveness of the shipping industry at large. the Thessalonica Hydroship Gas Production Area ("GPA") produces non-fossil natural gas quoted in MMbtu and pegged to competitive benchmarks with terms of supply extending to 25 years. original article source:

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Major nations agree on first-ever global fee on greenhouse gases with plan that targets shipping

Many of the world’s largest shipping nations have agreed to impose a minimum fee on every ton of greenhouse gases emitted by ships above certain ...

more details and why: https://medium.com/@acefujiwara/oceanic-frontier-of-our-last-days-2025-edition-776b7da82b44 #bitcoin #crypto #blockchain #finance #technology #innovation #carbontrading #carbon #gas #hydrogen #energy #money

Syngas-to-Cocaine. This is the continuation of the article "The death and resurrection of Superman"...The fossil energy complex, (mainly oil and natural gas), has relied on employing the best technical expertise that money can purchase to develop catalysts that can turn methane gas, syngas into essentially every refined fuel or olefin, polymer material there is. It has also made large technological leaps into methanation, CO2 into methanol, process technologies over the last several decades. Many of these core technologies, have expired some as far back as 30 years ago. Take for instance, US Patent 3,850,850A, expired 1991, assigned to Imperial Chemical Industries (better known for ICI paint products, now owned by AkzoNobel N.V), detailing the prime catalyst for methanol synthesis. Or US Patent 4,011,275A, expired 1994, assigned to ExxonMobil, this patent is notable since it discloses the catalyst, and the plant process parameters to achieve product synthesis, and, more importantly, this is one of the “grandfather” expired patent to almost all of ExxonMobil’s modern day refineries in existence, today. Any lawyer working for a fossil energy firm will know how to articulate this correctly; these patents are obsolete and based on old and less efficient technology that are no longer possible due to the stringent environmental regulations that demand higher performance and quality fuels that consumers deserve. Ah…expired automatically means obsolete, like milk in a supermarket. The reality is that because crude oil and natural gas production quality does vary depending on where it’s rigged up, especially sulfur, continuous improvements will have to be made to reduce or eliminate catalyst poisoning, or other mundane technical improvements such as designing less dramatic pressure drop within specific fixed bed or slurry column reactors used in these refineries. A perfectly honorable and very sensible way to “refresh” and update intellectual property associated with these capital intensive, high barrier to entry businesses, 20 years at a time that is… (it’s easy to read and see the tell-tale signs in these patent applications at the time of publication, and quite remarkable how some patent drafting professionals have the inventive skill to skirt around even the most seasoned PCT preliminary examiner…) I do not know of any renewable energy derived hydrogen project that contains so much sulfur or chloride contaminants that renders use of these public domain Fischer-Tropsch catalysts and processes impossible or non-usable. a possible explosive growth in carbon neutral, non-fossil, hydrogen-driven energy complex, just like what had happened to 3D printing since 2013? The same goes for renewable energy, where core patents for photovoltaic, wind, concentrated solar, geothermal and even (dare I say) chemical redox flow energy storage have all expired and in the public domain. Have you found your Kawasaki Mouse today? #patents #patent #oil #energy

A tough read into the American US Department of Defense's perspective on the People's Republic of China's security and military developments. This report was made to the United States congress in 2023. Page 104, paragraph 3, 4: " - DoD estimates that the PRC will have have over 1,000 operational nuclear warheads by 2030, much of which will be deployed at higher readiness levels and will continue growing its force to 2035 in line with its goal of ensuring PLA modernization is “basically complete” that year, which serves as an important milestone on the road to Xi’s goal of a “world class” military by 2049. - The PRC probably will use its new fast breeder reactors and reprocessing facilities to produce plutonium for its nuclear weapons program, despite publicly maintaining these technologies are intended for peaceful purposes. " Page 115; "...The PRC continues to engage in biological activities with dual-use applications, which raise concerns regarding its compliance with the BWC. In addition, the United States does not have sufficient information to determine whether China eliminated its assessed historical biological warfare (BW) program, which the United States assesses that the PRC possessed from the 1950s to at least the late 1980s. The PRC acceded to the BWC in 1984 and regularly submits to confidence-building measures (CBM) under the BWC; however, the PRC’s CBM reporting has never acknowledged its past offensive program. As part of its historical BW program, the PRC had reported weaponized ricin, botulinum toxins, and the causative agents of anthrax, cholera, plague, and tularemia. In addition, available information on studies conducted at PRC military medical institutions indicates that researchers identify, test, and characterize diverse families of potent toxins with dual-use applications. The PRC’s chemical and biotechnology infrastructures are sufficient to research, develop, and produce some chemical and biological agents or toxins on a large scale. " The original report can be found here: https://media.defense.gov/2023/Oct/19/2003323409/-1/-1/1/2023-MILITARY-AND-SECURITY-DEVELOPMENTS-INVOLVING-THE-PEOPLES-REPUBLIC-OF-CHINA.PDF #US #defence #defense #military #nuclear

Can Thorium nuclear reactors be totally safe and never be used for nuclear weapons? The following youtube video presented by Kirk Sorensen (Flibe Energy) makes the answer clear, straightforward and non-bias. Within the first 6th minute mark, Kirk presented Flibe's innovative method of using the Thorium fuel cycle to provide endless clean energy including efficient nuclear waste recycling. At the 9th minute mark, Kirk demonstrates how the same technology can be utilized to recover from nuclear waste and ore, into weapons grade material at a much faster pace, at lower cost as compared to centrifugal refining. At the 11:25 minute mark, Kirk answers and validates the above statement directly in response to the moderator's question on weapons proliferation. At the 15.25 and 17:10 minute mark, the better method to store nuclear waste in highly stable and non-volatile, is described. This is fundamentally correct. At the 18:10 minute mark, the primary downside of nuclear fusion's wall blanket breeder containment design is articulated. At the 19:20 minute mark, the applicability of Thorium fuel cycle to produce medical use of dosage controlled life-saving cancer treatment is briefly described. At the 21.20 minute mark, the simplicity of nuclear weapons refining is further talked about in terms of electrochemistry, and how Flibe Energy is designing built-in safe-guard to make this either extremely difficult or hazardous. The last 45 seconds of the video presentation concludes and confirms the above. The dual salt blanket reactor topology combined with electrochemical in-situ waste removal using Bismult (actually, Bismult and tin alloy compositions have other advantages...), is a double-edged sword. Within the right custodian hands, it can solve the energy problem and nuclear waste conundrum at the same time. #nuclear #energy #hydrogen #gas

LOCAL FISH CAN グランプリ2024。 10月13日(日) 本プロジェクトは、次世代へ豊かで美しい海を引き継ぐために、海を介して人と人とがつながる”日本財団「海と日本PROJECT」 優秀賞（準グランプリ） 長崎県立南山高等学校　(長崎県) 課題魚：マツバガイ・アイゴ 開発した商品名：バリうまかよマツ天 開発ストーリー：長崎県は、豊かな漁場と多様な魚種を誇る日本屈指の「魚のまち」です。しかし近年、温暖化の影響により、磯焼けが深刻化し、海の生態系が変化しつつあります。特に冬場、イスズミ、ブダイ、アイゴなどの魚が藻場を荒らし、またワカメの養殖にはアメフラシが大きな食害をもたらしています。そこで、長崎県民に馴染みのある「あげかまぼこ」に、アメフラシとアイゴを活用した新たなブランド商品を開発。磯焼け対策と地域経済の活性化を目指したいと考えています。※アメフラシが不漁のため、今回はマツバガイを使用しました。 >

LOCAL FISH CAN グランプリ2025

LOCAL FISH CAN グランプリとは、高校生の皆様が地域と協力しながら美味しさと海の課題を缶詰に詰め、全国に届...

アイゴを課題魚とした「バリのぬかみそだき」を開発した福岡県立水産高等学校が優勝しました。(博多屋柚羽 、永島結友)

limitations and method of detection of artificial intelligence tools and the passing of, of apparent intelligence from professional work that has no disclosure statements to cause notification to the intended end use thereof. therefore, confidence of professional or technical competence must now be conducted by means of a 2, or 4 step process by which the first may comprise of > a challenge-response set of queries to establish a baseline*; for instance, in the field of molten salt nuclear reactors, what do you see as the most challenging engineering aspect for modular units to be deployed in offshore applications that can reach operational and safety reliability benchmarks comparable to terrestrial PWR designs? why? * this implies that the entire challenge-response set should be developed in a sequential series, some conducted within real world in-person sessions to establish body language baseline parameters. > a second step would be the logic-to-experiential rationalization domain query, for example; assume that it is mission critical for a modular molten salt reactor to be onboard an aircraft about the dimensions, aerodynamics and specifications of a Boeing 737, and for it to have a continous kWe output of about 3MW and a peak kWe output of at least 9MW for at least a period of 30 seconds. in your opinion, which aspect would demand priority within the context of design and engineering? (a) reactor fluid level control during payload take-off/landing, or (b) fuselage weight distribution, or (c) coolant lines and geometry, or (d) all of the above**? **if (d), please run through which aspect will be the first to fail, if this aircraft is expected to make 4 sorties per 24-hour day, and perform at least 50 cycles of 9MWe peak output with intervals of at least 180 seconds. The original article can be viewed here >

TechRadar

I tried using the Deep Research feature with Google

Thinking about thinking about thinking

P.S. for the curious, the answer to the above, is not what you think it is. but, its fun to let the AI bot do its overthinking. #artificialintelligence #ai #technology #blockchain

The US Congressional Budget Office projects debt as a percentage to GDP to hit 119% in 10 years and 136% in 20 years. The wild roller-coaster ride for US Fed 10-year rate indicates the underlying trend within the calculation of risk; "will the rule of law or will the influence of the White House be the prime denominator to sidestep key office holders within independent agencies such as the Federal Reserve?". It is notable that Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch had already made cuts in US credit ratings based on the risk of debt-to-GDP sustainability. Recent downgrades were in 2023 (Moody's AAA rating remains, but outlook downgraded from stable to negative, S&P and Fitch both have since cut US rating from AAA to AA+, based on the same risk factor). Within the broadstrokes of this all encompassing and looming ratio, what is now becoming clear, is effective political duress or seasonal interference in organs of the Federal union that may impair its effective ability to act within their respective mandated functional roles. The other highly significant factor that has not received due scrutiny, is in the area of workforce productivity, which is correlated to the overall health of the American people. The data from the American USGCRP, EPA, points to a very clear effect of climate-induced exacerbation to the severity of chronic health symptoms arising from Lyme disease. This translates to higher Medicare and Medicaid claims. Projections by 2030 shows that this will be 21% of GDP versus 15% for defense. By 2040, this will be 23% of GDP versus 16% for defense. Insurance giant Allianz SE and AXA are already looking at uninsurable climate risks such as the recent LA fires. What many in-house risk and actuary specialists are not publicly telling you, is the size and scope of the number of climate-driven serious health-impairements. These are not yippy perspectives, just look at the hard data and run them through American-owned AI tools and look at the results. Perhaps this is the ultimate act of efficiency in governmental analytics. US Congressional Budget Office > https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61187 Financial Report of the United States Government >

Financial Report of the United States Government - Management

US EPA > https://www.epa.gov/climateimpacts/climate-change-impacts-health Allianz piece from Sustainability Magazine >

Allianz: How Climate Change is Unravelling Insurance Markets

Allianz SE and AXA warn that climate-driven insurance limits may destabilise financial systems, threatening manufacturing, regional investment & ho...

Assessment of Climate Change on Human Health in the US > https://www.globalchange.gov/reports/impacts-climate-change-human-health-united-states-scientific-assessment #finance #money #bitcoin #crypto #climate #health #healthcare #climatechange #economics #usa

this is a very good article on how personal discipline can make a real difference in maximum body + muscle + mental health without pushing past crazy limits or painful reps. #health #resilience #body #training #mentalhealth

Minimum Viable Muscle: The Least You Must Do To Not Fall Apart

Most fitness discourse drowns in maximalist BS, endless debates over optimal programming, supplement minutiae, and genetic limitations.

an interesting take on the direction of bitcoin, it's 4 year cycle, and why the author is betting on real world projects. https://medium.com/coinmonks/where-are-we-in-the-bitcoin-cycle-48f35f552a35 #bitcoin #money #crypto #blockchain #finance #investment

this is highly significant development to watch for 1 simple reason, proliferation of nodes where digital currencies can be paid for in exchange of goods and services creates actual real world demand and therefore a reference price trend and value for the underlying digital currency. the ones that continue to perpetuate the "buy to hold" until the capital value of the underlying asset reaches a targeted value, are the ones who are trying to play everyone.

The Cryptonomist

Mastercard and Kraken revolutionize crypto payments in Europe

Yesterday, a new chapter in the crypto world opened with the announcement of a strategic partnership between Mastercard and Kraken.

the dip in the price of gold in the last 48 hours, with the gap in price movement correlation between bitcoin, crypto, now reveals a previously unseen market trading parameter that seldom emerges in good times. during volatile and severe financial stress market event-shocks, such as the Lehman crisis, COVID, and now the consumption-tax on US domestic residents, gold is seen as the ultimate bastion of the "asset of last resort". decentralization of currency by means of cryptographically secure marks (a.k.a. PKI mechanism for non-duplicative and non-repudiable means of exchange), as opposed to the central issuance of a marked currency backed by the confidence of trade weighted demand for goods and services originating from that of the issuer's jurisdictional domain, is seen as an irrevocable means against the risk or eventual erosion of value custody and control of the currency by one or more of its holders. yet, the fall of the value of bitcoin, alongside established cryptos (or digital currencies) against gold and other internationally recognized reserve assets such as the United States currency, now clearly shows the following in generalized terms of transactional market-driven trading dynamics: > equity market losses reveal the short-term capital stock volume on a globalized basis. > purchase of gold-backed instruments versus acquisition of physical bullion, separates managers of capital versus title holders of wealth. > the average latency between the opening and close of market pairs and exchanges, when compared to the latency times during the last known financial shocks (Lehman, COVID, etc.), shows unexpected deviation from anticipated forecasts made prior. > the conjecture where the sheer quantity of gold dissolved in the oceans makes or renders the floor value of physical gold bullion to be very low or of little value, is misplaced due to 2 reasons; 1.S.1 > the cost of sequestering and processing of dissolved gold will be in multiples of the mining cost of gold ore from known reserve mines, therefore, in the event where physical gold demand provides economic justification for "ocean-derived gold", the floor value of gold bullion will be at elevated price levels. 1.S.2 > the logic sequence of 1.S.1, when broadly applied towards (a) nuclear transmutation of gold, and (b) extraction, transportation and delivery of gold or gold ore from identified regions of outer space, points to the same economic terms for the ultimate replacement risk factor for gold bullion.

Gold Analysis Today 01/04: Decline In The Coming Days -Chart

Gold Analysis Today 01/04: Decline In The Coming Days -Chart. Gold Analysis Overview: <ul> <li /> General Trend: Upward <li /> Support Points for G...

Supplementary Sources which can be fed into multiple AI (articifical intelligence) systems to yield a non-bias, objective critical analysis of statements and claims made above: (i) description of transmutation of elements into gold and why it is not technically or economically feasible by any means whatsoever given the timeline of reference (

APMEX

Turning Lead Into Gold: From Alchemy to Nuclear Science | APMEX

Can you turn lead to gold? Scientists have achieved nuclear transmutation, but the process remains impractical due to extreme costs and radioactive...

) (ii) description of the sheer quantity of gold among the stars and why it is again, not technically or economically feasible by any means whatsoever given the timeline of reference (

Astronomy Magazine

Does all the gold in the universe come from stars?

Humanity’s fascination with this precious metal is increased by knowing it comes from the stars.

) (iii) description of the sheet quantity of gold dissolved in the oceans and why it is again, NOT technically or economically feasible by any means whatsoever given the timeline of reference ( https://www.forbes.com/sites/trevornace/2017/09/15/771-trillion-worth-gold-hidden-ocean/ ) Please take note and DO NOT (NEVER) fall for scams that tells you or informs you otherwise, such as using ocean to produce gold, space gold ore mining, or modular nuclear to transmute gold. These are outright scams and are highly fraudulent.