Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ...
by iancmceachern on Monday April 26, 2021 @03:02AM
(#26940022)
24% industrial use is in my mind.
A buddy of mine worked for a startup a few years ago that promised to go into large plants and do some trickery with the harmonic losses with the very large AC motors in a lot of the big equipment. Apparently there is a lot of losses in such things. They would install equipment to improve the situation in exchange for a portion of the energy savings over time, which was considerable.
Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ...
by TheCoelacanth on Monday April 26, 2021 @10:08AM
(#26942633)
Except that also breaks down into 7% iron/steel, 3.6% chemical and oil, 1% food and tobacco and many other small categories.
Is the same solution that cuts down on carbon emissions in making steel going to cut emissions when making fertilizer?
Re:Amtrak's 2035 map has people talking about the future of ...
by iancmceachern on Wednesday April 28, 2021 @01:24PM
(#26971878)
Yes, because all those plants have big AC motors driving the machinery. Any place where there is a big AC motor can benefit from this. That means most of the applications you can think of.
There is no low hanging fruit. We need to address every sector. No individual solution is going to cut more than a few percent of total carbon emissions.