‘We are seen as dinosaurs that are unable to change. But we do have scale and the ability to move quickly.’ The ensuing debate discussed the role of natural gas as a ‘bridge fuel’ and part of a long-term solution. But
Atmospheric researcher Ivana Cvijanovic also ran computer simulations of a warmer Arctic, at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California where she works. She found that air circulation over the eastern Pacific could change in a two-step process that ends...
Debt allows a steep step-up in standard of living, such as that obtained by adding coal or oil to an economy.Debt allows goods to be purchased that will substantially change a person’s future, such as transit to a new country, or purchase of a college education, or purchase of a deli...
The US Department of Energy has chosen a ‘data centric’ high performance computing system to address energy R&D and big data challenges. The new systems are the ‘Summit,’ at Oak Ridge National Laboratories and the ‘Subtractit*’ at Lawrence Livermore, both with 100 petaflop peak performanc...