u/thinkcontext

67.4k post karma · 32.1k comment karma · joined Jul 2012

1. 18points
   

   ZBLAN Fiber Optics In Orbit Face Lingering Impurities (spectrum.ieee.org)

   submitted 2d ago by u/thinkcontext to r/spaceflight

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2. 105points
   

   ”59 years of humans vs. a few hours of AI”: Google Gemini 4 Argon helps shatter long-standing nuclear fusion theory (techradar.com)

   submitted 8d ago by u/thinkcontext to r/fusion

   27 comments · source

3. 2,551points
   

   FedEx believes $300M electric truck spend will save them $800M in diesel (electrek.co)

   submitted 25d ago by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

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4. 27points
   

   Australia’s ‘postcard from the future’ of big batteries (archive.ph)

   submitted 24d ago by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

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5. 76points

   Africa's cement boom signals next great shift in global energy use (reuters.com)

   submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

   20 comments · source

6. 20points

   Africa's cement boom signals next great shift in global energy use (reuters.com)

   submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/Infrastructurist

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7. 268points
   

   US battery startup builds factory in China after nixing Kentucky plant (canarymedia.com)

   submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

   32 comments · source

8. 6points

   Direct electrode-to-electrode regeneration of end-of-life batteries via electrode–electrolyte interphase dissolution (pubs.rsc.org)

   submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

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9. 147points
   

   Sodium batteries to upend lithium dominance in storage: CATL (archive.ph)

   submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

   31 comments · source

10. 3points
    

    Global coal demand hits record high as Iran war cuts gas supplies (finance.yahoo.com)

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/coal

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11. 329points
    

    Donald Trump’s US coal revival push fails to reverse fuel’s long decline - Coal-fired electricity generation falls 11% in first half of 2026 as cheaper power sources such as natural gas grow (FT) (archive.ph)

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

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12. 17points
    

    Global coal demand hits record high as Iran war cuts gas supplies (finance.yahoo.com)

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

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13. 52points

    China oil demand to fall 8.9% in 2026, Sinopec research says (reuters.com)

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

    6 comments · source

14. 23points

    China pauses approvals for battery storage manufacturing projects, Cailianshe reports (reuters.com)

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

    9 comments · source

15. 175points
    

    Why Google told drivers to drive a longer way on purpose (sfgate.com)

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/Infrastructurist

    66 comments · source

16. 499points
    

    A Texas rancher grazes more than 8,000 sheep across solar farms, and the solar companies pay him to do it — the sheep keep the vegetation off the panels, and grazing under glass is now the entire ranching operation (siliconcanals.com) [News / Blog]

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/solar

    17 comments · source

17. 72points
    

    A Texas rancher grazes more than 8,000 sheep across solar farms, and the solar companies pay him to do it — the sheep keep the vegetation off the panels, and grazing under glass is now the entire ranching operation - Silicon Canals (siliconcanals.com)

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/livestock

    7 comments · source

18. 131points
    

    Cincinnati police drones respond in minutes. Here's what CPD learned after 1 year. (local12.com) [Society]

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/technology

    78 comments · source

19. 66points
    

    Cincinnati police drones respond in minutes. Here's what CPD learned after 1 year. (local12.com) [News 📰]

    submitted Sep 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/cincinnati

    49 comments · source

20. 9points

    Exxon turns to automated drilling in the Permian in push for higher oil output (reuters.com)

    submitted Aug 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

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21. 5points
    

    Monolith switches from methane pyrolysis to CBO + a data center (linkedin.com)

    submitted Aug 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/energy

    2 comments · source

22. 12points

    China leads wave of clean power wastage as grids globally hit limits (reuters.com)

    submitted Aug 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/Infrastructurist

    4 comments · source

23. 132points
    

    Scientists detect a surprising shift in human blood as atmospheric CO2 rises (sciencedaily.com)

    submitted Aug 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/climatechange

    3 comments · source

24. 13points
    

    SpaceMD will use Starfall to launch its creation of space pharmaceuticals (thehill.com)

    submitted Aug 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/spaceflight

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25. 83points
    

    Ukraine strikes major Russian rocket factory with cruise missiles (Soyuz) (arstechnica.com)

    submitted Aug 2026 by u/thinkcontext to r/spaceflight

    3 comments · source