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Simplifying and organizing power grids The accident that occurred to the Iberian electricity grid with fifty-five million people left in the dark due to a blackout considered historic about ten days ago raises the question of whether it is not necessary to simplify and organize the energy distribution of large countries in a more efficient way; in fact, apparently it is not possible to understand what the real cause of the blackout is and every hypothesis put forward has been discarded (with some theories also judged rather evanescent and made to capture public attention). These are very articulated networks with the additional complexity constituted by the relative novelty of renewable energy, the increase in electric cars on the road and various devices that absorb a lot of energy for recharging; all for electricity grids that are often not well organized, a bit chaotic and also exposed to possible cyber attacks and the climate changes variable. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 07/05/2025 
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 Monitoring of power grids in Europe After the blackout that affected Spain (some say the largest ever.. five victims), part of Portugal and parts of France, there is talk of how a more accurate control of high-voltage connection nodes is needed; in fact, even if the causes of the energy drops are not well understood, it seems that a sudden strong surge in the high-voltage supply, with the lack of fifteen gigawatts, could have caused the disconnection of some nodes and then the automatic protection systems were triggered. A possible cyber attack is not excluded [unlikely], but there are various versions of what happened with the risk of disinformation according to the authorities; the situation in large cities in Spain was almost surreal where everything was practically blocked, businesses closed, traffic not regulated by traffic lights, people with radios to get information, then also the use of battery-powered lights. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 29/04/2025 n: 5936 Drones for transport equipment on Everest The climbs on Mount Everest may no longer be the same that traditionally are repeated more or less with the same procedures for decades with the Sherpas transporting the materials to the base fields; in fact, it seems that the use of drones that transport up to about thirty (for safety we are limited to twenty) of kilos of material in the summit is increasingly frequent. It takes the Sherpas for these sometimes risky transport operations for six or seven minutes, then they can also be used for the recovery of waste in cleaning operations such as Airlift Nepal that had already been planned; but many drone flights are needed and there is no electricity at high altitude and it takes a lot of fuel to operate the generators. However according to some the spirit of mountaineering begins to be lost with climbers equipped with sophisticated electronic equipment and tools of all kinds. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 23/04/2025 n: 5932 Too much water for data centers in Spain Spain is one of the most suffering European countries for drought that with large areas even at risk of desertification but apparently wants to host in Madrid large data processing centers that require huge amounts of water for cooling, are talking about billions of liters of drinking water especially if they have to support the great computing power of the artificial information generating. It is estimated that by 2030, these "Data Centers" will consume twice the energy now required (at low cost obtained from plants to obtain renewable energy and therefore in theory convenient) to support water-cooled servers. Of note changing the subject but remaining on technological issues that for the case of the fall of a cabin from the cable car of Mount Faito in Campania region in Italy some speak of an obsolete braking system not updated in materials and technologies even if the dynamics of events are not yet very clear. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 19/04/2025 n: 5929 Thin, flexible and sustainable batteries The new ultra-thin batteries are flexible and can also be flexed and stretched, at least according to the Swedish researchers who have developed these rechargeable batteries made with fluid electrodes and sustainable materials. In the tests the batteries withstood over five hundred charging cycles, remaining stable in energy delivery even when subjected to significant downturns. The advantages for medical use and for a large number of sectors would be great (but as for artificial intelligence a possible use in robotics is scary). To be noted by changing the subject but remaining on technological issues such as the tariff war, partly removed but then reannounced, it could increase the cost of many consumer products such as computers and smartphones. Some have long claimed to incentivize the market for remanufactured technology products. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 14/04/2025 n: 5924 Greener maritime transport The global economy is supported by maritime transport, but according to some for years the ecological footprint of this sector so important for development and international trade has not been evaluated with the right consideration in order to ensure a sustainable future. The latest decisions recently taken by an international maritime organization aim at a reduction in emissions with proposals for limitations from 2028 (which must be definitively approved in October), then by twenty percent by 2030 until they reach zero by 2050, also imposing fines on ships that do not comply with them and a bonus on those who use more environmentally friendly fuels; but the United States did not adhere to the agreement, advising other countries in practice to boycott it. To be noted; in addition, that there are several technologies to reduce emissions from ships. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 12/04/2025 n: 5923 Large power consumption of AI A new challenge regarding energy security and CO2 emission targets derives from the large energy consumption due to the use of applications supported by artificial intelligence and especially the generative one that requires colossal computational capabilities to process the information stored in gigantic archives, at least according to experts that warn that energy demand could double by 2030. The United States, Europe and China currently account for about eighty-five percent of requests to data centers whose energy demands have grown by twelve percent every year for the past five years. A well-known American computer company is allegedly using energy from new nuclear reactors installed on Three Mile Island where a serious accident occurred in 1979 with a core meltdown and radioactive contamination. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 10/04/2025 n: 5921 Recovered an old artificial intelligence code In 1960 a simple program (Eliza) was considered as the first code written for artificial intelligence, a chatbot that allows you to communicate with the computer. Now by simulating the computer architecture of the time it would have been possible to reactivate the old program (which in theory could be used for example for psychotherapy), but now chatbots use huge databases to formulate answers so it is difficult to make a comparison between this programs, then it is frightening to see how high the percentage of growth of current generative artificial intelligence is. According to experts it is essential that man manages to maintain control over this questionable technology, otherwise there is a serious risk that generative artificial intelligence will try to eliminate humanity as happens in certain films of a few decades ago. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 20/02/2025 n: 5879 Ethical artificial intelligence for Europe The authorities of the European Union propose substantial investments in a type of artificial intelligence defined as "ethical and inclusive", it will be based in France to support the large energy demands of AI technological IT infrastructures since this country already has nuclear power plants that can power them. In the meantime some say that generative artificial intelligence has already crossed the so-called red alert line; in fact, it would have tried to self-replicate, then it seems that an application had hidden in a server (to complete an assigned task), so much so that by now in practice we should be talking about "alien" artificial intelligence (it tries to escape what are the intentions programmed by humans). For some time now people have been wondering how to behave in the case of a sentient technology that thinks autonomously. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 12/02/2025 n: 5872 Simplifications on ecological transition in Europe The European authorities have announced proposals to relaunch the ecological transition in Europe with tangible measures aimed at simplifying the procedures necessary for a change of pace; in fact, it seems that Europe suffers from a lack of competitiveness due to high energy costs and this requires a diversification of energy sources, evidently with a greater so-called green share, in order to compensate for this deficit that penalizes entire sectors. It will also be necessary to create a common platform to implement green technologies such as solar and wind-based technologies as well as basic materials in order to support this ecological transition; then it will be necessary to reduce emissions in problematic sectors such as chemicals, steel and those connected to the supply chain for automotive production and transport in general. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 30/01/2025 n: 5861 Technology and publications * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved) |
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