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Meet the $15M Milestone Award Winners
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XPRIZE Carbon Removal is aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity - fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. Funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, this $100M competition is the largest incentive prize in history, an extraordinary milestone.
Team registration opened with the announcement of the full competition guidelines on Earth Day, April 22nd 2021. The competition will last for 4 years through Earth Day 2025.
To win the prize teams must demonstrate CO2 removal at the 1000 tonne per year scale, model costs at the million ton per year (megatonne) scale, and present a plan to sustainably reach gigatonne per year scale in future. In the first phase of the competition, teams must demonstrate the key component of their carbon removal solution, at a minimum.
The $100M prize purse will be distributed as follows:
After 1 year of competition the judges will review all submissions received by that time and award up to 15 Milestone Prizes of $1 million each.
After 4 years, judges will select the winners:
Bullet point
$50 million paid to the single Grand Prize Winner
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$30 million to be distributed among up to 3 runners up
XPRIZE will also award up to US$5M to student teams in the Fall of 2021.
and now let we comment this video / project by Elon Musk, but first let we share more details:
XPRIZE Carbon Removal is aimed at tackling the biggest threat facing humanity - fighting climate change and rebalancing Earth’s carbon cycle. Funded by Elon Musk and the Musk Foundation, this $100M competition is the largest incentive prize in history, an extraordinary milestone.
Team registration opened with the announcement of the full competition guidelines on Earth Day, April 22nd 2021. The competition will last for 4 years through Earth Day 2025.
To win the prize teams must demonstrate CO2 removal at the 1000 tonne per year scale, model costs at the million ton per year (megatonne) scale, and present a plan to sustainably reach gigatonne per year scale in future. In the first phase of the competition, teams must demonstrate the key component of their carbon removal solution, at a minimum.
The $100M prize purse will be distributed as follows:
After 1 year of competition the judges will review all submissions received by that time and award up to 15 Milestone Prizes of $1 million each.
After 4 years, judges will select the winners:
Bullet point
$50 million paid to the single Grand Prize Winner
Bullet point
$30 million to be distributed among up to 3 runners up
XPRIZE will also award up to US$5M to student teams in the Fall of 2021.
First at all, better doing something than nothing, but still doesn't mean that Elon Musk is really focused on climate change because
1) he own 246000 mio and wasted 4000 mio with Twitter! this means 0.04% of all money he owns or 2.5% of the money he wasted with Twitter, so it just ridiculous low https://perma.cc/Y2CF-HLUQ
2) Biden announced a $600 million investment to combat climate change | June 19, 2023 —> 6x more than Elon Musk, even if Biden did a great shit with the Willow Project
3) "Unlike most pure electric passenger cars, Tesla Model 3 not only has a GHG emissions higher than the average GHG emissions of same class ICEV in the raw material acquisition stage and production stage, but also has a GHG emissions value higher than the average GHG emissions of same class ICEV in the usage stage." from Carbon Footprint Study of Tesla Model 3
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1) he own 246000 mio and wasted 4000 mio with Twitter! this means 0.04% of all money he owns or 2.5% of the money he wasted with Twitter, so it just ridiculous low https://perma.cc/Y2CF-HLUQ
2) Biden announced a $600 million investment to combat climate change | June 19, 2023 —> 6x more than Elon Musk, even if Biden did a great shit with the Willow Project
3) "Unlike most pure electric passenger cars, Tesla Model 3 not only has a GHG emissions higher than the average GHG emissions of same class ICEV in the raw material acquisition stage and production stage, but also has a GHG emissions value higher than the average GHG emissions of same class ICEV in the usage stage." from Carbon Footprint Study of Tesla Model 3
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4) Conclusions from "Analysis of Electric Vehicles Efficiency and their Influence on Environmental Pollution"
5) "In the production of Tesla cars, more pollution is produced than when producing ICE cars, but considering the entire life cycle of the product, Tesla ́s overall GHG pollution is lower than any ICE car ... Another fact to consider is the source of energy used during the manufacturing process ... How can tesla be more sustainable? The use of Li-ion batteries must stop. Many universities and organisations are working to find a better solution, for example salt-based batteries. If Tesla cannot substitute the use of Li-ion batteries, it should invest in research in the topic, make the batteries recyclable and long lasting and find sustainable sources of lithium" from "How sustainable is Tesla? - University of South-Eastern Norway"
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5) "In the production of Tesla cars, more pollution is produced than when producing ICE cars, but considering the entire life cycle of the product, Tesla ́s overall GHG pollution is lower than any ICE car ... Another fact to consider is the source of energy used during the manufacturing process ... How can tesla be more sustainable? The use of Li-ion batteries must stop. Many universities and organisations are working to find a better solution, for example salt-based batteries. If Tesla cannot substitute the use of Li-ion batteries, it should invest in research in the topic, make the batteries recyclable and long lasting and find sustainable sources of lithium" from "How sustainable is Tesla? - University of South-Eastern Norway"
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6) Pictures from "The Renewable Hydrogen–Methane (RHYME) Transportation Fuel: A Practical First Step in the Realization of the Hydrogen Economy"
7) Now we already said that Tesla is not the first electric car, that now almost everyone produce electric cars and that "Tesla is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning" not Elon Musk https://perma.cc/NSA3-PN62 . If we put all such infos together, Tesla cannot be considered as "a climate change" oriented interest by Elon Musk, especially because Tesla at the end is still not the perfect climate neutral car and many alternative are available
8) Elon Musk obsession for the Space Tourism business ... check all previous posts
9) Elon Musk pollution with jets etc., like previously wrote https://perma.cc/9CXK-L9QP or https://perma.cc/C7UQ-UUCW or check https://news.1rj.ru/str/+DVhwNTlOodY4OGFh
10) Elon Musk tweets false climate claim https://perma.cc/NVY9-886W
11) ...
So in conclusion he gives the idea that he is doing something for the planet, but at the end HE IS NOT DOING THAT! Even if he gives 100 mio (which is low compared to the money he owns), the real people that make a change are other people, not Elon Musk. Elon Musk just gave money. All countries, EU, etc. should do that too, if they still don't do that.
Plus Elon Musk is checking a solution to remove CO2 (using other people ideas), but first he should stop to produce CO2.
7) Now we already said that Tesla is not the first electric car, that now almost everyone produce electric cars and that "Tesla is founded by Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning" not Elon Musk https://perma.cc/NSA3-PN62 . If we put all such infos together, Tesla cannot be considered as "a climate change" oriented interest by Elon Musk, especially because Tesla at the end is still not the perfect climate neutral car and many alternative are available
8) Elon Musk obsession for the Space Tourism business ... check all previous posts
9) Elon Musk pollution with jets etc., like previously wrote https://perma.cc/9CXK-L9QP or https://perma.cc/C7UQ-UUCW or check https://news.1rj.ru/str/+DVhwNTlOodY4OGFh
10) Elon Musk tweets false climate claim https://perma.cc/NVY9-886W
11) ...
So in conclusion he gives the idea that he is doing something for the planet, but at the end HE IS NOT DOING THAT! Even if he gives 100 mio (which is low compared to the money he owns), the real people that make a change are other people, not Elon Musk. Elon Musk just gave money. All countries, EU, etc. should do that too, if they still don't do that.
Plus Elon Musk is checking a solution to remove CO2 (using other people ideas), but first he should stop to produce CO2.
For those that want more about the point 7, here a comparison between cars (from "Vertically Integrated Supply Chain of Batteries, Electric Vehicles, and Charging Infrastructure: A Review of Three Milestone Projects from Theory of Constraints Perspective") or more about electric cars (from "How technology, recycling, and policy can mitigate supply risks to the long-term transition to zero-emission vehicles")
Since 1990, the bottom 50% of the world population has been responsible for only 16% of all emissions growth, whereas the top 1% has been responsible for 23% of the total. While per-capita emissions of the global top 1% increased since 1990, emissions from low- and middle-income groups within rich countries declined.
From Global carbon inequality over 1990–2019
From Global carbon inequality over 1990–2019
Figure 3 reports several values concerning the Life Cycle Analysis of GHG emissions from electricity generation technologies. he difference between fossil fuels and RES is extremely significant. In this study an average value obtained by values reported in Figure 3 is chosen for the fossil fuels: ECDOIL = 824 gCO2eq/kWh, ECDCOAL = 1149 gCO2eq/kWh and ECDGAS = 568 gCO2eq/kWh.
Compared to traditional internal combustion engines cars, which are powered solely by diesel or unleaded gasoline, the electricity for EV charging can be generated from various energy sources—conventional (e.g., lignite, coal, natural gas) and renewable (e.g., biomass, biogas, solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy).
The results shown in Figure 5 revealed that for the Polish case study, charging batteries with electricity from the mains may be more harmful to the environment than using ICE cars.
Electricity consumption also has a significant impact on the environmental performance of electric cars. The EV with high electricity consumption may turn out to be less eco-friendly than standard ICE cars.
Among the analyzed classes, this is the case in the City class, where indirect emission, assuming battery charging from the grid, is higher (3.17 kgCO2∙day−1) than direct emission of diesel (2.70 kgCO2∙day−1) and lower than direct emission of gasoline cars (3.30 kgCO2∙day−1).
Among the analyzed energy sources, the highest MREC-CO2 emission is characterized by solid biomass (1440 kgCO2∙MWh−1). However, in this case, the overall balance of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere is zero or insignificant, due to the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by biomass during the plant’s growing phase.
The results show that the average indirect CO2-equvalent emissions for the selected electric vehicle model were 92 gram CO2 per kilometer (vs. Diesel 163.87+).
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Compared to traditional internal combustion engines cars, which are powered solely by diesel or unleaded gasoline, the electricity for EV charging can be generated from various energy sources—conventional (e.g., lignite, coal, natural gas) and renewable (e.g., biomass, biogas, solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy).
The results shown in Figure 5 revealed that for the Polish case study, charging batteries with electricity from the mains may be more harmful to the environment than using ICE cars.
Electricity consumption also has a significant impact on the environmental performance of electric cars. The EV with high electricity consumption may turn out to be less eco-friendly than standard ICE cars.
Among the analyzed classes, this is the case in the City class, where indirect emission, assuming battery charging from the grid, is higher (3.17 kgCO2∙day−1) than direct emission of diesel (2.70 kgCO2∙day−1) and lower than direct emission of gasoline cars (3.30 kgCO2∙day−1).
Among the analyzed energy sources, the highest MREC-CO2 emission is characterized by solid biomass (1440 kgCO2∙MWh−1). However, in this case, the overall balance of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere is zero or insignificant, due to the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide absorbed by biomass during the plant’s growing phase.
The results show that the average indirect CO2-equvalent emissions for the selected electric vehicle model were 92 gram CO2 per kilometer (vs. Diesel 163.87+).
More on https://news.1rj.ru/str/EnergyFactsTelegram/201