Virgin Galactic is inviting the public the opportunity to make a $450,000 space jaunt, via ticket sales at www.virgingalactic.com for a trip which lasts approximately 90 minutes. Investors seem already confident on the business proposition, as Wall Street is already estimating revenues for the company, for 2022 and beyond.
Another start-up, Air Company (New York City, US), is making vodka in their Brooklyn facility from carbon dioxide. The product is a 40%-proof drink called ‘Air Vodka’ and to date, the company produces 5,000 cases of the product annually. The company takes CO2, collected directly from the air, or captured at source at various industrial …
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A start-up company, Aether Diamonds, is trying to do exactly this, by extracting CO2 from the earth’s atmosphere and produce diamonds through a subsequent process. The company began in 2018, with a target to manufacture sustainable diamonds from atmospheric carbon, and by using a mix of direct air capture and other carbon removal methods that …
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Drinks such as Tepache (a fermented beverage made from pineapple), Tesguino (an artisanal corn beer) and Colonche (a red alcoholic drink made from pricky pear) have been in demand in Tucson (Arizona, US), already since 2015. Other types of beverages that researchers look are beverages made of maize, agave, cacti, palm as well as balche …
Kraft Heinz is nominating its CEO, Miguel Patricio as the food company’s Chairperson, subject to his reelection at the Kraft Heinz 2022 annual meeting of shareholders. Prior to joining Kraft Heinz, Mr. Patricio spent more than 20 years at AB InBev, part of the executive leadership team in various positions, with an extensive background in …
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For lovers of traveling and doing so in an environmentally responsible manner are increasingly looking at train travel. There are several opportunities to see great expanses of the globe from a train, including: Moscow to Pyongyang (10,267km or 6,379 miles), Trans-Siberian Railway (9,289km or 5,772 miles), Toronto to Vancouver (4,466km or 2,775miles), Chicago to Los …
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An Icelandic company is exploring a new such technique to turn CO2 into stone. On top of a volcano, the company is withdrawing CO2 from the atmosphere and injecting it into the ground where a mineralization process embeds the CO2 in the porous rock. This way the company is trying get rid of the undesired …
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The designers of Fisker Ocean have designed the most sustainable SUV possible. This five-passenger vehicle has a fully vegan interior using recycled materials, including carpets made from reclaimed fishing nets and old t-shirts, while the wheels are an alloy of renewed rubber complete with recycled material wheel covers. The car is powered with an 80-kWh …
Airports are investigating their ability to offer their passengers an experience with reduced background noise for an improved travelling experience. One-way airports are trying to achieve this is by banning all announcements (except for emergency ones) in the main terminal area. With reduced noise pollution, passengers are only required to focus upon important messages. Nevertheless, …
The first 3D printed school in the campus of a university in Madagascar addresses the lack of sufficient investment in physical infrastructure, as one of the biggest barriers to education. The school was a result of the cooperation of non-profit organization Thinking Huts and architectural design agency Studio Mortazavi, using technology developed by the Finish …
