Archive of entries posted on 7th March 2023
Top Gin: Maverick
“Cap, darn it, we’re going to need another re-supply.”
Perhaps best known for its flagship product, AIR Vodka — a spirit made from carbon dioxide — Air Company is also focused on alternative fuel production. The company’s process is similar to photosynthesis, converting carbon dioxide derived from sustainable sources into a carbon-negative sustainable jet fuel that it calls AIRMADE.
The company’s processes for creating alcohol and fuel are similar, it said in a statement.
The goal is for the military to be able to produce the synthetic fuel at fixed bases or at remote forward operating locations. Unlike many other alternative fuel sources, it doesn’t need to be blended with fossil fuels to operate in aircraft.
I seem to remember being at parties that had the same philosophy.
Army Agonizes Over Whether Transept Should Be Treated Like Any Other Sept — Awaits Ruling From Pentagon
Straight Line of the Day: If You Find Yourself in Antarctica Riding a Snowmobile and Sleeping in a Tent While Searching for Space Rocks in the Ice, …
Researchers Find Rare [Almost] 17-Pound Meteorite in Antarctic Ice
Smithsonian | 24 January 2023 | Carlyn KrankingA team of researchers has discovered five new meteorites in Antarctica—one of which weighs a whopping 16.7 pounds.
For about a week and a half, the scientists rode snowmobiles and slept in tents, enduring the cold Antarctic summer temperatures of 14 degrees Fahrenheit as they searched for space rocks in the ice.
Straight Line of the Day: If you find yourself in Antarctica riding a snowmobile and sleeping in a tent while searching for space rocks in the ice, …
