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"A bi-partisan infrastructure bill at the federal level offers an opportunity to incentivize these alternate approaches at the state and local levels.”
Media:
Gillian Smith
gillian.smith@cornell.edu
607-254-6235
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Incentivized funding key to improving US infrastructure (03/03/21)
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Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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“The semiconductor chip shortage is an extremely important issue. As more automakers move to electrify their fleets, the higher the demand.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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“Throughout most of Texas, the Southern part of the Midwest and the Gulf Coast, it is very unusual to design pipelines and midstream facilities (the problems here) or refineries and downstream facilities (not related to the power grid) for temperatures below freezing, as these temperatures are unusual, and the temporary interruption when they occur is considered bearable to facilitate lower investment in the fixed assets.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Here’s why Texas gas pipelines can’t handle the cold (02/23/21)
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"Few of the proposed innovations have demonstrated volume stability, tolerable shrinkage or expansion with wetting or drying or temperature changes, long-term creep, or fire resistance. We know little of their response in earthquakes or shock or explosions. There are precedents for well-intentioned innovations that resulted in collapses."
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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“In 2020, 4.37 billion tons of portland cement was produced worldwide and production of one ton of portland cement generates an average of 0.9 tons of CO2, resulting in approximately 5-7% of the global CO2 emissions. Cement production plants are finding ways to curb CO2 emissions, but to reach net zero, more needs to be done.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
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Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Experts list: Momentous shift to clean energy future? (02/11/21)
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Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Experts list: Momentous shift to clean energy future? (02/11/21)
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“Thanks to government investment in our nation's innovation infrastructure, I expect we'll be celebrating 20 years of continuous presence on the moon by the middle of this century.”
Media:
Jeff Tyson
jeff.tyson@cornell.edu
(607) 793-5769
Related Tip Sheet:
Humanity marks 20 years in Earth orbit, sets sight on moon (10/27/20)
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