#Green UPS Market Research Report

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For @shanastoryteller who asked for the gut bacteria expert's* recipe:

The professor's green energy smoothie

Ingredients

(two servings, according to the original)

half an avocado

half an apple

the juice from half a squeezed lemon

1 pinch fresh ginger

10 grapes or half a kiwi

5 dried walnuts

1 sheet nori (the kind used for sushi)

4 bunches of spinach

1 bunch parsley

a handful of broccoli

a handful of bean sprouts

half a glass of herbal tea

Preparation

Prepare the vegetables and fruits by removing the core from the apple, the peel from the kiwi, etc.

Put the vegetables in the blender with the herbal tea (cooled) and blend until it becomes a very fine-grained, green and fragrant smoothie.

Garnish with fresh herbs according to your taste preferences.

From https://livsstil.tv2.dk/mad/opskrift/professorens-groenne-energigroed (translation: https://livsstil-tv2-dk.translate.goog/mad/opskrift/professorens-groenne-energigroed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=da)

My tips

The taste is pretty neutral (YMMV) but if you substitute ingredients, it may affect the taste - cabbages in particular

I usually double the recipe and have it over two days - I can't be bothered to keep half an apple lying around

I use a tall container with a volume of 1,6L/3.4 pint - that's on the small side for my version

I wouldn't make bigger portions than can be eaten over two days, and unless consumed straight away it must be kept in the fridge - you're risking a bacteria bomb instead of a nice smoothie...

I rarely use lemon, but use a few good slices of ginger (peel the whole chunk, slice and freeze for less fuss)

If you live near an Asian market, they probably have bigger packs of nori. I buy one with 50 sheets - it's *much* cheaper per sheet than the supermarket's price

I skip the parsley (can't be bothered) and buy chopped (see next bullet point) frozen spinach and add to taste

Instead of broccoli (expensive; doesn't last long in the fridge) I buy whatever cabbage is cheapest and use a large handful of it chopped up some (the fibres in cabbage and whole spinach leaves does not play well with my blender - YMMV)

I use a large mug of herbal tea and add psyllium husk for more fibre

In general I substitute/add veggies/fruits if I have something going a bit overripe (buying a load of bananas cheap and freezing them if they go brown before eating: also great for this); if I'm out of grapes, I add raisins ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

IIRC he's a proponent of using organic prooduce. As you can tell from my notes I'm cheap and/or poor cost conscious, so I buy the cheapest. It's up to you :)

I eat this in addition to whatever fruits&vegs I usually have - it's an easy way to up my intake and get some things I don't eat a lot of (e.g. cabbage, spinach)

I make my own beansprouts - but this is already too long, so it's in the next post

*Oluf Borbye Pedersen - from the link:

Intestinal Microbiome Research OP is a leading partner in the EU-Metahit initiative (www.metahit.eu) which delivered the first and second gut microbial gene catalogue of 3.3 and 9.9 mio microbial genes, respectively, from the human intestinal tract.  With quantitative metagenomics he and his team demonstrated in a population sample that about a fourth of adults is markedly deficient in gut microbiota diversity. The same individuals were featured by insulin resistance, overweight, dyslipidaemia and proinflammation. OP et al. reported the first quantitative metagenomics study of gut microbiota in type 2 diabetes, prediabetics and women with gestational diabetes and they discovered a new biological fingerprint, gut enterotypes of the human host. In addition, in recent studies of the human gut microbiome, Pedersen and colleagues have teased out drug effects versus disease effects on gut bacteria composition and function. Recently, they reported the first example of gut microbes linked to human insulin resistance. Mechanistically the investigators extended and validated their findings in in rodents. The Pedersen team has done several interventions targeting the human gut microbiome and blood metabolome including the impact of broad-spectrum antibiotics and of dietary gluten content, respectively. Studies that influence dietary and medical practice.

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Monday SpaceTime 20250616 Series 28 Episode 72

A new window into the Moon’s hidden mantle

A new study of strange green glass beads brought back from the Moon appear to be evidence of a massive asteroid impact onto the lunar surface.

Unusual stellar nurseries discovered near our galaxy’s centre 

A new study has found less stars are being formed near the galactic centre than in the rest of the Milky Way, despite the higher stellar density there.

Another lunar lander crashes onto the Moon

Japan’s iSpace lunar lander Resilience has crashed onto the surface of the Moon during its attempted landing.

The Science Report

Chinese scientists arrested in the US for allegedly smuggling biological pathogens into the country.

using mRNA technology to expose dormant human immunodeficiency virus hiding inside infected cells.

A new study may finally have solved the mystery of why cats purr.

Skeptics guide to the underground city beneath the pyramids

SpaceTime covers the latest news in astronomy & space sciences.

The show is available every Monday, Wednesday and Friday through your favourite podcast download provider or from www.spacetimewithstuartgary.com

SpaceTime is also broadcast through the National Science Foundation on Science Zone Radio and on both i-heart Radio and Tune-In Radio.

SpaceTime daily news blog: http://spacetimewithstuartgary.tumblr.com/

SpaceTime facebook: www.facebook.com/spacetimewithstuartgary

SpaceTime Instagram @spacetimewithstuartgary

SpaceTime twitter feed @stuartgary

SpaceTime YouTube: @SpaceTimewithStuartGary

SpaceTime -- A brief history

SpaceTime is Australia’s most popular and respected astronomy and space science news program – averaging over two million downloads every year. We’re also number five in the United States.  The show reports on the latest stories and discoveries making news in astronomy, space flight, and science.  SpaceTime features weekly interviews with leading Australian scientists about their research.  The show began life in 1995 as ‘StarStuff’ on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) NewsRadio network.  Award winning investigative reporter Stuart Gary created the program during more than fifteen years as NewsRadio’s evening anchor and Science Editor.  Gary’s always loved science. He was the dorky school kid who spent his weekends at the Australian Museum. Gary studied astronomy at university and was invited to undertake a PHD in astrophysics, but instead focused on a career in journalism and radio broadcasting. His radio career stretches back some 34 years including 26 at the ABC. Gary’s first gigs were spent as an announcer and music DJ in commercial radio, before becoming a journalist, and eventually joining ABC News and Current Affairs. He was part of the team that set up ABC NewsRadio and became one of its first on air presenters. When asked to put his science background to use, Gary was appointed Science Editor and quickly developed the StarStuff Astronomy show, which he wrote, produced, and hosted. The program proved extremely popular, consistently achieving 9 per cent of the national Australian radio audience -- based on the ABC’s Nielsen ratings survey figures for the five major Australian metro markets: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. That compares to the ABC’s overall radio listenership of 5.6 per cent. The StarStuff podcast was published on line by ABC Science -- achieving over 1.3 million downloads annually.  However, after some 20 years, the show finally wrapped up in December 2015 following ABC funding cuts, and a redirection of available finances to increase sports and horse racing coverage.  Rather than continue with the ABC, Gary resigned so that he could keep the show going independently.  StarStuff was rebranded as “SpaceTime”, with the first episode broadcast in February 2016.  Over the years, SpaceTime has grown, more than doubling its former ABC audience numbers and expanding to include new segments such as the Science Report -- which provides a wrap of general science news, weekly skeptical science features, special reports looking at the latest computer and technology news, and Skywatch – which provides a monthly guide to the night skies. The show is published three times a week (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and it’s available from the United States National Science Foundation on Science Zone Radio, and through both i-heart Radio and Tune-In Radio.

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Last weekend, in Omaha, Nebraska, at the annual meeting of Warren Buffett’s holding company, Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett announced that at the end of this year he will give up his post as C.E.O. According to reports, some people in the crowd cried at the news. Given that the attendees were nearly all Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, this reaction was perhaps unsurprising: if you bought a hundred dollars of Berkshire stock in 1964, just before Buffett took over the company, by the end of last year it would have been worth roughly $5.5 million. But Buffett, who is ninety-four, and frequently referred to as the Sage of Omaha, isn’t known only for his Midas touch. He’s also famous for his relatively modest life style, his call for higher taxes on the extremely wealthy, and his pledge to give away the great bulk of his fortune. If there is an acceptable face of American capitalism, many people would say that it’s Buffett.

The news of Buffett’s impending departure comes at a time when some less public-minded representatives of the system are busy making headlines. As Buffett made his announcement, the Times and other news organizations were delving into the Trump family’s latest crypto ventures. Just days later, Bill Gates, Buffett’s longtime friend and partner in philanthropy, claimed that Elon Musk, the de-facto head of the Department of Government Efficiency, had been responsible for the deaths of impoverished children by dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, which, among other services, provides H.I.V. treatment-and-prevention drugs to kids in Africa.

These developments set me thinking afresh about Thorstein Veblen, the eccentric but brilliant social theorist who features in my new book about critics of capitalism, which I’ve been researching and writing for much of the past decade. In “The Theory of the Leisure Class,” published in 1899, Veblen divided the capitalists of the first Gilded Age into two groups: the “industrial class”—hands-on entrepreneurs who walked the shop floors of their factories and were closely involved in the production process—and the “pecuniary class,” which included industrial moguls who owned many factories in absentia, along with investors, financiers, and others who made a lot of money simply by owning capital. The sixth of twelve children in a family of hardworking Midwestern farmers, Veblen held members of the pecuniary class in low esteem. He wrote, “Their office is of a parasitic nature, and their interest is to divert what substance they may to their own use, and to retain whatever is under their hand.”

Veblen probably wouldn’t have thought much of Buffett, who built his fortune by studying the financial statements of companies to discover businesses that the stock market was undervaluing, or that weren’t being traded in the market at all. Based on this green-eyeshade work, Buffett and his late partner, Charlie Munger, placed substantial investments in companies such as Apple, American Express, Coca-Cola, and Wells Fargo. As a conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway also operates dozens of companies that it owns outright, including the insurer GEICO, the railroad B.N.S.F., and the fast-food chain Dairy Queen. But it was big investments in Apple and other highly successful public companies that made Buffett one of the richest men in America. (Currently, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, he sits at No. 6, with a net worth of a hundred and sixty billion dollars.)

Strictly speaking, then, Buffett is a member of Veblen’s parasitic pecuniary class, whereas Musk, by dint of leading Tesla and SpaceX, could seemingly claim to be a member of the productive industrial class. But that isn’t the full story. Musk is a highly successful entrepreneur, but he has also profited enormously from investors bidding Tesla’s stock into the stratosphere. Moreover, his companies have benefitted from tens of billions of dollars in federal contracts. Viewed from this perspective, Musk is also a member of Veblen’s pecuniary class.

This contradiction illuminates the limits of using a century-old framework to interpret a new Gilded Age economy, in which industry, finance, and the government are so intertwined that it’s sometimes difficult to discern their boundaries. And yet there is still something powerful about Veblen’s taxonomy. When pecuniary capitalism comes to predominate, he pointed out in another book, “The Theory of Business Enterprise,” values such as “a sense of equity, fair dealing, and workmanlike integrity” get cast aside in favor of anything that facilitates quick scores. “This code of business ethics consists, after all, of mitigations of the maxim, Caveat emptor,” Veblen noted.

The maxim “buyer beware” certainly applies to some of the latest Trump-family crypto schemes, which have included partnering in World Liberty Financial, a new firm that fashions itself as an all-purpose crypto company, and issuing their own cryptocurrency, the $Trump meme coin, whose market value has gyrated wildly. But, to fully comprehend the Trump 2.0 business model, you have to supplement the principle of caveat emptor with an understanding of how crony capitalism operates in the crypto age.

According to the Times, World Liberty Financial has approached other crypto firms and asked them to pay handsomely for the privilege of being associated with the Trump name. Last month, in an even more brazen venture, a website associated with $Trump offered the top two hundred and twenty holders of the digital asset an “Intimate Private Dinner” with the President at his golf club, in Washington. The website said that the top twenty-five holders would also get to attend a “Private VIP Reception” with Trump and receive a “Special VIP Tour.” “This is really incredible,” Corey Frayer, the director of investor protection at the Consumer Federation of America, told the Times. “They are making the pay-to-play deal explicit.”

Berkshire Hathaway has been fined for regulatory violations, but it hasn’t been embroiled in any major scandals. Unlike many Wall Street investors, the company tends to hold onto its investments for years, or even decades. In 2008, it paid two hundred and thirty million dollars for a ten-per-cent stake in a Chinese electric-vehicle company called B.Y.D. Earlier this year, B.Y.D. overtook Tesla in global sales. Berkshire’s stake is now worth billions of dollars, even after it has recently sold some shares.

As well as preaching and demonstrating patience in investing, Buffett has led the way in promoting charitable giving by members of the 0.001 per cent. In 2006, he announced his intention to gradually donate virtually all his Berkshire stock to philanthropic organizations; so far, his donations have amounted to about sixty billion dollars. And, in 2010, Buffett joined with Bill and Melinda Gates to launch the Giving Pledge, in which signatories promise to give away more than half their fortunes during their lives or in their wills. As of last month, more than two hundred very rich people in thirty countries had signed the pledge.

Philanthropic giving by billionaires certainly won’t cure all the ills of capitalism, but it’s surely preferable to an alternative in which they hoard their vast riches and, at death, exploit lax tax laws to pass them on to their heirs largely intact. Buffett recognized this, and he has also displayed an appreciation uncommon among billionaires for how the vagaries of fortune have favored him. In a 2010 magazine article, he wrote:

My wealth has come from a combination of living in America, some lucky genes, and compound interest. Both my children and I won what I call the ovarian lottery. (For starters, the odds against my 1930 birth taking place in the U.S. were at least 30 to 1. My being male and white also removed huge obstacles that a majority of Americans then faced.) . . . . I’ve worked in an economy that rewards someone who saves the lives of others on a battlefield with a medal, rewards a great teacher with thank-you notes from parents, but rewards those who can detect the mispricing of securities with sums reaching into the billions. In short, fate’s distribution of long straws is wildly capricious.

In keeping with this view of the world, Buffett has long decried the fact that, because of the way in which the federal tax system is structured, his effective tax rate is lower than his secretary’s. In 2012, the Obama White House took this observation and made it the basis of the Buffett Rule, which the Administration defined as “the basic principle that no household making over $1 million annually should pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than middle-class families pay.”

Scandalously, many billionaires still manage to get away with paying precious little federal income tax. (Trump famously bragged about this on the debate stage with Hillary Clinton, in 2016.) By contrast, Berkshire Hathaway is now so large and profitable that, even though the corporate tax rate is just twenty-one per cent, it makes very large federal tax payments. Last year, the sum was $26.8 billion. In his annual letter to Berkshire’s stockholders, Buffett pointed out that this was about five per cent of the total tax payments made by all of corporate America. “Someday your nieces and nephews at Berkshire hope to send you even larger payments than we did in 2024,” he wrote. “Spend it wisely. Take care of the many who, for no fault of their own, get the short straws in life. They deserve better.”

When Buffett signed this letter in February, Musk and DOGE, in Trump’s name, were already dismantling U.S.A.I.D. and other government departments. As Gates noted in an interview with the Financial Times, “The picture of the world’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children is not a pretty one.” But it wouldn’t have surprised the überskeptic Veblen, and neither would the self-dealing ventures of the Trumps. In discussing the rise of the pecuniary class, Veblen compared its members to street delinquents at the opposite pole of society. The “ideal pecuniary man,” he wrote, “is like the ideal delinquent in his unscrupulous conversion of goods and persons to his own ends, and in a callous disregard of the feelings and wishes of others and of the remoter effects of his actions.” Does that remind you of anybody?

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Anil Ambani group stock Reliance Power gains 4% on ₹2,000 crore solar power project from Bhutan.

Reliance Power share price hogged the limelight in trade on Monday, May 19, after the company announced entering into an agreement with Green Digital Private Limited, owned by the government of Bhutan, to develop the country’s largest 500 MW solar power project through a 50:50 joint venture.

Following the project win, Reliance Power share price jumped nearly 4% in intraday trade today.

Reliance Power signs PPA with Bhutan govt

Reliance Power, in an exchange filing earlier today, said it has signed a commercial term sheet for a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with Green Digital Private Limited (GDL), owned by Druk Holding and Investments Limited (DHI), the investment arm of the Royal Government of Bhutan.

Under the agreement, Reliance Power and DHI will jointly develop Bhutan’s largest solar power project through a 50:50 venture, with an installed capacity of 500 MW. The project entails a capital outlay of up to ₹2,000 crore under Build-Own-Operate (BOO) model, representing the largest private sector foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bhutan’s solar energy sector to date, the Anil Ambani-owned company said in a filing.

Reliance Power’s total clean energy pipeline stands at 2.5 GWp solar and over 2.5 GWhr BESS, making it India’s largest player in the integrated Solar + BESS segment, the company claimed.

The project, which will be implemented in phased tranches over the next 24 months, is expected to redefine Bhutan’s solar generation capacity, surpassing all current solar installations.

“The landmark solar investment in Bhutan underscores Reliance Group’s strategic focus on expanding its renewable energy portfolio, while reinforcing its long-term commitment to strengthening India-Bhutan economic cooperation,” Reliance Power said in a filing today.

Reliance Power stock: Should you buy?

Reliance Power share price rose as much as 3.6% to the day’s high of ₹46.72 on the BSE today. With today’s gains, Reliance Power stock is up almost 16% in May. Meanwhile, in the last one year, the Anil Ambani group stock has gained as much as 77%.

According to Anshul Jain, Head of Research at Lakshmishree Investments, RPower is forming a 34-week-long flat base on the weekly charts, showing signs of bullish consolidation. Volume behaviour supports accumulation, with higher volumes on up weeks and lower volumes on down weeks, he said.

“The daily, weekly, and monthly moving averages are aligned positively, reinforcing the bullish structure. A breakout above the resistance level of 48.5 will confirm the pattern and is likely to propel the stock towards the 65 zone in the short term,” Jain added.

Reliance Power recently reported a strong set of results for the January-March quarter of the financial year 2024–25 (Q4 FY25).

Reliance Power posted a consolidated net profit of ₹126 crore in the January-March quarter of FY25 due to lower expenses. The company had reported a loss of ₹397.56 crore in the quarter ended on March 31, 2024, a regulatory filing showed.

Total income dipped to ₹2,066 crore in the fourth quarter from ₹2,193.85 crore in the same period a year ago.

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Racing With the Rats pt 17 - Another Day Another Dollar

Start this module here!

Previous part here!

Links to all posts for this module in the pinned post!

Look at you all being so responsible! (Although to the person who voted to go back home, I feel you.)

You drag your weary body into your office. Miss Tremayne is not there to greet you, though she has left you a note: "Mister Holland - the Sleepease executives' presentation is tomorrow at 3:30." The red light on your telephone answering machine is blinking again. You attempt to play back the message and get only garbled warbling. Great. For a moment, the pain in your head had subsided, but the moment you activated the answering machine it immediately kicked in again. It was almost as if the pain had forgotten to come calling this morning and had to be spurred into action by its sibling. Mr. Green has left a written note as well: "Holland, see me ASAP."

There are a couple skip points if Conditions are in effect, but they aren't ones we have! Is that good or bad?

Miss Tremayne enters your office. "Mr. Holland, the copier's been acting up again! I've called the repair men. They say that they'll be in late this afternoon. "That'll be fine Miss Tremayne, there's still plenty of time to get the packets ready for the Sleepease presentation." You stroll into Mr. Green's office fearing the worst. "Holland, give me a progress report on the Sleepease account." "Well sir, everything seems to be progressing smoothly. We selected a slogan yesterday, and Miss Tremayne just informed me this morning that the Sleepease executives are coming by for a full presentation tomorrow." "All right. We'll need a resource allocation program by that time. I want it on my desk before you leave." "Yes, Mr. Green." "And Holland...I looked over your slogan choice this morning."

Uh-oh. Let's see what he thinks of our choice.

"What is this? Did you look at the market surveys at all? I've barely looked at this data, and I can already recognize some very serious problems with your selection. What are we supposed to tell the Sleepease executives? "I'm not going to make you go over this again because quite frankly, you haven't got the time. You're going to have to make a full presentation to the executives any day now. I'm going to kick this downstairs and let product research handle it. "I just wanted to let you know that you're skating on thin ice here, Holland. Don't let it happen again. And remember, I want that resources allocation by closing." You sit down at your desk and begin to contemplate exactly how horrible your day is going to be. Plotting out an entire research strategy is a grueling and time-consuming process. And to make matters worse, the mysterious buzzing inside your head is beginning to grow in intensity once again. The only real course of action is to roll up your sleeves and get to work.

PUZZLE TIME. Surprise, you didn't expect logic puzzles did you?

So we have a selection of resources we are supposed to allocate, putting the small boxes into the large boxes to cover them. The goal is for the total amount in each large box to meet the total listed there. There's no limit on how many resources can go into each box, but there are some Rules.

Allocating an AIDE to the same arena as an AD SOLICITOR doubles the value of the AD SOLICITOR.

Allocating both AD SOLICITORS to the same area doubles both their values (for a total allocation of $60,000)

The AUDITOR refuses to work in the PRINT arena

Allocating an ACCOUNTANT to the same area as an AUDITOR doubles the value of the AUDITOR

The AIDE can handle the BILLBOARD arena all by herself

The SUPERVISOR can handle any one arena all by himself. He refuses to work if you are going to allocate an AD SOLICITOR to any other arena and refuses to work in the TELEVISION arena

BANK ACCOUNTS may not be allocated to the BILLBOARD arena

Only one resource may be allocated to both the RADIO and BILLBOARD arenas

The GRAPHICS BUDGET may only be allocated if the SUPERVISOR is going to e allocated.

Not all resources have to be allocated

We lost 1 point of Sanity for dealing with this mess. Basically, the way we move on is going to the number of whichever thing we use to fill the BILLBOARD spot. SO! You can try to solve the puzzle if you want to, or you can just choose one of the answers and see what happens! (Or you can cheat. I mean, there's nothing stopping you from ignoring some/all of the rules. All of the tokens have a way to advance, even if the rules say you can't use them that way. I can't stop you. Neither can the game manual.)

Here's our setup! (Note: There's a typo, both bank accounts should say the same P#, I've checked.)

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The Kenya and Jordan vegetable seeds market Trends reached US $649.80 million in 2024 and is projected to grow to US $1,081.98 million by 2032, registering a CAGR of 7.6% over the forecast period of 2025–2032  This expansion is fueled by rising demand for high yielding hybrid varieties, climate resilient breeds, and disease resistant seeds, underpinned by significant public–private R&D collaborations and targeted government support in both countries

Latest News & Trends

Over the past year, several developments have shaped the Kenya and Jordan vegetable seeds landscape:

Counterfeit Seed Crackdown in Kenya After reports of counterfeit hybrids causing crop failures, Kenya’s Ministry of Agriculture launched a nationwide certification drive in late 2024 to ensure seed quality and traceability

True Potato Seeds Launched In June 2024, Bayer and Solynta introduced hybrid true potato seeds in Kenya, reducing seed requirements from 2,500 kg of tubers to just 25 g per hectare. This clean-seed innovation promises lower input costs and enhanced disease control for smallholders

Drought-Tolerant Varieties in Jordan Against a backdrop of water scarcity, Jordanian agritech firms have fast-tracked drought resistant tomato and leafy green varieties in 2024, with field trials demonstrating yield improvements of up to 15% under reduced irrigation regimes

Market Segmentation

The market is classified across Crop & Variety Type, Breeding Techniques, Cultivation Method, Seed Type, End-User, and Distribution Channel. Key insights include:

Crop & Variety Type In Africa, Solanaceous crops (tomato, pepper, eggplant) held 30.5% of vegetable seed value in 2022, followed by cucurbits (cucumber, squash) at 24.3%, and leafy/root vegetables each around 15%

Breeding Techniques Open-pollinated varieties (OPVs) dominated 55.1% of Africa’s vegetable seed market in 2022, while hybrid seeds accounted for 44.9%, driven by farmers’ preference for higher yields despite higher seed costs

Cultivation Method Open-field cultivation comprises approximately 96% of the North American market, reflecting low cost scalability, whereas protected cultivation (greenhouses) is growing fastest at about 8% CAGR from 2024 to 2029

Seed Type Conventional seeds make up 80–85% of global demand, but organic seed varieties are experiencing a 9.2% CAGR globally through 2035, aligning with consumer demand for sustainable produce

End-User & Distribution Commercial farmers represent 60% of overall demand in Kenya and Jordan, with nurseries and home gardeners comprising the remainder. Modern distribution channels direct sales, digital platforms, online retail are growing over 15% year-on-year

Sample Link 

Regional Analysis: USA & Japan

Region

Market Trends

Forecast

CAGR

Market Trends

Growth Drivers

Policy Support

USA

US $1.41 B (2025)

US $1.82 B (2030)

5.29%

69% of N. America (2024)

Adoption of hybrid seeds (94.9% of market); advanced breeding

USDA Specialty Crop Research Initiative: US $80 M/year for seed R&D 

Japan

US $1.16 B (2024)

US $1.94 B (2034)

5.30%

~8.5% of APAC (2025 est.)

Precision breeding; organic segment growth

Food, Agriculture & Rural Areas Basic Plan; mandatory GM labeling (>5% threshold) 

In the U.S., hybrid seeds dominate (94.9% Trends), supported by robust private-sector R&D and the USDA’s Specialty Crop initiative, which allocates significant funding to trait development and disease resistance programs Japan’s seed market, though smaller, benefits from strong government policy under its Basic Plan for Food, Agriculture and Rural Areas, which targets a 45% calorie-based food self sufficiency by 2030 and enforces strict GM-ingredient labeling rules under JAS and the Food Sanitation Law

Key Highlights from the Report

Premium CAGR: At 7.6%, Kenya & Jordan outpace the global vegetable seeds market CAGR (5.4%–6.8%)

R&D Intensification: Partnerships such as Bayer Solynta’s true potato seed launch and Advanta’s 2023 AIV program (18,000 farmers trained) highlight innovation focus

Regulatory Divergence: Kenya’s 2022 GM ban lift versus Jordan’s continued prohibition and labeling mandates illustrate shifting biotech landscapes

Distribution Shift: Online and direct-to-farm channels are growing double digits annually, driven by agritech platforms and increased digital literacy among farmers

Key Players and Competitive Landscape

Top 5 Global Leaders by market Trends and recent activity:

Bayer AG (Monsanto/Seminis imprint)

Syngenta AG (Advanta, Satara)

East–West Seed International

Groupe Limagrain (Nunhems)

Rijk Zwaan

Regional Majors in Kenya & Jordan: Seed Co Kenya, East African Seed Co. Ltd., Agroduka Ltd., Kenya Seed Company Ltd., and Petra Seeds.

Notable M&A & Collaborations:

Bayer’s acquisition of Monsanto in 2018 consolidated hybrid portfolios.

Bayer–Solynta’s 2024 true potato seed partnership in Kenya.

Advanta’s AIV program in 2023 training 18,000 smallholders across Kenya.

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Conclusion

The Kenya & Jordan vegetable seeds market is poised for robust growth, underlined by a 7.6% CAGR through 2032 and a clear pivot toward climate-smart, disease-resistant hybrids. Strong government backing whether via Kenya’s seed certification reforms or Jordan’s sustainability-focused biotech incentives coupled with intensified R&D collaborations, will drive innovation and adoption. The U.S. and Japan examples underscore how policy frameworks and funding priorities can accelerate market maturation. To capitalize on these trends, stakeholders should invest in resilient breeding programs, strengthen digital distribution channels, and pursue regulatory alignment to ensure both food security and economic upliftment in East Africa and the Middle East.

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Global Regenerative Cement Market to Witness Unprecedented Growth by 2032

The global regenerative cement market is undergoing a seismic shift, transitioning from conventional practices to sustainable and carbon-conscious solutions. With an expected Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 36.8% from 2024 to 2031, the regenerative cement market is projected to surge from $34.10 billion in 2023 to $562.97 billion by 2031, driven by innovation in green construction technologies and increasing global commitment to decarbonization.

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North America

North America is emerging as a key adopter, with the United States spearheading investments in low-carbon building practices. Federal initiatives, such as the Inflation Reduction Act, are reinforcing carbon reduction mandates, accelerating the shift toward carbon-negative materials in public infrastructure projects.

Europe

Europe remains at the forefront of regenerative cement innovation, bolstered by the European Green Deal and stringent EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) regulations. Countries like Germany, France, and the UK are fostering research in bio-cement and geopolymer technologies, setting ambitious sustainability benchmarks for the global industry.

Asia-Pacific

Rapid urbanization in China, India, Japan, and ASEAN countries is driving exponential demand for regenerative construction materials. The region is investing heavily in recycled content cement to mitigate waste, supported by government-led smart city projects and infrastructure modernization.

Middle East and Africa

Driven by megaprojects in the UAE, Saudi Arabia (e.g., NEOM), and African nations seeking resilient infrastructure, regenerative cement is gaining traction. The scarcity of natural resources is pushing the regenerative cement market toward alternative cementitious solutions.

South America

Brazil leads the adoption of low-carbon cement in Latin America, backed by national climate action plans and increasing alignment with UN Sustainable Development Goals.

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Recycled Content Cement

This category leverages industrial waste—fly ash, slag, and recycled aggregates—to create high-performance cement with reduced environmental burdens. Innovations in material sorting, treatment, and admixture integration are enhancing durability and structural integrity in civil and commercial applications.

Low-Carbon Cement

Low-carbon formulations prioritize alternative clinker materials, renewable fuels, and energy-efficient calcination methods. These cements emit significantly less CO₂ per ton compared to traditional Portland cement, making them pivotal for countries with net-zero emissions targets.

Bio-Cement

A frontier innovation, bio-cement employs microorganisms like Sporosarcina pasteurii to precipitate calcite, enabling self-healing, carbon-sequestering, and low-energy concrete systems. These solutions are particularly relevant for marine structures and low-impact development zones.

⚙️ Cutting-Edge Technologies Driving Market Disruption

Carbon Capture and Utilization (CCU) Cement

CCU cement integrates real-time carbon capture processes within manufacturing operations. By transforming captured CO₂ into stable mineral carbonates within the cement matrix, it both mitigates emissions and improves the compressive strength of the material. Companies are increasingly implementing direct air capture (DAC) and post-combustion capture techniques to scale this innovation.

Geopolymer Cement

Manufactured from alumino-silicate rich materials, such as fly ash and metakaolin, geopolymer cements require no limestone and operate at significantly lower temperatures, reducing energy consumption. Their chemical resistance, fireproofing qualities, and lifecycle performance make them ideal for industrial, military, and infrastructure applications.

🏗️ End-Use Sectors: Driving Adoption at Scale

Construction Companies

Construction firms are integrating regenerative cement into building foundations, structural walls, and precast elements to meet regulatory requirements and ESG goals. Collaborations with green certification bodies (e.g., LEED, BREEAM) are accelerating this shift.

Infrastructure Developers

Megaprojects in transportation, water systems, and energy grids are leveraging regenerative cement to increase lifespan, performance, and carbon neutrality of structures. Governments are issuing green procurement mandates to ensure compliance with international sustainability standards.

🏢 Applications Across Key Building Segments

Infrastructure

Highway bridges, tunnels, wastewater systems, and public transit hubs are increasingly constructed using low-carbon or geopolymer cements. These applications demand resilience, durability, and reduced lifecycle costs, aligning perfectly with regenerative solutions.

Residential Buildings

Builders are incorporating bio-cement and recycled content cement into homes to meet consumer demand for sustainable living spaces. Improved indoor air quality, thermal insulation, and structural longevity contribute to enhanced building performance.

Commercial Buildings

Office towers, retail complexes, and institutional facilities are adopting regenerative cement to achieve net-zero carbon architecture, reduce maintenance overheads, and ensure compliance with evolving zoning and environmental codes.

👨‍💼 Competitive Landscape: Global Leaders and Innovators

Major regenerative cement market players are shaping the future of regenerative cement through strategic R&D, partnerships, and acquisitions. Key companies include:

LafargeHolcim

HeidelbergCement AG

CEMEX

CRH plc

UltraTech Cement Ltd.

Buzzi Unicem

Taiheiyo Cement Corporation

Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Limited

Titan Cement Group

Holcim Philippines, Inc.

These entities are investing in carbon-neutral portfolios, leveraging AI-driven production optimization, and enhancing regional circular economy models.

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The trajectory for regenerative cement remains robust through 2031, underpinned by escalating climate policy enforcement, investor focus on ESG, and technological maturation.

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Policy Makers: Mandate regenerative cement adoption through incentives and emissions regulations.

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578 words

Anomalous Incident Report: #229 

Reporter: Maxwell Sloane 

Recorder: Maxwell Sloane 

Location of incident: Unknown; somewhere south of Darcy St. 

Incident: 

I had just wrapped up at that little night market on Darcy when I took a wrong turn and ended up somewhere I had never seen before. This was already odd: I know most of the streets in that area, and this alley looked like none of them.  

The buildings on either side of me were made of green-gray bricks, still slick from the earlier rain shower. A puddle, inky black like an obsidian mirror, reflected a dying amber lightbulb over door that had long been sealed shut by decades of grime.  

I glanced behind me, but the way back was new, too. Instead of the well-lit path of Darcy Street, I was staring a blank wall. I stepped up to examine the bricks—they were solid and old, clearly not something erected in the half a minute I had stood in the alley with my back turned. 

The rule in Gossamer goes: if you walk in any direction long enough, you'll eventually find yourself back on Elmwood Ave. In that spirit, I set off down the alley, figuring I would eventually either run into a place I recognized or a person I could ask for directions. 

The streets that followed baffled me more and more. They twisted and turned in shapes I knew I had never seen on any map of Gossamer. Every single building was abandoned, with doorways and windows bricked over, boarded up, or in a state of disrepair.  

The signs were unfamiliar with generic names of hardware stores and streets. As soon as I read one name and turned away, it would slip straight out of my memory, and I'd have to look back to reread it. I wish I had a pen on me so I could record them, because I remember none of them now. 

Eventually I turned into another dead-end alley. This one's walls were coated in tens of layers of posters. They were all faded and covered in a layer of grime, but the few words I could make out were in a variety of languages I couldn't read: Spanish, Greek, something in Cyrillic, and dozens more.  

When I turned to leave, I found a woman, leaning on a doorway where there hadn't been one a minute ago. She took a drag on her cigarette and flicked a few long braids off of her shoulder. "You're not supposed to be here," she said. 

"Yeah—er, I'm afraid I'm lost," I chuckled.  

Her black eyes sparkled with a compelling light, drawing me closer. She took my hand and led me out of the alley and through a few more streets, depositing me under a streetlight on Elmwood. 

"Here you are," she said, releasing my hand. Her face was shockingly clear to me, practically glowing under that streetlamp. She winked and slid away from me, disappearing into the alley we had just come from. 

When I went to check my watch and my shadow followed my wrist on the sidewalk, I realized why her face had been so clear. In that direct top-down light, her hair and brow and nose should have obscured her face in shadows.  

I sprinted too catch up with her, but I was too late. She was gone, and the alley she had waltzed into was now a dead end with no doors. 

To research: alternative dimensions, labyrinths 

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༘˚⋆𐙚｡⋆𖦹.✧˚"Beauty Product Manufacturers and Eco-Friendly Cosmetics”༘˚⋆𐙚｡⋆𖦹.✧˚

Hi beautes! 👋🏻 🎀. I want to share one of my opinions and research from what I found that Beauty Product Manufacturers and Eco-Friendly Cosmetics” are really important. Skin irritation and allergic responses are less common with natural and oleochemical substances. Sustainable products are made from naturally occurring substances that humans have been utilizing for centuries: plants and animals. These ingredients have therapeutic qualities and are free of synthetic, poisonous chemicals and artificial colors. Take glycerine, an organic byproduct of palm oil. Cosmetics, medications, and soaps all employ the clear, non-toxic liquid. Glycerine retains moisture well since it is a humectant, which makes it a great moisturizer. By enhancing the body's hygroscopic properties, glycerine helps the skin to absorb and retain water. It can be put anywhere on the body because it doesn't cause irritation. It works well as an anti-aging component.

Because The average Asian or American is thought to use 100 kilos of plastic every year, with over half of the plastic generated going toward single-use disposable products. Typical suppliers of environmentally friendly cosmetics include: Natural oils, including avocado, coconut, and olive oils. Plants used in agriculture, such soybeans and corn. Environmentally friendly formulas are the foundation of eco-friendly cosmetics, which are then produced and packaged using eco-friendly procedures. Ingredients that are made from natural substances are used in the creation of these "green," sustainable cosmetics. Eco-friendly beauty products can be an excellent choice for people with sensitive skin since, in addition to being good for the environment, they are typically made of natural and organic ingredients.

Additionally, harsh chemicals are likely to be absent from eco-friendly cosmetics, which lowers your chance of skin damage and flare-ups. Harsh chemicals are also probably not included in eco-friendly cosmetics, which lowers our chance of skin damage and flare-ups. Consumers nowadays are more concerned with social and environmental responsibilities and have a developing global consciousness. The softer environmental impact of sustainable products is one of their key advantages. There are new reports every week about massive garbage floating in the water or risky carbon outputs. Conventional cosmetics include several dangerous substances called petrochemicals that harm both our bodies and the environment. Customers seek organic, low-polluting items as we grow more conscious of the environment. How are we gonna make the world change? so here’s the tip that you should know:

1. Recognizing Ecological Natural beauty

The following are a few of the most well-known, eco-friendly, sustainable cosmetic brands and their offerings: Native:

-Native uses natural, organic components to make its deodorants. Native's brand is based on "easy-to-understand, nontoxic ingredients." Herbs like castor bean oil, coconut oil, and shea butter are generated from oleochemicals.

-Burt's Bees: From modest beeswax candles to a massive empire of lip products, Burt's Bees has emerged as a global pioneer in sustainability. The company uses natural and organic components in its cosmetics and personal care products, and it follows a "no-waste" manufacturing philosophy. They use beeswax, herbs, and botanical oils to create their well-known goods.

- Blissoma: Specializing in skincare, Blissoma provides a vast selection of green skincare products divided by skin type and need. Their preservative-free cosmetics use natural components such as fruit enzymes, Vitamin C, organic herbs, and cereals.

The job Manufacturers of cosmetics have a rare chance to emphasize corporate responsibility by focusing on green cosmetics. Going above and beyond with sustainable sourcing or packaging can have a big influence, in addition to the good effects green marketing can have on a company's image. A business assumes responsibility for its effects on economies and world health when it ramps up its sustainability initiatives. A company can earn authority and respect from suppliers, customers, and other distribution chain participants by assuming corporate responsibility for its manufacturing.

2. The Effect of Modern Beauty Products on the Environment

The Intensity of Resources and Waste Production: - Sourcing of Ingredients: Resource-intensive procedures are a major part of the manufacturing of traditional cosmetics. One such component that contributes to habitat loss and deforestation is palm oil, which is widely used in cosmetics.Packaging Waste: Take into consideration the chic plastic cases that hold your go-to lipstick or moisturizer. A major contributing factor to the worldwide plastic pollution problem is that these containers frequently wind up in landfills or the ocean.

Toxic ingredients included in many traditional cosmetic products, including parabens, phthalates, and formaldehyde-releasing preservatives, contribute to chemical pollution and water contamination. In addition to endangering human health, these pollutants contaminate rivers. Ecosystems that are aquatic are impacted by the chemicals we rinse out of our hair or wash off our makeup, which ends up in rivers and oceans. - Tiny plastics: Small plastic particles called microplastics are present in toothpaste, exfoliating scrubs, and some shampoos. These particles are non-biodegradable. Microplastics can harm marine life and possibly make their way into our food chain when they amass in water bodies. Part 3: Greenhouse Gases and Climate Change - Distribution and Transportation: Cosmetics are produced all over the world and distributed extensively. Storage of some goods (such serums) in a refrigerator also adds to the energy usage.

For example: Parabens. - Toxic Substance: Preservatives including methylparaben, ethylparaben, and propylparaben are frequently found in skincare and makeup products. On the other hand, they may increase the risk of breast cancer and cause hormone imbalance. - Alternative: Look for natural preservatives like vitamin E, rosemary oil, or grapefruit seed extract, or choose items that are labeled "paraben-free".

3. Producing Your Own Eco-Friendly Items

Do-it-yourself Beauty Recipes: - For a calming and purifying effect, mix oatmeal, honey, and chamomile tea to make a mild face cleanser. For a luscious and nourishing treat, combine shea and cocoa butter with your preferred essential oils to create a moisturizing body butter. Shake some lemon or orange peels into some apple cider vinegar to create a revitalizing and pleasant citrus hair rinse. Sustainable Packaging Options: To cut down on plastic waste, put your homemade beauty products in reusable glass jars or metal tins. Take into consideration giving empty containers from completed commercial cosmetic items a new lease on life.

Be healthy always, love 🎀🪞🩰🦢🕯️

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New SpaceTime out Friday

SpaceTime 20250314 Series 28 Episode 32

Martian minerals hint at the possibility of ancient life

NASA's Mars Perseverance rover has discovered a rock on the red planet Jezero Crater rim that usually only forms in warm wet environments that support life.

World’s most powerful gamma ray observatory gets the green light

Europe has given the go ahead for work to proceed on building the world’s most powerful gamma ray observatory.

Europe’s new Ariane 6 rocket begins operations

Europe has successfully launched the first commercial mission using their new Ariane 6 rocket.

The Science Report

Massive ancient glaciers may have paved the way for complex life to evolve.

The few remaining koalas in the Sydney region facing an imminent risk of death.

How the eruption of Mount Vesuvius turned a victim’s brain into glass.

Skeptics guide to Ross Coulthart’s latest UFO scoop.

SpaceTime covers the latest news in astronomy & space sciences.

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SpaceTime -- A brief history

SpaceTime is Australia’s most popular and respected astronomy and space science news program – averaging over two million downloads every year. We’re also number five in the United States.  The show reports on the latest stories and discoveries making news in astronomy, space flight, and science.  SpaceTime features weekly interviews with leading Australian scientists about their research.  The show began life in 1995 as ‘StarStuff’ on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s (ABC) NewsRadio network.  Award winning investigative reporter Stuart Gary created the program during more than fifteen years as NewsRadio’s evening anchor and Science Editor.  Gary’s always loved science. He studied astronomy at university and was invited to undertake a PHD in astrophysics, but instead focused on his career in journalism and radio broadcasting. Gary’s radio career stretches back some 34 years including 26 at the ABC. He worked as an announcer and music DJ in commercial radio, before becoming a journalist and eventually joining ABC News and Current Affairs. He was part of the team that set up ABC NewsRadio and became one of its first on air presenters. When asked to put his science background to use, Gary developed StarStuff which he wrote, produced and hosted, consistently achieving 9 per cent of the national Australian radio audience based on the ABC’s Nielsen ratings survey figures for the five major Australian metro markets: Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth. That compares to the ABC’s overall radio listenership of just 5.6 per cent. The StarStuff podcast was published on line by ABC Science -- achieving over 1.3 million downloads annually.  However, after some 20 years, the show finally wrapped up in December 2015 following ABC funding cuts, and a redirection of available finances to increase sports and horse racing coverage.  Rather than continue with the ABC, Gary resigned so that he could keep the show going independently.  StarStuff was rebranded as “SpaceTime”, with the first episode being broadcast in February 2016.  Over the years, SpaceTime has grown, more than doubling its former ABC audience numbers and expanding to include new segments such as the Science Report -- which provides a wrap of general science news, weekly skeptical science features, special reports looking at the latest computer and technology news, and Skywatch – which provides a monthly guide to the night skies. The show is published three times weekly (every Monday, Wednesday and Friday) and available from the United States National Science Foundation on Science Zone Radio, and through both i-heart Radio and Tune-In Radio.

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The phone or computer you’re reading this on may not be long for this world. Maybe you’ll drop it in water, or your dog will make a chew toy of it, or it’ll reach obsolescence. If you can’t repair it and have to discard it, the device will become e-waste, joining an alarmingly large mountain of defunct TVs, refrigerators, washing machines, cameras, routers, electric toothbrushes, headphones. This is “electrical and electronic equipment,” aka EEE—anything with a plug or battery. It’s increasingly out of control.

As economies develop and the consumerist lifestyle spreads around the world, e-waste has turned into a full-blown environmental crisis. People living in high-income countries own, on average, 109 EEE devices per capita, while those in low-income nations have just four. A new UN report finds that in 2022, humanity churned out 137 billion pounds of e-waste—more than 17 pounds for every person on Earth—and recycled less than a quarter of it.

That also represents about $62 billion worth of recoverable materials, like iron, copper, and gold, hitting e-waste landfills each year. At this pace, e-waste will grow by 33 percent by 2030, while the recycling rate could decline to 20 percent. (You can see this growth in the graph below: purple is EEE on the market, black is e-waste, and green is what gets recycled.)

“What was really alarming to me is that the speed at which this is growing is much quicker than the speed that e-waste is properly collected and recycled,” says Kees Baldé, a senior scientific specialist at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and lead author of the report. “We just consume way too much, and we dispose of things way too quickly. We buy things we may not even need, because it's just very cheap. And also these products are not designed to be repaired.”

Humanity has to quickly bump up those recycling rates, the report stresses. In the first pie chart below, you can see the significant amount of metals we could be saving, mostly iron (chemical symbol Fe, in light gray), along with aluminum (Al, in dark gray), copper (Cu), and nickel (Ni). Other EEE metals include zinc, tin, and antimony. Overall, the report found that in 2022, generated e-waste contained 68 billion pounds of metal.

E-waste is a complex thing to break down: A washing machine is made of totally different components than a TV. And even for product categories, not only do different brands use different manufacturing processes, but even different models within those brands vary significantly. A new washing machine has way more sensors and other electronics than one built 30 years ago.

Complicating matters even further, e-waste can contain hazardous materials, like cobalt, flame retardants, and lead. The report found that each year, improperly processed e-waste releases more than 125,000 pounds of mercury alone, imperiling the health of humans and other animals. “Electronic waste is an extremely complex waste stream,” says Vanessa Gray, head of the Environment and Emergency Telecommunications Division at the UN’s International Telecommunication Union and an author of the report. “You have a lot of value in electronic waste, but you also have a lot of toxic materials that are dangerous to the environment.”

That makes recycling e-waste a dangerous occupation. In low- and middle-income countries, informal e-waste recyclers might go door-to-door collecting the stuff. To extract valuable metals, they melt down components without proper safety equipment, poisoning themselves and the environment. The new report notes that in total, 7.3 billion pounds of e-waste is shipped uncontrolled globally, meaning its ultimate management is unknown and likely not done in an environmentally friendly way. Of that, high-income countries shipped 1.8 billion pounds to low- and middle-income countries in 2022, swamping them with dangerous materials.

High-income countries have some of this informal recycling, but they also have formal facilities where e-waste is sorted and safely broken down. Europe, for example, has fairly high formal e-waste recycling rates, at about 43 percent. But globally, recycling is happening nowhere near enough to keep up with the year-over-year growth of the waste. Instead of properly mining EEE for metals, humanity keeps mining more ore out of the ground.

Still, the report found that even the small amount of e-waste that currently gets recycled avoided the mining of 2 trillion pounds of ore for virgin metal in 2022. (It takes a lot of ore to produce a little bit of metal.) The more metals we can recycle from e-waste, the less mining we’ll need to support the proliferation of gadgets. That would in turn avoid the greenhouse gases from such mining operations, plus losses of biodiversity.

The complexity of e-waste, though, makes it expensive to process. As the chart above shows, even an ambitious scenario of a formal e-waste collection rate in 2030 is 44 percent. “There is no business case for companies to just collect e-waste and to make a profit out of this in a sustainable manner,” says Baldé. “They can only survive if there is legislation in place which is also compensating them.”

The report notes that 81 countries have e-waste policies on the books, and of those, 67 have provisions regarding extended producer responsibility, or EPR. This involves fees paid by manufacturers of EEE that would go toward e-waste management.

Of course, people could also stop throwing so many devices away in the first place, something right-to-repair advocates have spent years fighting for. Batteries, for instance, lose capacity after a certain number of charge cycles. If a phone can’t hold a charge all day anymore, customers should be able to swap in a new battery. “Manufacturers shouldn't be able to put artificial limitations on that ability,” says Elizabeth Chamberlain, director of sustainability at iFixit, which provides repair guides and tools. That includes limiting access to parts and documentation. “Repair is a harm-reduction strategy. It's not the be-all-end-all solution, but it's one of many things we need to do as a global society to slow down the rate at which we're demanding things of the planet.”

At the core of the e-waste crisis is the demand: A growing human population needs phones to communicate and fridges to keep food safe and heat pumps to stay comfortable indoors. So first and foremost we need high-quality products that don’t immediately break down, but also the right to repair when they do. And what absolutely can’t be fixed needs to move through a safe, robust e-waste recycling system. “We are consuming so much,” says Baldé, “we cannot really recycle our way out of the problem.”

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"MYHERB Slim Up Meal Replacement Shake Review | Ayurvedic Formula for Weight Loss"

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Introduction

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Swedish Wind Farms Facing Bankruptcy

By Paul Homewood

From the Brussels Signal ;

Two Swedish economists have issued a warning that the country’s wind-power industry is on the brink of a wave of bankruptcies.

Christian Sandström and Christian Steinbeck analysed wind-power companies’ annual reports in Sweden and their work revealed “significant financial problems”, they told Swedish media outlet Kvartal on February 28.

“The total loss for the years 2017–2022 amounted to 13.5 billion Swedish krona [€1.2 billion], which meant a loss margin of 39 per cent,” they said about the sector.

Such heavy losses seem to be the rule rather than the exception for wind-power companies in Sweden, according to the annual reports.

The Swedish Government has been pushing its national energy policies in a “green” direction, promoting wind power and decommissioning nuclear power plants. But the cost appears to be much more painful than previously thought, the economists stressed.

Sandström and Steinbeck have been pointing towards profitability problems in the wind sector for some time “despite suppliers benefiting from Government support through electricity certificates and being exempt from covering the entire expenses associated with grid adaptation for wind energy or the depreciation of properties near installations”.

Since the economists’ initial findings, Markbygden Ett, Sweden’s largest wind-farm installation with 179 turbines, is already facing bankruptcy, stacking up hundreds of millions of krona in debt.

The firm is not alone – many other alternative-power companies in Sweden are in trouble.

Sandström and Steinbeck pointed out that the sector as a whole has not made a profit in any year since 2017.

Company losses have ranged from 19 per cent to 90 per cent of turnover between 2017 and 2022, they said.

“The losses are simply because the industry cannot produce electricity at a cost below the market price, despite extensive subsidies,” the economists noted.

“That would put any other industry out of business, [although] the rate of investment has been very high.”

Both newer and older plants in the heavily subsidised industry shed cash, while economies of scale are also a limitation. The biggest farms make the biggest losses and only moderate-sized wind farms, with between 20 and 30 turbines, are turning any profits and those are at best described as “modest”.

Costs have failed to come down despite growing experience among those operating in the sector and the researchers did not observe any correlation between time elapsed and increased electricity production from existing turbines.

“Just as sailors on sailing ships once had to pray to higher powers for wind to get somewhere, wind farms can only wait for the right amount of wind,” they added.

On top of that, just 20 per cent of wind turbines in Sweden are Swedish owned. The rest are operated by foreign enterprises. Some 13 per cent of the reviewed turbines are Chinese.

Sandström and Steinbeck said the Chinese investors made their calculations based on “wind mapping” carried out by the Swedish Energy Agency and they have doubts about the accuracy of the data.

Also hammering profits is the fact that large parts of the Swedish wind-power industry cannot transfer or save power over-generation, meaning electricity needs to be consumed instantly or not at all – making it effectively unsustainable.

A few wind farms in the South of the country have gained financial momentum in recent years but all the others are stacking up more losses.

The academics noted that the change in the Swedish energy mix – decommissioning nuclear plants in favour of wind power – was politically driven and that no robust, financial independent industry has subsequently emerged.

A peculiar paradox also haunts the sector, the economists stressed. Low levels of wind leads to high electricity prices yet it also hinders electricity delivery.

On the flip side, when the wind is more powerful, oversupply drives down prices when there is ample electricity for sale.

“It is difficult to see a way out of this dilemma,” Sandström and Steinbeck concluded.

Three things stand out here.

Second is the fact that low winds mean high market prices, and vice versa. Obviously wind farms make their money when the wind blows, so low prices at those times drastically impact earnings.

In the UK, the CfD subsidy protects wind farms from these fluctuations, whilst ROC subsidies are generous enough to offset low market prices.

And thirdly, the article rightly notes that wind farms don’t have to pay for grid adaption and other wider system costs.

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Tata Motors, M&M to Bharat Forge: Auto stocks surge up to 7% as Donald Trump signals pause on tariffs

Indian auto stocks surged on April 15 after President Trump announced a pause on auto tariffs, boosting investor sentiment. The Nifty Auto index rose 3.19%, with all constituents trading up, led by Samvardhana Motherson's 7% gain amid hopes for easing trade tensions.

Stock market today: Indian auto stocks opened higher in Tuesday’s trade, April 15, after U.S. President Donald Trump signaled a pause on auto tariffs, boosting investor sentiment. 

The announcement added to Trump’s recent moves, including a 90-day pause on tariffs for non-retaliating countries and exemptions for Chinese-made semiconductors and electronics, raising hopes that trade tensions may ease and global supply chains could stabilize.

The Nifty Auto index jumped 3.19% in early morning trade, reaching a two-week high of 21,205. All 15 constituents of the index were trading in the green, with Samvardhana Motherson leading the pack with a 7% gain, followed by Bharat Forge, Tata Motors, and Mahindra & Mahindra, each rising over 4%.

Other stocks such as Balkrishna Industries, Tube Investments of India, TVS Motor Company, Bosch, Maruti Suzuki India, Hero MotoCorp, Ashok Leyland, Eicher Motors, Bajaj Auto, MRF, and Exide Industries were also trading higher, with gains ranging between 1.2% and 3.5%.

The latest rollback of duties in certain sectors has helped global financial markets recover most of their recent losses, which had been driven by growing fears of a global recession.

Trump considers pausing his auto tariffs

President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from the tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, in order to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains.

“I’m looking at something to help some of the car companies with it,” Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office. The Republican president said automakers needed time to relocate production from Canada, Mexico, and other places. “They need a little bit of time because they’re going to make them here, but they need a little bit of time. So, I’m talking about things like that,” he added.

Matt Blunt, president of the American Automotive Policy Council—an association representing Ford, General Motors, and Stellantis—said the group shared Trump’s goal of increasing domestic production.

“There is increasing awareness that broad tariffs on parts could undermine our shared goal of building a thriving and growing American auto industry, and that many of these supply chain transitions will take time,” Blunt said.

The 25% auto tariffs, which took effect on April 3, have raised concerns about a potential increase in vehicle ownership costs. The duties have also prompted global automakers to halt exports to the U.S. For instance, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has temporarily suspended exports of its UK-made vehicles to the U.S. in response to the new tariff on foreign-made cars and light trucks.

Last week, after a bond market sell-off pushed up interest rates on U.S. debt, Trump announced that for 90 days, his broader tariffs against dozens of countries—including India—would be set at a baseline 10% to allow time for negotiations.

In addition to the general reprieve for other countries, Trump on Friday issued exemptions for Chinese-made semiconductors and electronics amid warnings that U.S. consumers could face skyrocketing prices for products such as smartphones and laptops.

However, Trump and some of his top aides clarified on Sunday that the exemptions were temporary and had been misconstrued, as the administration continued to pursue fresh tariffs on many of the listed items.

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Microalgae Fertilizers Market Rising Trends and Research Outlook 2022-2030

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