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Cake day: July 2nd, 2023

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  • One industry that is really suited for CC is steel production. Making steel from iron is basically removing the carbon from the iron ore, and that has been done since the 1800s by introducing oxygen to the molten iron. This creates a pillar of carbon dioxide from a very localized point and should, if the technology existed and was used, be easy to capture. The Swedish steel manufacturer SSAB accounts for 11% of the national Swedish emissions, and 10% of Finland’s. It’s not negligible. And steel is used every day, everywhere, and for everything. Every other metal pales in comparison. It’s a gigantic industry. And it’s perfect for carbon capture.




  • It is a factory belonging to SKF, a swedish company that produces bearings. Famous for supplying bearings for use in tanks by almost every major power during ww2, and supply to the german side was finally cut off when SKF told the allies that the entire stock was for sale to anyone who paid. I believe the last payment was made by the US 10-15 years ago, finally settling the debt.

    Since the war, SKF has grown into a very large supplier of the highest quality bearings, and saying its a factory making parts for weapons is a bit narrow. Bearings are used in most things that have rotating parts, and SKF is large in a lot of markets that aren’t weapons. Their product catalogue is well over a thousand pages, for example.


  • Lite förvånad över att ingen nämnt Krigshistoriepodden än!

    Två tappra historieentusiaster som näsfnissar sig igenom ämnen mellan afrikanska krigsherrar till stalingrad till hattaffärer under krimkriget till blankvapenstrid. Militärhistoria förmedlad på ett lagom klämkäckt sätt, och den lättsamma jargongen gör det även möjligt att höra om några av mänsklighetens mörkaste ögonblick.

    Kräver väl kanske ett litet intresse för området, men jag tycker att podden har väldigt mycket att erbjuda. De gillar också 40k, så du kanske skulle uppskatta deras 40k-avsnitt!