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The forward-leaning morning newsletter for those
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November 7, 2022
Topics: Hemp remediation, PFAS, Belgium, coffee, cleaner biodiesel, Alef, VTOLs, ASTM, cannabis, crypto, So. Africa
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🌿3M is a toxic polluter 3M, an industrial giant headquartered in the U.S., has been found guilty in Belgium over the discovery of poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS or forever chemicals) in the water, soil, and human subjects near its Zwijndrecht factory. Belgian officials ordered 3M to find a way to clean up the contaminated site. AGREEN1 April18 and February 7 issues has more on these chemicals.
3M tested different cleanup methods, including using hemp, a technique first tried on a former Maine military base in the U.S. 3M’s hemp test results showed that the hemp removed PFAS from topsoil and purified polluted groundwater. Hemp to the rescue, again!
☕From coffee comes low-emission biodiesel After a study in 2017 discovered that cooking coffee grounds with methanol and a catalyst produces a type of clean fuel known as biodiesel, Dr. Vesna Najdonovic and Dr. Jiawei Wang from Aston University in the U.K. set out together to find a way to improve the clean fuel production.
After exposing the algae to light for 20 hours and darkness for 4 hours for several days, the result was a cleaner biodiesel. The clean fuel even meets U.S. and U.K. specifications. What’s most interesting is that the world produces over 15 million tonnes of spent coffee grounds annually, enough to produce up to 720,000 tonnes of biodiesel each year. Cleaner diesel fuel is badly needed.
🚁Flying cars in 2025 Flying cars have appeared in several movies and animation series. But, if you have ever wondered whether we will have actual ones in real life and when that will be, the answers are yes, and precisely in 2025. A Silicon Valley startup called Alef Aeronautics held a conference at Draper University in San Mateo, California, showcasing a prototype of its first flying car called the Alef Model A. And the flying vehicle is battery-powered.
The EV Alef Model A has a flying range of 110 miles, and a driving range of 200. In the coming months, Alef Aeronautics will test-fly the EV for the first time with a human pilot. The company plans to build another zero-emission flying car with higher driving and flight ranges. It has begun taking orders for the flying EV, which sets to sell for $300,000 when it hits the market in 2025.
🍁ASTM for cannabis Before any commercially-made product can be quality-assured, certified safe for use or consumption, and allowed to sell internationally, it must meet standards usually developed by bodies like ASTM International (the American Society for Testing and Materials). Among the products, ASTM International now develops standards for cannabis, cannabis-related products, and processes through its Committee D37 on cannabis, formed in 2017.
Last week, the committee approved four new standards to add to its growing list of more than 40 standards for cannabis now. Standard D8375 will provide a method to establish cannabinoid content in cannabis and hemp samples and will be used for forensics purposes. Standard D8399 will aid in establishing pesticide concentration levels in cannabis and hemp to ensure they meet requirements within appropriate jurisdictions. Standard D8442 will help quality control for cannabis to ensure consumers’ safety. And Standard D8469 will aid the cannabis industry in testing for metals in the plant.
💎Crypto in South Africa wins About 10%, or over six million people in South Africa own or trade cryptocurrencies. The number, on the rise since last year, has raised the discussion on whether to classify crypto as a financial product and regulate the industry. The National Treasury said in February that they were moving in that direction. Now, South Africa’s Financial Sector Conduct Authority (FSCA) officially declared crypto a financial product, scheduling it under the country’s Financial Intelligence Centre Act.
South Africa now joins a list of growing African countries that have legalized crypto. It will introduce regulations to guide the industry in the next few months, and financial firms dealing with the assets will have to apply for licensing next year between June 1 and November 20.
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