@rimu From the analysis I've read (skimmed, TBF) Singapore only needs to "give it their best shot" in terms of ensuring our supply of refined products. When push comes to shove, there are no enforceable requirements and they could very well curtail deliveries.

Nathan Surendran wrote a piece a couple of weeks back (https://archive.is/DXahq) about the really bad optics of our govt doing SFA in terms of cutting demand in comparison with our trading partners in the fuel supply chains. In short, they notice, and when things get tight the ants aren't going to make sacrifices to carry the grasshopper.

This particular FTA puts a chirpy veneer over that ideological cesspool, but the unresolved asymmetry of the state responses is getting rather glaring.

@rimu The lengths they will go to in order to be seen doing something.

@mirrorwitch @BlueMonday1984 Maybe they just need to be *really* good at writing prompts.

@I_am_10_squirrels @ProdigalFrog The most exciting announcement I've seen in a long time is this one:

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44172-024-00267-4

Adding iron to biochar gives it the ability to adsorb *and* destroy PFAS in contaminated water. This is a product that can be produced relatively cheaply and contribute to drawdown of atmospheric CO2, and effectively degrades hazardous fluorocarbon pollutants with minimal disposal headaches after the fact.

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@I_am_10_squirrels @ProdigalFrog There is more to it than just molecules getting "trapped in pore spaces" and it's a little complicated.

Activated carbon (and its more affordable, carbon-sequestering cousin #biochar) has functional attachment points on the edges of ring and plate molecular structures. These can attract and retain some substances from solution.

But the real fun happens when we add dopants. Other molecules present in the carbon matrix supercharge the chemical potential.

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@ajsadauskas @technology I could have told you that, and I do DevOps from NZ. I had to trace a strange network fault for an Australian client once and found that it was all SingTel.