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The amount of nuclear energy generated by each country in the world, exposed in this graphic developer

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The use of nuclear power It is still one of the most controversial issues in the energy debate. It is worldwide due to economic, social factors and concern for something very concrete: Waste management. It seemed like him Huge deployment of renewables would end the debate, but the truth is that there are countries that follow depending greatly on nuclear energy. And this graph reflects it clearly: Three blocks. The graph is the work of Visual Capitalist with data of the ‘Energy Institute Statistical Review of World Energy’ and the estimate is that nuclear plants generated 2,818 THW of electricity in 2024. Approximately 10% of the electricity generated worldwide during the world during the last year, but beyond the total, which allows us to see is that there are three very even and perfectly identifiable blocks. On the one hand, that of the United States and Canada. Here Canada has ‘little’ to say, and also its centrals generated 3.6% less than the previous year, but The United States is still a giant. It generated 823 TWH that, put in context, represents about 30% of all global nuclear energy. It has 94 operational reactors and that huge amount of electricity accounted for 18% of the national total. In the Asian block we have China standing out With 451 TWH produced, 3.4% more than the previous year, South Korea with 189 TWH and both Japan and India contributing, but with lower productions. And in the European bloc, France and Russia stand out above all, which among them have a much more similar production. The interesting thing here is to see the speed at which the world in a nuclear question moves. Promoting nuclear. Because we have already seen that, although the US generated more electricity with the nuclear, it was a small percentage. If we look at the European block, we have that there are those who grow 4% (Sweden) and who decreases 4% (Spain), But we have a France that increased the production of its centrals by 12.2%. With 57 operational reactors, if there is a country that depends on nuclear energy, that is France. HE esteem that 67% of its electricity comes from nuclear. Countries such as Slovakia, Belgium, Hungary or Bulgaria also depend largely on nuclear energy. In the case of Spain20% of their energy comes from these centrals. But if we look at the Asian block, the thing changes. China impulse Its nuclear generation These last monthsbut Japan did it in 9.3% and India, who wants to consolidate as a new technological core worldwide, generated 13.3% more. In the Middle East highlights United Arab Emirates that, whose four reactors generated 22% of their electricity. Old reactors. In total, I know esteem That there are 416 operational plants worldwide (France has the same as China, a fact that reflects the importance for the neighboring country) and a problem is that most are quite old reactors. Around two thirds of them are over 30 years old and, although the estimated life is usually between 30 and 40 years old, it is easy to prolong it more time with modifications and extensions. New reactors. There are also about 70 reactors Under construction. They are distributed, but most are concentrated in Asia, especially in the two countries that are leading that world nuclear expansion: China and India. New reactors use refrigerants that can operate with more energy safety and efficiency, also generate less waste and have an estimated useful life of more than 50 years thanks to modular designs. As we say, China is one of the countries that is best betting on this energy (despite the impulse that is also giving to renewables), and within its new plants, the fourth generation reactors stand out, like the one used by molten salts or thorium. They are not the only ones, as the US, France and India are also investing in research programs to develop reactors that generate electricity from the thorium (three times more abundant than uranium) Data centers. The truth is that, although sources like RENVOABLE EXPOSEDit seems that We are far from folding both fossil fuels and to nuclear energy. Much of the fault is very demanding data centers in energy terms that even need Punctual gas supply or even coal in demands of demand peaks. In fact, some of the main technological ones such as Amazon, Google or Microsoft announced Plans to create or reactivate nuclear centrals to satisfy the energy need for your data centers for artificial intelligence. And all this while we look at a future in which the norm should be the SMR reactors… And the nuclear fusion still is on the horizon. In Xataka | Europe and Japan are working side by the greatest technical advance of humanity: the nuclear fusion reactor

India needs more crops and solar energy than any other country. So you are installing solar panels in height

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When a solar energy company offered Harpal Dagar a fixed pay for 25 years in exchange for installing solar panels on their cultivation fields, he thought it could be a scam. Today he says that his income has tripled and sleeps quieter. “Too good to be true.” That was what this Indian farmer thought when the company Sun Master proposed to install elevated solar panels on its land on the outskirts of Delhi. I could continue working the land and, in return, would receive an annual payment for 25 years. According to a report of BBC NewsDagar had lost entire crops because of the Monzones, so he accepted the installation of the panels to have fixed income. “Today I think it was the best decision I have made,” he told the British environment. Harvest food and energy at the same time. The systems that combine agriculture with solar energy generation in the same land have a name: agrovoltaic. And in the most populous country in the world they are emerging as the most promising solution to produce clean energy without sacrificing the land necessary to feed the population. The agrovoltaic part of a simple idea: take advantage of the vertical space. Instead of choosing between a crop field or a solar park, They both haveonly that photovoltaic panels are mounted on high structures, at a height of at least three and a half meters so that tractors and other agricultural machinery can pass below. India cannot do without cultivation soil. In India more than 55% of the population It depends on agriculture. As the country approaches the 1.7 billion people in 2050, it will have to produce about 350 million tons of grain At the same time, India has pledged to meet ambitious climatic objectives that will require dedicating solar and wind energy between 55,000 and 77,000 square kilometers of land. According to a report from Mongabay Indiaagrovoltaic would resolve this paradox of “food security vs. access to energy”. Not everything that shines is gold. Sun Master pays Harpal Dagar about $ 500 per hectare per year, plus a monthly salary of 170 dollars for the maintenance of the panels. Dagar cultiva turmeric, which benefits from the microclimate created by the solar panels. Its shadow protects the cultivation of extreme heat and decreases water evaporation, reducing irrigation needs. It is not always beneficial. Depending on their disposition, solar panels reduce between 15 and 30% the light that reaches plants. This makes basic cultures that need a lot of sun, such as wheat, rice or soybeans, are not viable. Anand Jain, another farmer who has experienced with the system, says he succeeded with strawberries and tomatoes, but “the cauliflower did not work so well.” The green leafy vegetablesginger and some flowers have also benefited. The slow takeoff from agrovoltaic. The adoption of agrovoltaic in India is being slow, especially compared to China, which has 12 times more projects in operation. Incompatibility with some crops is one of the problems, but there is an even greater financial problem: raising panels more than three meters from the ground has a price. The installation of an agrovoltaic system is between 20 and 30% more expensive than that of a conventional solar park. Small farmers cannot afford these systems, so they depend on companies with capital that want to rent their land with a 25 -year contract. Technology will solve some challenges. For companies to be willing to assume that risk, more efficient and profitable systems are already being developed. “Farm-Forward” solar panels with More space between panel ranks to maximize the entry of light and further facilitate the step of machinery. And new software to simulate how much light and heat receives each sheet, how it affects photosynthesis and, ultimately, what performance of the harvest. The potential is simply gigantic. A GIZ technical report He estimates that agrovoltaic in India can point to a capacity of between 3,156 and 13,803 gigawatts. To put it in perspective, the total installed capacity of photovoltaic energy worldwide is 2 GW. In Xataka | One of the most arid areas in China is reverde. The reason: a plant with seven million solar panels

This map exposes the most popular coffee in each country. Capuchino is the undisputed winner worldwide

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On October 1, World Coffee Day will be held. It has no importance for those who already celebrate that ephemeris every day (and more knowing what it is Good for health), but it is the date chosen by the International Coffee Organization to pay tribute to this universal drink (and baptized by Clemente VIII) and value both the situation of coffee growers such as fair trade networks and sustainable practices. Not surprisingly, coffee is the second most consumed drink in the world only behind the water, and something very interesting is to know the coffee tastes of each of the countries. The reason? Although there are two main coffee varieties –The robust and the Arabica-, there are many preparations and machines that give very different results. And this map illustrates it perfectly: Prepared by Coffenessin it we can see what kind of elaboration is most present in the day -to -day life of many of us. Among all, the star is the cappuccinoand by far: according to the map, It is the preferred preparation of 24 countriesamong which is Spain. He is loved in much of Europe, in fact, and a lot of distance from the espresso. This elaboration, stronger and concentrated, is the second most popular. 14 countries, among which are the United States or Germany, prefer this elaboration that causes a sensation for the fascination they generate, on occasion, the necessary machines for their preparation. They are increasingly economical and with more functions -all in one like the Ninja Luxe that we analyzed a few months ago They facilitate things very much- and, although it may shock that of taking an espresso, the truth is that … it is rich. Why can it collide? Because, As Spaniards, an espresso is ‘complicated’ of drinking. The reason is that, if we ask for a coffee alone in a cafeteria that does not have Specialty coffeethe most normal is that We are served a torrefactand it is a tremendously bitter and required coffee, which is why it needs more sugar than it already has naturally with the aim of masking the taste. If specialty coffee is used, although it is still strong, it is much better. The third most popular elaboration is filter coffee, and here I am surprised that it is not the most consumed in the United States, the place of the famous ‘office coffee’ and that of the ‘dinners’. It is popular in 12 countries, including South Africa, United Arab Emirates or Bulgaria. And what about Italy? Well, no matter how much coffee tradition they have, in Italy they don’t have coffee. Not yet, at leastsince tradition comes from the title process and some of the most famous elaborations, being one of them, precisely that of American coffee. Because yes, it was not invented in the United States, but for Italian hoteliers that, during the Second World WarThey reduced the espresso coffee with water to be the taste of American soldiers. According to Coffeness, it is the most popular in Italy, but also in South Korea, Argentina, Costa Rica or Uruguay. In Latin America, basically. Turkish coffee is thick and the most attached to a specific place Then there are peculiarities, such as the Irish coffee that conques Ireland, the Turkish coffee they only want in Türkiye, Where is Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanityor the espresso macchiato, which apart from a Stera of Eurovisionis the favorite in Australia, Honduras or the United Kingdom. Where is China? I ask that too, since China in recent years has become One of the main players in the coffee market worldwide. The drink has gone from insignificant to cause fury, so much that they are opening many coffee shops in large cities And it is something that has even become In a claim so that companies like Huawei attract foreign workers. The problem is where they have taken the data from Coffeness, and it is the reason why, although nice and may be very right, We are not facing a rigorous study or anything like that: They clarify that they are based on a search data analysis on Google, so although far from offering definitive data, they can determine what are the most popular coffee elaborations in many countries. And there is the matter: China and its great blockade They enter the equation, preventing that data can be collected. But well, apart from rigor, the results ‘quad’ with what, in many cases, we could expect. And it does not surprise me a little that the most popular elaboration is my dear capuccino. Images | Alet123Coffeness In Xataka | How much does a cup of coffee in each country in the world cost, explained in a fantastic map

Leapmotor confirms that he will manufacture in our country in 2026

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One more. LEAPMOTOR will manufacture its electric cars in Spain, as confirmed by Antonio Filosa, CEO of Stellantis to Automotive News Europe. The news emphasizes the role that Spain is playing among the most affordable electric cars and how our country has a very anticipated type of car in its hands but also sows some doubts. Confirmation. “We have recently announced an industrial collaboration to provide Leapmotor for capacity in one of our Spanish plants to manufacture their cars on its platform. It will begin very soon.” With these words, Philose confirmed Automotive News Europe That, indeed, it will be one of the plants that the automotive giant has in Spain that will produce its electric cars. Why does an electric car have less autonomy than the announcing Stellantis has factories in Madrid, Zaragoza and Vigo but for now it is not clear which is the chosen plant or what cars are the ones that will be assembled. Nor will the process be carried out since the Polish production of the T03 Leapmotor that was being carried out through kits He stopped last April. What and who? As we say, from Stellantis they have not given many more signs beyond that cars will begin to be manufactured next year. Yes we can imagine that, because of the cast that Stellantis has for Spain, Zaragoza has all ballots. From there come the small electric ones of the group such as the Opel Corsa, Peugeot 208 and Lancia Ypsilon. In addition, it will be next to the battery factory that Stellantis will raise with catl. What cars will also be manufactured is also a mystery but everything points again, that they will be the LEAPMOTOR B10 In a first start. This is a 4.52 -meter car with a slightly fair battery if we want is very close to 20,000 euros. It is possible that the LEAPMOTOR B05an even cheaper option that seen what was seen well could be at the border of 25,000 euros before aid. Of course, they are at the moment speculative information taking into account how little we already know. All of the above has to be confirmed. What is Leapmotor? Leapmotor is a Chinese company with highly promising electric cars. The company was partially acquired by Stellantis In a play to put Chinese and cheap electric cars in its portfolio. Stellantis’s experience in China has not been good and has recently decided to dissolve all its collaborations in the country. In return, what he did was put money in this company to have access to its R&D and, in addition, completely control the distribution of the brand outside of China. Leapmotor, on the other hand, won an injection of money but also the open door to export cars without the obligation to mount a entire distribution and after -sales network in other countries. The Stellantis network is the one carried out by that service. How will it be manufactured? It is another of the great unknowns. Until last April, Stellantis has been manufacturing in Poland El T03, the cheapest electric car that Leapmotor had in Spain and that We could try a few months ago. This production was carried out with kits arriving from China but Europe has denied that it serves to skip tariffs on electric cars. The result is that Stellantis has stopped producing this car on Polish soil, since these electric cars became increasing and lost their true attraction: the price. It is expected, therefore, that the company has in mind to produce its cars here (or much of them) if you want to avoid the famous tariffs. It is a case, therefore, similar to omoda. This last company, owned by Chery, wanted to manufacture the OMODA 5 electric in the old Barcelona plant in Nissan. However, before this attitude of Europe has delayed his plans. And, in the background, it plans the shadow that the Chinese government has sent the manufacturers stop their investments if Europe does not yield In this position. Hope. The good part of history is that, without a doubt, it is a new impulse to Spanish factories. Spain is becoming the ideal space to manufacture The most affordable electric cars of the brands that are already settled in our country. Labor and energy costs are lower than in other parts of Europe but, in addition, there is already a labor and industrial structure that allows the assembly lines to be adapted with a lower investment than if it had to create a whole plant from scratch. In addition, electric car sales of between 25,000 and 30,000 euros are expected to continue growing. Manufacturers need to sell this type of cars to fulfill the commitments on emission. The doubts. The most serious doubts come with the hug that the public wants or is willing to give to this type of vehicles. This week we have known that Ford will fire 1,000 employees In Colonia (Germany) because their numbers do not endure the investment made. Of course, in this case we talk that Ford is having difficulty putting cars on the market that, Actually, they are Volkswagen of origin. Although The electric car of 25,000 euros The manufacturers’ salvation table is craving, the truth is that, for the moment, They are vehicles that force certain concessions and discomforts in long trips. And that, for the moment, continues to cause them to be most complicated cars to place that those with the highest price but whose resignations They begin to give completely the same. Photo | Stellantis In Xataka | The industry is heading to sell us the popular electric car: it says it will cost 25,000 euros to make 200 kilometers

Ukraine is basically a country made dron. So the war between humans has passed to an unpublished zone: underground

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Of all the realities that war in Ukraine is showing us, there is one that has no discussion: drones are The Trojan horse on which they are going to sustain war conflicts From now on. In Eastern Europe we are Seeing scenarios that until recently they were more typical of Fantastic literature than reality. The prominence is such that the battle between soldiers is no longer getting rid of the ground. It is getting rid underground. The war in the bowels. Yes, Kharkiv’s front is being the scene of an unexpected phenomenon: Russian soldiers tried infiltrate pipes of gas and water, crawling through ducts Underground to overcome the Oskil River and establish positions closer to Kupiansk. It’s about The third time in which this tactic appears since the beginning of the invasion, and is a new defensive challenge for Ukrainian forces, which have reacted flooding, damaging and fortifying several of these passages, aware that the pipes form an extensive and difficult network to control. kyiv’s General Staff officially confirmed that the pipes had been used, although it stressed that the city remains under Ukrainian control and that most accesses have already been closely neutralized or monitored. Pipes such as espionage routes. Kupiank’s case is not isolated. As We count thenlast March, Russian special forces toured almost fifteen kilometers through a gas pipeline in Sudzha to throw a blow against the Ukrainian rear in Kursk, an episode that Moscow celebrated As tactical successalthough it ended with the annihilation of much of the infiltrated team. In Avdiivka, at the beginning of 2024, Russian troops They drained a pipe Water service and adapted it as a underground route, opening exits every hundred meters to facilitate the advance. These maneuvers, which evoke command operations of other warsThey take advantage of the industrial and energy fabric of Ukraine, a country crossed by large gas pipelines that for decades were key to the European supply of Russian gas and that today, to a large extent, are underutilized. The Ukrainian response. Before this Unusual threatUkraine has deployed measures from Creative Military Engineering. In Kupiansk, teams of the 429th regiment of unmanned systems used explosives to damage the point where a pipe crossed with the Oskil, causing its flood. In addition, wire wire have been introduced inside some ducts, with Videos that show Booby-Traped passages designed to catch or dissuade intruders. Although the controls They recognize that Russia could try to repair or reuse these passages, ensure that surveillance is constant and that each attempt will be answered. This deployment reflects how Ukrainian defense is not only fought on the surface, with drones, armored or artillery, but also a subsoil turned into a new front. The expansion underground. Plus: The war in Ukraine had already shown An underground face in the catacombs of Mariupol or in the trenches of Bajmut, but the use of gas pipelines and pipes A different dimension: abandoned industrial corridors that now become improvised military tunnels in fear that drones do not allow surface advances. With a diameter of more than one meter in some cases, they allow the passage of equipped men and even basic supplies. Its extension, designed to transport up to 140,000 million cubic meters of gas per year, constitutes a potential battlefield which multiplies the possibilities of infiltration and forces Ukraine to allocate resources to unexpected land. The paradox is evident: the same infrastructure that once connected Europe with Russian energy today are Combat scenarios where the immediate security of cities and defensive positions is played. Strategic implications. He Use of pipes as penetration routes Confirm two things. On the one hand, that drones have transformed What we understood as a contest so far. On the other, the Russian ability to exploit any loophole in Ukrainian geography, even undergroundtogether with the need for kyiv to develop multilayer defenses that cover from the sky, saturated with drones, to subsoils, now traveled by soldiers crawling into the dark. Beyond the punctual efficacy, These tactics They highlight the plasticity of contemporary war, where each civil infrastructure can be militarized and where combat is fought in secondary dimensions. For military analysts, the battle of pipes in Ukraine anticipates a future in which the defense of a country will depend both on the surface that its population inhabits, plagued with swarms, as well as on the bowels that run through its industrial networks, now turned into unexpected war tunnels. Image | SERGEY KOLYASNIKOV In Xataka | In the Norwegian cold war he devised a plan underground to detain the Soviet. Invasion to Ukraine has reactivated it In Xataka | Russia has crowded a surprising blow to Ukraine: 100 soldiers walking for four days inside a gas pipeline

The country seeks to prohibit them in 2027

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It is almost always a detail that comes to get chest from the ‘technological’ which is a car, promising greater aerodynamics or simply an aesthetic decision not to shave the doors, but it is also an issue that entails its risks. We refer to retractable handles that have been conquering high -end vehicles for a good time. In China They study prohibiting them from 2027and the reasons go beyond aesthetics. The background problem. Popularized by Tesla And massively adopted by premium manufacturers, retractable shooters are added on many occasions because they promise better aerodynamics and a cleaner design. However, according to Testing of the Chinese Institute C-IASIthey only work correctly in 67% of the lateral impacts, compared to 98% of traditional mechanical handles. The figures. His aerodynamic contribution is practically insignificant, as they point out information of the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), since they barely reduce between 0.005 and 0.01 points the air resistance coefficient. This translates into an energy saving of 0.6 kWh per 100 kilometers, equivalent to some cents by route. In return, they add between 7 and 8 kilos of electrical mechanisms to the vehicle and cost three times more than a conventional handle. When technology fails. The cases Documented In China the worrying problems that these elements can cause in vehicles: from occupants trapped after flooding, to delays in frozen handle evacuations in winter, also passing through drivers forced to break the windows of their own cars. An electrical failure, a disconnected battery or the engine of the blocked handle can be enough to turn the car into a trap. “Many passengers of the rear seats do not know where to find or how to activate the emergency system,” They report From Bloomberg in an article focused on the retractable handles of the Tesla. The Chinese effect. The Asian giant, the first world market for electric vehicles, could change the rules of the game. The country proposes a regulation where only conventional or semi-scamoteable handles with emergency mechanical solution is allowed. Since developing both systems in many manufacturers is an unfeasible solution, a prohibition in China could mean the almost universal disappearance of this type of cranks. Beyond the handles. Europe also moves in this direction. From 2026, the Euro NCAP program will not grant five stars to models that integrate vital functions only through tactile interfaces, without physical controls. In China this was already a reality, demanding physical buttons for certain essential functions. The immediate future. Some manufacturers They have advanced: Volkswagen and Audi already favor semi-scamoteable handles with mechanical backup cables. Wei Jianjun, executive director of Great Wall Motor, also publicly denounced “the uselessness and dangers of retractable handles.” It is very possible that, if Chinese regulations continue, we will see fewer cars with these handles in concessionaires around the world. Cover image | Matt Smith In Xataka | They have arrested the ‘ghost’ pilot who was driving on the highway with a car: dozens of patrols and a helicopter have needed

They have decided the future of the country on a discord server

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On September 4, the Nepal government announced the 26 platform closure including YouTube, Facebook and X. It was the drop that filled the vessel for generation Z. What followed was a wave of protests that ended the Parliament in Flames, 30 dead and Government’s collapse. Today, Nepal already has a new interim prime minister, the curious thing is that they chose it in a discord channel. A digital parliament. They count on the New York Times That, after the fall of the government and the consequent void of power, citizens began to organize to discuss the way to follow. They did not do it in a place, but on a discord server. Was organized by Hami Nepala non -profit organization, and had more than 145,000 participants, especially young activists who had participated in the protests. The Army in Discord. When the government announced its resignation, the power passed to the army, which took control of the capital and imposed a touch touch To stop the protests. The Discord group became so influential that several army controls met with the organizers to ask them to propose a candidate who could lead a acting government. The choice. “The idea was to make a kind of mini-elections,” said one of the group’s moderators. Several candidates were shuffled and after several surveys and long discussions, they decided on Sushila Karki, who had been Minister of Justice. Chaos. The group acknowledges that it does not represent the entire country and its goal is only to look for a functions leader who can organize elections. It is the first time that a vote of this importance is made on a messaging platform and some participants have that everything was very disorganized. Even the moderators had to eliminate messages inciting violence or simply looking for trolley. In addition, it was not the only group in Discord, others who tried to gain influence were also created. Origin of the conflict. According to the previous Government, the prohibition of various platforms and social networks was due to the fact that they did not comply with the norms of the Ministry of Communication. However, for critics, the closure would respond to a growing tendency in those networks where Nepalís, especially Young people from gene generation criticized nepotism: The privileges enjoyed by relatives of influential politicians. This, added to an 20% youth unemployment rate led to a great concentration in the capital. Cover image | Wikipedia, Ivan Radick (Flickr) In Xataka | That Japan has 100,000 people over 100 years explains a problem: they are running out of drivers, literally

The US is not a country for trains. They want to fix it with one that cross the country carrying people and trucks

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The train It is the spine of many countries. In Europe, communications between countries and within them They would not be understood without the trainbut there are others Examples like Japan or a China that has built almost 50,000 kilometers of high speed in record time. If we look at the United States, the case is the opposite: high speed that shines for its absence, with projects that are a nightmare and an overwhelming domain of the plane and the car for passenger transport. Of course, they have proposed to change the situation with a mastodontic project: a train network that connects New York and California. They have baptized him as ‘Transcontinental Chief’, and they will not have anything easy. Figures. First of all, some context and the proper names of this story. Amtrakor National Railroad Passenger Corporation, is the national passenger trains company in the United States. It was created as a commercial entity, but depended on federal and state subsidies for most of its routes. Its network covers more than 500 stations in 46 states and has a network of about 39,000 kilometers, including the NEC, the corridor between Boston and Washington DC Despite that huge network of roads and stations, in 2024 he transported about 32.4 million passengers. Much of the traffic corresponds to paths within the NEC and none of the paths exceeds 200 km/h. For comparing, in 2024, Renfe transported 35.2 million travelers in high -speed services and another 60 million in medium distance. We do not count the 442 million nearby, since they are short journeys. Chief Transcontinental. It is evident that the country needs a railway impulse, something that has been attempted on a small scale (even with trains that do not use fossil fuels), but the projects do not finish curdling. That is where Ameristarrail enters the scene, a private company dedicated to the proposal and development of long -distance interurban and high capacity interurban services. The project they are promoting is the one baptized as ‘Transcontinental Chief’ to connect New York and Los Angeles by train. He proposed itinerary He would connect the Hoboken station in New Jersey with Los Angeles, through cities such as Philadelphia, Washington DC, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Toledo, Chicago, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Albuquerque and stop at the National Park of Grand Canyon. In this way, large urban and tourist poles would join. Recycling. He project From America has a couple of good ideas to get ahead. The first is to take advantage of what is already paid. That is, use the roads and stations that are already built to give new life to deficit infrastructure operated by other entities and by Amtrak itself (such as the Southwest Chief). Also use locomotives and wagons that already exist, such as beds beds and men’s restaurant cars because the full trip will be long, since the speed of those tracks is limited to 150 km/h. According to the company, if this plan is followed, a new legislation will not be necessary that would complicate and delay the project, but no additional public financing, since, in essence, the work is done and you only have to put the infrastructure up to date. Because although the United States does not have a solid passenger transport network by train, it does have a wide railway line focused on merchandise transport. Hybrid. The second good idea is to try to squeeze this train as much as possible. In addition to passengers, the idea of ​​America is to turn the train into a kind of ferry. This implies that private cars can be charged in platform cars so that a family, for example, can go from end of the country with their car, but without driving them. In addition, it has also been projected that there would be other cars capable of loading complex trucks, next to their drivers. Thus, truckers can get on the train, rest their mandatory time while the journey towards their destination does not stop. They have called it ‘Rolling Rest Stop’ would be a pioneer in the country, in addition to giving a boost to certain routes of merchandise trucks that cross the territory. MEH. Aim Football World Cup. Now, from Amtrak they don’t have it so clear. At the moment, the public company has release that they are not going to promote this proposal for America because they are not clear that public investment has to be made. It is not closed, eye, since the drivers maintain that there is enormous potential to convert long -distance services into profitable and sustainable lines, and that is something that Amertk needs. Images | Ameristarrail, Amtrak In Xataka | Renfe has a new and gigantic project in progress: a night train to connect Europe from this to west

Neither Spain, nor Portugal, nor Greece. The country where you work less in Europe has a surprising protagonist: Germany

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In May, and through Eurostat dataa reality was found that sometimes confuses a story: the myth that says that the Germans work more than the Spaniards It was not held With the figures in the hand. The key, like We comment thenI was in the quality of the labor market: a good part of the German workers work less hours a week in part -time jobs, but they did it for more years than the Spanish workers. And now the OECD has arrived to put Germany In its place. Labor identity crisis. Germany, traditionally associated with discipline and productivity, faces a paradox today: According to the OECDis the developed country where Less hours work per year, just 1,331 against The 1,898 of Greece or the 1,716 of Portugal. The situation involves a symbolic blow to a country that just a decade ago imposed austerity policies to the countries of the South, stigmatizing them as little workers. The fall in the workload is combined with a economic deterioration Palpable: unemployment has overcome three million people For the first time in a decade, the economy has contracted for two consecutive years and GDP is already less than in 2019, while Spain and Greece grow at rhythms over 2%. The debate on work. We have gone counting. The reduction of hours worked has become on central theme In German politics. Chancellor Friedrich Merz warns that with four -day work weeks and an excess of emphasis on the “vital balance” will not sustain the prosperity of the country. The data They are striking: German workers enjoy holidays longer than the legal minimum, numerous festivities and an average of 19 medical casualties a year, in front of 16 before the pandemic, a change that experts attribute more to culture than to health. Scandals like that of a teacher in Baja since 2009 charging full salary They have reinforced the perception that labor laxity is unsustainable. The roots of the phenomenon. They counted In the Washington Post that specialists argue that it is not a laziness, but rather of structural barriers. Almost half of German women work part -time, figure that exceeds 65% In the case of mothers, which translates into one of the greatest full -time equivalent employment gaps of the entire EU. Historical factors also weigh: in Western Germany, working mothers were stigmatized Like “Cuervo Mothers”while in the east, under the socialist model, full -time employment was promoted with nurseries from an early age. Today cultural differences persist and a child care system with short schedules that prevents many families from holding full -time jobs. Proposals and resistances. The experts They coincide in which to expand the nurseries and extend their schedules would be decisive, but the technical solutions collide with the policy. Changing the tax declaration to individual system could add the equivalent to half a million jobs full time, but is perceived as “anti-family” and is difficult to approve. For their part, entrepreneurs They claim Less bureaucracy and more immigrationwhile some researchers advocate simple reforms that release hidden work hours. However, government responses have been considered shy and insufficient, and the feeling of postponement persists. The four -day elephant. Paradoxically, while political leaders ask for more work, there are more and more companies that rehearse with shorter jobs. In 2024, 45 companies tested the four -day With equal salaries and reduced hours, with Positive results: Greater productivity per hour and more satisfied employees. Most of these firms plan to keep the model, consolidating the trend in favor of free time. Thus, Germany moves Between two poles: a productive system that suffers stagnation and presses to extend days, and a society that values ​​life more and more outside of work, drawing a clash of visions that puts into play not only the economy, but the identity of the country. Image | International Tr In Xataka | The myth says that Germans work more than the Spaniards. The data tell a different thing In Xataka | Some researchers have analyzed the working day in Spain: the same thing that 40 years ago is worked, but in worse jobs

China’s technological development is unstoppable. It is accelerating and the responsible country is the USA

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Jensen Huang, the co -founder and general director of Nvidia, made it very clear in one of the statements he made during the already distant 2023 computer: “China is dedicating mass resources to the implementation of emerging companies specialized in the development of GPU. Do not underestimate them. “This warning was directed to the US government in a clear attempt to prevent you from the consequence that They will have the sanctions that seek to stop the technological development of China. However, this statement is not the only one that Huang has made with the purpose of describing the strategy of this gigantic Asian country. This executive too assures that “if China can’t buy chips for artificial intelligence (AI) To the US she will simply manufacture them. ” Huawei, Cambricon Technologies either Moore Threadsamong many other Chinese companies. It is likely that in 2026 China reaches technological self -sufficiency Jensen Huang is not at all the only expert who has warned the US government and his allies that his sanctions are promoting a flight forward. This statement by Marc HijinkDutch journalist expert in semiconductors and author of the highly recommended essay book ‘Focus: The Asml Way’expresses very strongly the impact that the USA and the Netherlands can have on the ASML business and the technological development of China: “I think that the great frustration that Asml feels is that by restricting the sale of their machines, not just those of extreme ultraviolet lithography (UVE), but also those of immersion, an opportunity opens for a Chinese competitor to enter the market. This could create a very powerful rival (…) if ASML entry into China is completely restricted The Chinese are forced to use their own technologywhich eventually drives its innovation. We see the same in the field of AI or with Huawei, which creates chips even with its limited lithography options. “ Its purpose is to transfer their knowledge to China because they are convinced that despite their efforts the US government will not be able to stop the technological advance of China Let’s change third. Liguo “Recoo” Zhang is Chinese, but has lived for several decades in the US and has worked in Siemens Eda, the US subsidiary of this German company that dominates the chip design software market in China. Zhang currently directs the Chinese Seida company, and in the business plan that he presented in 2022 with the purpose of capturing new investors, he collected that his company would have its chip design software ready in early 2024. However, this is not all. And is that in that document Seida defended that his plan went to “break the foreign monopoly.” Presumably the software developed by Seida is already being used by SMIC, Hua Hong semiconductor and other Chinese manufacturers of integrated circuits. In fact, SMIC is one of the investors of this company. Peilun “Allen” Chang, the director of Operations of Seida, assures that Zhang and other former employees of Siemens EDA left this German company as a result of US sanctions. Its purpose was transfer their knowledge to China because they are convinced that despite their efforts the US government will not be able to stop the technological advance of China. In the field of Chinese scientific development, it has also reached notable achievements in recent years. In fact, in the cover image of this article we can see the ambitious experimental reactor of nuclear fusion CFETR (Chinese Fusion Engineering Testing Reactor) that is being built in this Asian country as an alternative to ITER. In any case, before concluding this article it is worth returning to the domain of technology to make a bet: it is likely that In 2026 China already has its own UVE photolithography teamswhich are the machines you need to produce avant -garde chips. If this prognosis is fulfilled by the country led by Xi Jinping will reach its longing for technological self -sufficiency. Image | Xinhua News In Xataka | Xi Jinping’s “Made in China In China” In Xataka | ASML’s “invisible monopoly” is indisputable. Although without the technology of these companies would not have reached the top

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