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'Kathleen Theoharides, Massachusetts' Energy and Environmental Affairs secretary, said that "the start of onshore construction for the Vineyard Wind project marks the beginning of a historic new chapter for this industry in the United States."' Thanks for the link, kind of the rejuvenation of...

Read about this site on Bloomberg.com, thought it was amusing: https://www.thesunion.com

A new study based on MIT Advanced Vehicle Technology data found that Tesla Autopilot results in a noticeable decrease in driver attention when activated. Tesla has been releasing quarterly “safety reports”, which they use to claim Tesla vehicles with Autopilot engaged have “close to 10x lower...

Mapping Methane Emissions in California Using precision instruments and new mapping and machine-learning tools, a research team has been pinpointing sources of the greenhouse gas.

A recent follow-up: https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/09/08/1035143/sila-whoop-lithium-ion-battery-fitness-wearable-evs/?truid=&utm_source=the_download&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=the_download.unpaid.engagement&utm_term=&utm_content=09-09-2021&mc_cid=ceef0cf54c&mc_eid=998f3b2189

Twenty years ago the ruse was natural gas produce via hydraulic fracturing would create inexpensive domestic energy for over 100 years, because unlike oil natural gas is a local market. Appalachia is breaking production records, so why U.S. natural gas prices are soaring? Here's why. U.S...

The “headwind” caused by climate change will only become stronger, says Ariel Ortiz-Bobea, one of the study’s authors. Their research found that the sensitivity of agricultural productivity increases as temperatures rise. In other words, each additional fraction of a degree is more detrimental...

Coronavirus glaringly exposed our institutional lack of preparation, what Beck called our “organised irresponsibility”. It revealed the weakness of basic apparatuses of state administration, like up-to-date government databases. To face the crisis, we needed a society that gave far greater...

Then there's the ground-level ozone, it's on my training table.

When it comes to tax-advantaged investments for wealthy or sophisticated investors, one commodity continues to stand alone above all others: oil. With the U.S. government's backing, domestic energy production has created a litany of tax incentives for both investors and small producers, and oil...

The production of green hydrogen requires renewable electric sources (ruling out fusion). Using green hydrogen for long-term electric storage or high energy industrial process (e.g. steel production) is reasonable. However, to make the business model work requires wider distribution and use...

Contact Tesla? It's easier to blow in a clam's ear. :)

I was refering to: https://newatlas.com/energy/gravitricity-gravity-renewable-energy-storage-system

As the article states it's only a prototype, and that was all it described. A full-scale 4-MW project has not been constructed and no image was provided (the image is conceptual). At scale this thing could be just as complex or even more so.

From 2012 but worth reading. The story of Venice’s rise and fall is told by the scholars Daron Acemoglu and James A. Robinson, in their book “Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power, Prosperity, and Poverty,” as an illustration of their thesis that what separates successful states from failed...

I don't know how much this will help, but I believe this article covers what is know at this time. https://www.health.harvard.edu/diseases-and-conditions/coronavirus-outbreak-and-kids

We call it “greenwashing,” but that’s too technical a term. We should call it what it is: people with a vested interest are learning how to slow-walk this crisis. They’ve done it with a thousand other crises, too, of course—one thinks of how, following the Supreme Court’s ruling in Brown v...

“What do you expect?" he said. "For generations they've been built up to worship competition and the market, productivity and economic usefulness, and the envy of their fellow men-and boom! it's all yanked out from under them. They can't participate, can't be useful any more. Their whole...

CLAIM There’s too much uncertainty to say whether global warming will continue. FINDING FALSE. Climate models provide reliable projections of many aspects of a warming planet over the next century and beyond due to human-caused climate change. Scientists have been studying climate change for...

That's why in the near-term local storage is key. The problem is of the grid storage technologies available today batteries are generally the most accessible locally, (small or moderate scale). Batteries can be cost-effectively deployed locally and a regional smart grid is not an initial...

Personal virtue, I must have been asleep the past few years. :)

The $3.5 trillion budget plan includes a provision known as the Clean Electricity Payment Program, which would use payments and penalties to encourage utilities to increase the share of carbon-free electricity in the total they sell each year. If it works as hoped, the legislation would ensure...

Demand-side energy management is effective at leveling out peak demand, many natural gas distributors have been doing this for decades. Demand-side energy management is widely used by many large businesses and retailers, (I have my thermostats programed to reduce demand at schedule intervals)...

Another environmental concern is agrichemicals.

The debate seems of have shifted from one of build quality to market share and what drives it, which build quality is part of. I think in terms of total EV sales we are still in the steep part of the development s-curve. Tesla is ahead but economy of scale has not materialize for anyone. This...

This could get interesting (or at least fun to watch), although I doubt much will come of it. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/18/democrats-ask-ftc-to-investigate-teslas-self-driving-claims.html Section 5(a) of the Federal Trade Commission Act (FTC Act) (15 USC §45) prohibits “unfair or deceptive...

I was only opining on the last sentence of headcase's comment; sorry I sould have cropped it. In fact, I have always felt that Tesla treats their car releases like a software release: ship early beta builds out into the wild with bugs and all, then refine in subsequent builds. Certainly not...

This seems to be their modus operandi. If this practice continues it will only last until there are competitive products.

The Nature paper, published August 18, found that if production of ozone-depleting substances had continued ticking up 3% each year, the additional UV radiation would have curtailed the growth of trees, grasses, ferns, flowers, and crops across the globe...

My bias is level 3 autonomy will not be realized until the ‘automation’ is not limited to the car itself. AI and visualization analytic need to be part of road and highway systems. This will take some time since this is mostly public infrastructure and the cost/benefit ratio will not tip in...

Thanks, it led me to here: https://groundtruthautonomy.com

Possible, but if past is prologue probable? "Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster." ~ Elon Musk

Welcome to the Anthropocene. :)

The International Energy Agency estimates that over the next three decades, the number of air conditioning units installed worldwide will triple to about six billion, producing the following paradox: the more coolers, the more greenhouse gas emissions given the insufficient decarbonization of...

As coronavirus cases surge across the United States, another factor is playing a large role in shifting power demand and meddling with the grid and electricity mix: heat. High temperatures have pushed some parts of the country to electric consumption levels well beyond what was seen last year...

While the IPCC Interactive Atlas didn’t get as much attention as harrowing news stories about the report itself, it’s a striking tool that projects regional temperature, rainfall, snowfall, and even sea level rise. It’s powered by the same models that produced data for the report, and represents...

According to fuel economy.gov “EVs convert over 77% of the electrical energy from the grid to power at the wheels. Conventional gasoline vehicles only convert about 12%–30% of the energy stored in gasoline to power at the wheels.” Also, the loss in today’s energy grid is 66%. Technology exists...

Not forgetting the fact ICE vehicles release carbon captured many million years ago.

Buildings generate nearly 40% of annual global GHG emissions. Approximately two-thirds of the building area that exists today will still exist in 2050. Currently, building renovations affect only 0.5-1% of the building stock annually. A significant increase in the rate of existing building...

None of us experiences global mean temperature. We experience periods of heat and cold and all the stormy-noisiness of weather. It has been hard to distinguish events like storms and heat waves that have been juiced by climate change from ordinary bad luck that we humans have always experienced...

Delivered at the University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas , March 18, 1968. https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Remarks_at_the_University_of_Kansas George Bernard Shaw once wrote, "Some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?"

The sober assessment from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) features in a 42-page document known as the Summary for Policymakers. It leads a series of reports that will be published over coming months and is the first major review of the science of climate change since 2013...

Mainstream climate and environmental policy has developed over the years with a certain assumption — that we can get rid of the bad things while still preserving the good things. That is, it’s sought to figure out how to reduce carbon emissions, preserve ecosystems, and save endangered species...

Not wanting to get into too much of my personal experience with my Tesla Solar Roof install I think the biggest impediment for new construction is scheduling. Depending on where you live, your builder, architect, etc. Tesla responsiveness and ability to install the roof in the necessary time...

I think that’s the point, it’s not counterpoint. In any case, this is not the present dynamic and the opposite is true. Another case to consider is countries with a large population of poor can experience slow development. China is an interesting case in that there is a large population of poor...

A concern is population growth. The distribution of income is from the bottom up, (as opposed to trickle down). The dynamics of capitalism today require a corresponding growth in population for income to increase with GDP. Basically, more poor people means a few more rich people. It’s part of...

I think this article identifies what the issue actually is, it’s not so much the EV but how to make it go. Similar problem with ICE back in the day. PS: Not in my day. :) https://www.businessinsider.com/california-road-trip-reveals-tesla-advantages-over-other-electric-cars-2021-8?amp

The Two Economists Who Fought Over How Free the Free Market Should Be The Two Economists Who Fought Over How Free the Free Market Should Be ne·o·lib·er·al·ism noun a political approach that favors free-market capitalism, deregulation, and reduction in government spending. “Scholars tended to...

Ambitious climate policies, as well as economic development, education, technological progress and less resource-intensive lifestyles, are crucial elements for progress towards the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). However, using an integrated modelling framework covering 56 indicators or...

What's important is: Even with risk mitigation strategies addressing C02 reduction, and the development of climate resilient communities and infrastructure, the insurance industry considers the earth locked into its present course on the growing effects of climate change for the next 10 years...