Energy

The city next to where I live has just brought a new TESLA power plant on line with the co-operation of SoCal Edison. It is 20 megawatts and can power 2,500 homes for a day. It was brought on line in only 88 days as compared to years! There was no need for water or gas lines to be installed...

Tonight(Wed 2/1) at 9pm on PBS. Should be interesting. Storage is the missing piece of the puzzle. Preview I'm assuming the gigafactory will be featured prominently and they include a piece on Aquion's salt water battery.

This graph is from a newsletter distributed by a group advocating EVs. I was pleasantly surprised to see the reliance on GREET.

I've been following the idea of using CO2 as a refrigerant for a couple years but this is the first time I've found a product that actually uses it. It's a lot more expensive since IIRC the pressures required are ~4x higher than R410A and ~10x higher than R134a. But the gain in efficiency is...

So this doesn't take a political spin out of control....note that this is sponsored by 2 Republicans and 2 Democrats - crony capitalism sees no political parties. Here is the story: Briggs: Indiana bill that doesn't mention Tesla is all about Tesla Here is how Tesla recommends taking action...

I'm going. We've lost far too much time already. We can't afford a 4 year back slide....

I'm going. We've lost far too much time already. We can't afford a 4 year back slide....

Al Gore and others will hold climate change summit canceled by CDC Al Gore and associated parties will host Climate Change related Emerging Health threats. The thing is, these risks will not go away just because trump and his minions are AGW idiots, and denial will just prevent mitigation.

President Trump told executives from the country’s largest automakers Tuesday that he would ease environmental rules and other regulations to encourage the return of manufacturing jobs to the United States, a pledge that some analysts question will be as effective as promised. Trump tells...

Silent Spring has been on my must read list for an embarrassing amount of time. I caught a 2hr special on PBS. Rachel Carson is widely credited for elevating environmental issues and creating the political inertia necessary for the founding of the EPA. I found the documentary unexpectedly...

If Donald Trump has never been in a Tesla or experienced the Tesla grin, I think it would be fantastic if Elon musk himself would invite him for a test drive. That, and perhaps a personal tour of one of the factories and a demonstration of the rooftop solar tiles. Given Trump's affection for...

An America First Energy Plan | whitehouse.gov My poor grandchildren. Good luck Elon.

Evidently Mr. Pruitt is in favor of states' rights except when it comes to California http://www.governing.com/templates/gov_print_article?id=411181865 Trump's EPA pick casts doubt on California's power to regulate auto emissions

Reuters article: EPA accuses Fiat Chrysler of excess diesel emissions Here's the link to the EPA news release: EPA Notifies Fiat Chrysler of Clean Air Act Violations | U.S. EPA News Releases | US EPA Déjà vu all over again...

Clean Fuel Rebate for electric vehicles

India's double first in climate battle - BBC News

Report: Tesla leads U.S. electric vehicle sales for 2016 "So how are Tesla's electric vehicle sales looking compared to the electric vehicles from the majors? In the U.S., according to estimates released by ChargePoint: "The Tesla Model S topped the chart [with 23,714] with the most vehicles...

Dont know if this was discussed before, but I wonder how much pressure will be put on energy supply, if x percent of ICE cars are swapped with EVs? I believe millions of EV cars will become the major electric consumers and wondering where we will find out a "clean" source which is able to...

Watched a segment on PBS Newshour this evening that mentioned an invention by a Greek scientist that was able to turn water into power. Would certainly want to see this invention validated for obvious reasons. When I tried to view the segment on the video version online, it wasn't there. If...

Full article at: Mahmood Mosque built with environmentally friendly ideals

Donald Trump Wants to Drown the World in Oil | Mother Jones Scary isn't it....what now Elon?

So Nevada may be the most interesting recent solar case-study. Their PUC essentially shut down the entire residential solar market in 2015/16 by killing net metering, removing grand-fathered net metering and approving punitive fees/paybacks so punitive that you'd be foolish to install a...

Lately WSJ has been pretty rational about the future of BEV's and Tesla. Here is one from 20th Dec 2016, oriented on the positive outlook for utilities powering BEV's: The Highly Charged Way to Play Electric Cars

It's exciting to see advances in solar, including the new solar tiles from Solar City. My wife and I will certainly explore those solar tiles for our home. However, I wonder how others will benefit from such advancements if they face barriers such as lack of ownership, shade bearing objects...

Do you remember how they did got the registration surcharge approved? They had people vote on a $10 surcharge for EV's. I remember commenting to my wife how that's just a "foot in the door, before they swing their a** in" . Once voted in, the next year it went to to $100, now it's $150 or more...

Rep. Mark Meadows, wrote in a 100 day plan: unleash the truthsquad on this ignorant fool Respond to Mark Meadows by replying to: Mark Meadows on Twitter his stupid document with the above nonsense is at: First 100 Days

World Energy Hits a Turning Point: Solar That's Cheaper Than Wind

Hi all, my wife and I have just gotten to watching a National Geographic Channel series titled "Years of Living Dangerously". I know this show has been around for a while, but having 2 babies we haven't much time for TV :) We've watched about 90% of the episodes so far, and although we're...

Full article at: World's hottest borehole nearly complete - BBC News

Trump names Elon Musk, Uber CEO to advisory team

I've always struggled to decide what to get family for Christmas... but this year was easy. And I'm pretty sure the next 4 years will be easy too. I've seen Earthjustice at work. They don't play games and their legal teams get results. So this year everyone in my family is getting a card...

Trump team memo on climate change alarms Energy Department staff 13 Hours AgoReuters 10K SHARES President-elect Donald Trump's Energy Department transition team sent the agency a memo this week asking for the names of people who have worked on climate change and the professional society...

Reading a popular summary motivated me to dig up the original: Re-assessment of net energy production and greenhouse gas emissions avoidance after 40 years of photovoltaics development : Nature Communications Abstract: Since the 1970s, installed solar photovoltaic capacity has grown...

Good story on Utility Dive about this SDG&E project by AES using Samsung batteries. It will be larger than the project that Tesla is working on for SCE. Inside construction of the world's largest battery energy storage facility

I'm *terrible* with math and logic problems, so I'm hoping someone will help me here. If a Toyota Prius hybrid were to get 50 combined MPG, while a Tesla charged on particularly clean electrical grid achieved 100 MPGe, would the Tesla effectively offset the carbon emissions 2 Toyota Priuses...

I'm responding to a post in another thread, but the charter of that thread said no political discussion not laser-focused on that thread's purpose, so I'm moving the discussion here. I feel this is a fine starting off point: Thanks. The sinking ship of party affiliations is not going to be a...

FYI... Interesting article about the work Apple is doing and the recent letter to the NHTSA. Apple just sent the strongest hint yet that it’s working on a self-driving car

The mayors of Paris, Madrid, Athens and Mexico City have pledged to ban diesel vehicles from their respective cities by 2025. Speaking yesterday at the C40 Mayors Summit in Mexico City, the leaders said they’d also work to further incentivise the uptake of alternatively fuelled vehicles and...

Blocking the Sun "This report documents 17 fossil fuel backed groups and electric utilities running some of the most aggressive campaigns to slow the growth of solar energy in 12 states, including eight attempts to reduce net metering benefits, seven attempts to create demand charges for...

I have never considered myself an environmentalist although you wouldn't guess by my lifestyle. However as an engineer I thought this documentary was AMAZING!!!!

Guess the cost of oil was down too much, so it looks as if they're going to tweak supplies to try and bump it up..... Twitter

this has probably been answered somewhere but I can't seem to find it, maybe I'm not searching for the right terms. What is the negative number over minutes mean on the trips portion on the instrument panel? I've included a photo of said negative minutes.

Jane Edwards November 23, 2016 Latest News, Tech & Cyber 60 Views The White House will host on Nov. 29 a discussion on how data collection and integration efforts could help facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles and charging stations. The White House’s office of science and...

How can we end Big Oil's control over our future? Right-wing group led by Trump propagandist launches campaign against Elon Musk, Tesla and SpaceX

Here's the link to Totem Power: Home I just read three articles about this company (all posted on their press links), from TreeHugger, Greentech Media and Cleantechnica (three sources I read periodically), but none of these articles do anything more than quote what is basically on the...

Donald Trump claims that he will surround himself with the best people.... if that is true then he needs to meet with Elon Musk to discuss Climate Change. If you haven't already you can check out the petition at change.org; Donald Trump: Get Elon Musk to meet with Donald Trump and discuss...

I hang out in St John quite a bit and am always amazed by the lack of solar there. St Thomas/St John/St Croix(I believe) all share a grid powered exclusively by diesel generators. There are a few large scale solar operations(they have net metering) and they hit something like 15% of demand at...

As rooftop solar costs drop, utility attempts to raise barriers may not work As rooftop solar costs drop, utility attempts to raise barriers may not work

Trump could pull out of the parent treaty of the Paris Agreement, the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change with just a year’s notice, also voiding U.S. participation in the Paris Agreement. Here’s How Soon Donald Trump Could Pull Out of a Historic Climate Change Deal

An interesting read despite the click-baiting title... Why Elon Musk is an alternative to Donald Trump (TSLA)