Climate, Energy: US electricity grid needs to expand by +65% in ten years
In a major report published the same day, the Energy Department said that the nation’s vast network of transmission lines may need to expand by two-thirds or more by 2035…
Climate: To prevent climate change, use sailing ships
Oddly enough, I met the captain of a late 19th century sailing ship. Seriously. Click to read how that happened.
Energy: People who use massive amounts of energy
They were spending almost $1,000 per month on home energy costs! Hello? That's crazy.
EVs: How many miles needed to drive before an EV has a minor reduction in carbon emissions?
It depends - how many cars do you have? Also, converting all light cars to EVs has a minimal reduction on carbon emissions.
EV Climate hypocrisy: “Pole to Pole on (Almost) Entirely Electric Power”
A stunt took 10 months and at times, used fossil fuel generators, cargo ships and aircraft, to travel at 1/4th the speed of the Pony Express.
Energy: How a heat pump can be more than 100% efficient
How a heat pump can be viewed as >100% efficiency.
Climate: To fight climate change, we need to raise electricity bills by $600/year
To fight climate change we must make electricity really expensive.
Energy: Heat only the rooms you need warm?
May be save on energy costs and reduce your energy demand by using small electric space heaters instead of heating the entire home.
Energy: The future might be kinda cold at times
Germany's utilities will reduce electricity available for EV chargers and heat pumps, to maintain grid stability, as needed.
Energy: New battery technologies
New battery technologies will only get better, fortunately.