Quote: “”A new study of 10,000 electric cars shows that their battery packs should outlast the vehicles themselves….”” Your electric car will fall apart before its battery pack does, study finds
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2024-09-20 If You Love Your Family, Don’t Buy Anything Other Than A Tesla Model Y
The following is a quote from the comments section of the video link below, from Sam Evans, Electric Viking. “”The head of Thatcham research in the uk tested 5 star crash test cars and the tesla model y came out top. His exact words were, if you love your kids don’t buy anything other than
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2024-09-17 Here’s How EVs Could Actually Make The Grid More Resilient
Here’s how the EVS could actually make the US electric grid more resilient. It’s a good article. It uses the term VGI – vehicle grid integration. https://www.emergingtechbrew.com/stories/2024/09/11/how-evs-can-make-the-us-electric-grid-more-resilient
2024-09-17 Virginia’s Largest Solar Array On A School Rooftop Just Went Online
“”…solar on sprawling, flat school roofs is an absolute no-brainer. It saves a ton of money for schools, which are always on tight budgets and reduces emissions overall. Virginia’s largest solar array on a school rooftop just came online
2024-09-07 “By 2040 The Primary Means Of Transportation Will Be Hydrogen Powered”
The BMW X5 and Toyota Mirai, both hydrogen vehicles, consumers are not buying them. I believe that hydrogen is definitely in the future, but right now it’s not, for at least a decade. The whole world must give up burning fossil fuels and releasing CO2 into the atmosphere. In the future, making hydrogen will no
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2024-09-05 Do Wind Turbines Kill A Lot Of Birds?
Buildings, vehicles, power lines kill hundreds of millions of birds each year. The following is from: reddit.com/r/energy 24 days agohmatveev “”Do wind turbines really kill a lot of birds? I did some calculationsHey guys, I’ve been seeing a lot of talk about wind turbines being “bird killers” lately, especially after Trump called them “graveyards for
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2024-09-04 Ignorance Of How EVs Work Is Holding Back Uptake, Survey Says
Disinformation has caused great harm. Quote: “”A new survey conducted by YouGov has showed that belief in EV myths is holding back adoption, with most petrol (gasoline) car drivers scoring just a 2/10 in a quiz about how electric cars work.”” Ignorance of how EVs work is holding back uptake, says survey
2024-08-30 Used EV Batteries Are Now Used For Battery Energy Storage Systems
This article has some valuable information – it’s worth reading. Badmouthers say used EV batteries will be filling up landfills. That’s false. The used EV batteries will have many years more use in Battery Energy Storage Systems. After that they will be ground up and recycled for their valuable metals. The future holds many, many
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2024-08-29 Toxic Tailings From Tar Sands Mining
Short video showing how bad the waste from fossil fuels mining has polluted northern Canada.
2024-08-27 More Birds Are Killed By Cats Than By Any Other Reason
They estimate that cats kill 2 billion birds, many times more than other reasons. https://www.facebook.com/reel/480338414914311?mibextid=9drbnH
