We should get rid of all insecticides. Use a simple autonomous bug zapper that works around the clock. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/may/18/sticky-trick-new-glue-spray-kills-plant-pests-without-chemicals?utm_term=6648531fa6032e6372afbf52d4456d8a&utm_campaign=SaturdayEdition&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=saturdayedition_email
Archive for the ‘Consumer Information’ Category:
2024-05-12 Giant Batteries Are Transforming the Way the U.S. Uses Electricity
This link to the article is supposed to be free, and *not* behind a paywall. This well-researched article is a good article, with some statements that are disputable. One example is that they state that lithium batteries are flammable. The LFP cells now used in battery storage systems are low to not flammable. There are
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2024-05-10 Flexitarian Diet Helps Limit Global Heating, Study Finds
This is extremely important, but it has been politically charged so that anyone who suggests cutting back on meat gets accused of political extremism. That’s an absolute shame! A quote: “”In the US, agriculture accounts for more than 10% of total GHG emissions. Most of it comes from livestock. Reducing meat consumption can free up
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2024-05-08 Steve Gibson’s Validrive checks fake drives for total storage space
Have you got a USB disk drive or flash drive that was sold at a price so low it was “too good to be true”? Steve Gibson’s Validrive will do spot checks to see if the SSD or flash drive is really what it claims to be. Fake drives are sold for cheap and the
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2024-05-06 Media Admits To Making Up Fake Story About EVs Causing Potholes
Media admits to making up fake story about EVs causing potholes. The Daily Mail in the UK has been called out for publishing lies about EVs. There are EV hate articles in the newsmedia very often. A short YouTube video from Electric Viking.
2024-05-01 By 2030, 95% of US Car Miles Will Be Traveled By Self-Driving Electric Vehicles
I’ve probably already blogged this, but it deserves to be reprised because it is so important. Tony Seba and RethinkX made this prediction in this report, dated 2017, available at the link below. It’s been seven years since this report was released and recently there has been large incremental improvements in the autonomous self-driving systems.
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2024-04-30 IEA “Batteries And Secure Energy Transitions” Report
Quote: “”The IEA’s “Batteries and Secure Energy Transitions” report finds that capital costs for battery storage systems are projected to fall by up to 40 percent by 2030. This significant cost reduction will make combining solar and wind with battery storage more affordable than building new coal or gas power plants in many parts of
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2024-04-29 Greenhouse Gas Emissions Might Have Already Peaked – They Need To Fall FAST
This is a long article in Vox with many links and some important graphs. Climate Change is already affecting the Earth. https://www.vox.com/climate/24139383/climate-change-peak-greenhouse-gas-emissions-action
2024-04-23 Shashibo Cube Wizardry
Wow! I have a few, they’re not intuitively easy, they’re so complex that most people would give up after a few minutes. But it’s nice to know that there are wizards out there. https://www.facebook.com/reel/339157212322231?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
2024-04-22 Heliotech Heliosol Flexible Solar PV Sheets Adhere To Surfaces
It comes in a roll. They said 85 Watts per square meter, which is not that much, but still adequate. https://www.facebook.com/reel/963442381939420?mibextid=9drbnH
