Don’t believe the big oil and fossil fuels industries’ lies. Wind turbines shows 234,000, electrocution by power lines: 5.6 million! Collision with power lines: 23 million!! But the worst killer by far is cats!
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2023-12-14 Tesla Says Solar + Powerwall Cheaper Than A Generator
I hope so. The backup generator uses fuel, so the more you use it, the more it costs. Solar + Tesla Powerwall gets free fuel from the Sun. So use it as much as possible and save a lot on your electricity bill! Potentially thousands of dollars a year. Tesla claims Powerwall with solar is
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2023-12-08 Solar, Wind Myths Stall Fight Against Climate Change
Some of these Myths are ridiculous. More needs to be done to spread the truth at the local level. https://vitalsigns.edf.org/story/myths-about-solar-and-wind-could-stall-fight-against-climate-change?ub_tg=718&ub_tc=1&ub_o=26&ub_cta=4&ub_f=t&utm_source=facebook&utm_campaign=edf_vital-signs_pd_pmt&utm_medium=paid-social&utm_id=1701442776&aud=27
2023-12-06 Green Hydrogen TED Talk Molecular Love Story – Power The World
She talks about an e-methanol plant in N. Sweden. 12.5 min. video on Ted.com. “https://embed.ted.com/talks/lang/en/olivia_breese_the_molecular_love_story_that_could_help_power_the_world”
2023-12-04 CR Car Reliability Report Explained – Important Details
One issue Consumer Reports had was the EVs and PHEVs were a smaller sample size, leading to one ‘bad apple’ skewing the overall results. So read this article for a better explanation before jumping to conclusions. Also, Tesla models 3 and Y are recommended by CR. Adding Context To That Consumer Reports Electric Car Reliability
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2023-12-03 EIA Webpage On CAISO, Curtailment
The EIA tells about how California’s excess solar energy is being curtailed. The solar should *not* be curtailed if excess capacity is the sole reason. CAISO should be mandated to curtail fossil fuel power plants before curtailing renewables, obviously because renewables are preventing fossil fuels from having to be burned and hence reducing the amount
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2023-11-29 EVs Less Reliable Than ICEVs, HEVs In US – Consumer Reports
CR is stirring up a pot of controversy with their US study of EVs, gas and hybrid vehicles. The studies CR does are factually based, and they have vindicated themselves in court after being sued many, many times. CR are a force to be reckoned with. They’re fair and honest. Their studies use standard methods
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2023-11-28 SMRs Aren’t Viable – a History Of Failures
The article was disheartening – but understandably the reality is renewables plus storage is so much cheaper that SMRs can’t compete The utilities will not contract for a nuclear power plant when they can get solar, wind and battery storage for a fraction of the cost per MWh. What I saw no mention of so
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2023-11-26 Bidirectional Chargers In California
Wallbox in partnership with Bidirectional Energy to get a grant from California Energy Commission REDWDS Grant for V2X technology. Wallbox & Bidirectional Energy To Get Grant For More V2X In California
