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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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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Researchers from ETH, Switzerland have experimented with storing hydrogen by changing iron oxide – rust – back into iron. The hydrogen is recovered by piping steam through the iron and water mixture. Short article. Swiss Researchers May Have Solved Hydrogen Storage
This short video makes wind turbines look like they’re catching fire or destroying themselves. It’s not a fair representation. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1491510351491684?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e
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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This YouTube short from Electric Viking talks about how much money rooftop solar will save over their life. But what got me to notice was how much cheaper Australians pay to install solar. I guess the US charges very high tariffs on Chinese solar equipment and that causes the cost to go up.
Tesla secures massive contract with power company Intersect Power for its Megapack battery systems: ‘One of the largest and fastest-growing storage portfolios’ https://www.yahoo.com/tech/tesla-secures-massive-contract-power-100000385.html
Quote: “”The new tally shows the overwhelming number of jobs and projects funded by the Inflation Reduction Act go to conservative states that back Trump”” https://floodlightnews.org/gop-gets-85-of-the-benefit/?ref=im-a-reader-newsletter
Each point of the link is debunked. Top 10 Reasons All-Electric Is a Bad Idea #1.) “”Electric systems are awfully wasteful.”” This assumes that all electrical power is generated by thermal power plants. Yes, 2/3 of the energy used to heat the steam goes to waste and only one third gets to produce electricity. But
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