There are so many LIARs out there who propagate the myths that EVs are worse than gas cars. They are not. This list has several other myths – lies – that it debunks. https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/electric-vehicle-myths#:~:text=a%20gasoline%20car.-,Myth%20%232%3A%20Electric%20vehicles%20are%20worse%20for%20the%20climate%20than,even%20when%20accounting%20for%20manufacturing
Archive for the ‘News’ Category:
2023-08-19 Tesla Megapack Deliveries Slip To 2025
Elon said that the energy storage segment would probably grow to be bigger than the auto segment. It was also said that Tesla had orders for 80,000 Megapacks waiting to be filled. So 80,000 times $2.5 million apiece equals close to $200 Billion dollars! That’s a whole lot of money to be made by Tesla!!
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2023-08-16 Hybrid, Plug-in Hybrid, Electric Vehicle Debate Rages On
An article on how Toyota, Peter Coy of the New York Times, the anti-EVers such as Shellenberger and their backers spread FUD – fear, uncertainty, and doubt – and spread “one of the most blatantly misleading lines in the history of marketing.” Quote from article: “”Not to get too carried away here, but Harvard has
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2023-08-16 Solar PV Installations This Year, Over Half Are In China
Sam Evans tells us that global solar PV installations will total 360 GW, and 200 GW of that will be in China. And Wright’s Law will cause the solar PV to drop further in cost. The statistics he gives are very interesting. China has 1000 GW of coal power that must be replaced, and they
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2023-08-14 J. Michael Luttig Speaks About
My interpretation of his discussion is that Trump and the rest of the Republican party who have supported him have ripped apart the fabric of American Democracy and it will never be repaired. This 12 minute interview by Judy Woodruff is to me an exceedingly important assessment of the horrible state of American democracy –
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2023-08-14 Greenwashing, The Seven Sins of
Sabine gives the seven sins of greenwashing in a 17 min. YouTube video. The text follows. 1. The Sin of the Hidden Tradeoff:: When a product is marketed as green based on some environmental benefit but other often bigger issues go unmentioned. A typical example is batteries for electric vehicles. They don’t release CO2 emissions
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2023-08-13 Tesla Too Big To Fail Even With Elon’s Antics
An Op-Ed; at the end she said: “”It’s another strength that will uphold Tesla in times of Elon’s antics, which may serve, again and again, to be little more than a puerile distraction.”” Op-Ed: Tesla Is Too Established Now To Fail — Even With Elon’s Antics
2023-08-11 Hybrid, Gas Cars Catch Fire The Most
There is so much bad press in the newsmedia about EV fires. But the worst by far are hybrids, then regular gas guzzlers. EVs are a very tiny fraction of the total. Gas cars catch fire 200 times more often than EVs. See image.
2023-08-09 CSLDF Open Records Protection Laws
The climate science deniers use the open records laws and FOIA requests to generate misinformation and corrupt the findings of the scientists and researchers. Quote: “”Bad-faith open records requests damage science in many ways, from discouraging frank conversations to providing opportunities for hostile actors to misconstrue phrases, including scientific jargon, and use these to mislead
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2023-08-09 “We Are Damned Fools” James Hansen
Quotes: “” James Hansen & The Sounds Of Silence Hansen’s words fell on deaf ears. His warnings spawned a movement populated by opportunists, know-nothings, charlatans, and committed climate deniers like that consummate jackass James Inhofe, a senator who once brought a snowball into the well of the Senate to “prove” that climate change was a
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