Archive for the ‘Energy’ Category:

2025-07-15 Charging An EV Can Be Faster Than Fueling A Gas Guzzler

“The number one benefit of the EV life is the number one thing that people worry about.”  Charging an EV is not the same as gassing up a car. https://substack.com/app-link/post?publication_id=3459451&post_id=163345098&utm_source=post-email-title&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=true&r=5fqhcf&token=eyJ1c2VyX2lkIjozMjg3NjA2NTUsInBvc3RfaWQiOjE2MzM0NTA5OCwiaWF0IjoxNzQ2OTkwOTIzLCJleHAiOjE3NDk1ODI5MjMsImlzcyI6InB1Yi0zNDU5NDUxIiwic3ViIjoicG9zdC1yZWFjdGlvbiJ9.mxjFEHkgtVxSCES9q6qdkmr6C316W3gZufvOyPyfRR8

2025-07-13 China Has + & – 800kV EHVDC Transmission Lines

Link to video showing what I commented on below. https://www.facebook.com/reel/1193757159114428/?mibextid=9drbnH&s=yWDuG2&fs=e Did you notice that there are only two conductors going to the pylon in the background?  That means this is a DC powerline.  And there are six conductors in each bundle.  That’s extremely high current, over 5000 amps.  But the really amazing thing you can

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2025-07-13 Drilling Geothermal Wells With Millimeter Waves From Gyrotrons

It says they’re better than lasers. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0pd5jhJE88LC2J1PgbTsW4KdFu9aUcdsTnFZBR9pdg1XkjVwLDF9JUPTRzdxRqfsDl&id=100050306297601&post_id=100050306297601_pfbid0pd5jhJE88LC2J1PgbTsW4KdFu9aUcdsTnFZBR9pdg1XkjVwLDF9JUPTRzdxRqfsDl&mibextid=Nif5oz

2025-07-10 How Solar Power Will Transform The World

This text has a link to an article in the New Yorker. https://www.facebook.com/100059715961024/posts/pfbid02iGiNHY3jws1Nxrdn2U1YDGae1fXR6dYjE5ypV4AAW3RXfNoTjxQThMZHMbJR4A5dl/?mibextid=Nif5oz

2025-07-04 Raccoon Mountain Pumped Hydro Storage System

https://www.facebook.com/TVA/videos/1255048202862923/?mibextid=6yaNxA

2025-06-28 Japan Built A Device Capable Of Photosynthesis 10 Times Better

Researchers in “Japan built a device capable of photosynthesis 10 times better than nature, turning air directly into fuel.” https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0227unQ5qyxcuw3McDprzewb96vncHfcDfuNxtfcyUE5VggbAnorZeXzSW21WciGsCl&id=100064405640816&post_id=100064405640816_pfbid0227unQ5qyxcuw3McDprzewb96vncHfcDfuNxtfcyUE5VggbAnorZeXzSW21WciGsCl&mibextid=6yaNxA

2025-06-22 Fossil Fuel Subsidies – A Closer Look At Tax Breaks And Societal Costs

A quote from an article from EESI – Environmental and Energy Study Group.  Such an enormous amount of money in only a single year! “”There are many kinds of costs associated with fossil fuel use in the form of greenhouse gas emissions and other pollution resulting from the extraction and burning of fossil fuels. These

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2025-06-22 Fossil Fuel Subsidies

Fossil fuel subsidies

2025-06-20 Batteries Are  So Cheap Now Solar Power Doesn’t Sleep

Electrek article. “”A new report from global energy think tank Ember says batteries have officially hit the price point that lets solar power deliver affordable electricity almost every hour of the year in the sunniest parts of the world.”” “”And as battery tech keeps improving, round-the-clock solar could become the backbone of clean energy systems

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2025-06-14 Biofuels Policy Has Been A Failure – Ethanol From Corn, Soybeans

This has eaten up farmland and done other damage.  Quote  “”American farming is, by far, the largest source of domestic nitrous oxide emissions already—about 50 percent.”” https://arstechnica.com/science/2025/06/biofuels-policy-has-been-a-failure-for-the-climate-new-report-claims/

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