“”A new study by Geotab reveals that modern electric vehicle batteries can last up to 20 years with minimal degradation, significantly outpacing the 14-year average lifespan of gas-powered cars in the US. Analyzing data from over 10,000 EVs, researchers found batteries lose only about 1.8 percent of capacity per year, and failure rates remain below
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“”A ranking of the nation’s 104 commercial nuclear reactors is shown at the bottom of this article, listing the NRC estimate of risk of an earthquake causing core damage.”” What are the odds? The riskiest isn’t what you think. https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna42103936
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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This 12 minute PBS Weathered video explains wet bulb temperature and shows some good maps and graphs. She tells how humans (and other living things) cannot keep cool when the humidity rises and causes the wet bulb temperature to rise. The person’s core temperature rises and they have heat exhaustion or heat stroke. This can
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A 12 min. YouTube video tells about an old technology called zinc bromine batteries and their Gelion batteries. Pronounced jel-e-on. They are cheaper and more rugged than Li-Ion. They discharge to zero.
China turns retired EV batteries and solar cells into $38 billion recycling boom. https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid02o228ieBf25hirnxtU9BsEyAjDGjgcF7fdiErKqHau4w117e3MjPFRSrDKwphr9grl&id=100064499750520&post_id=100064499750520_pfbid02o228ieBf25hirnxtU9BsEyAjDGjgcF7fdiErKqHau4w117e3MjPFRSrDKwphr9grl&mibextid=Nif5oz
Nuclear is the smallest according to this chart. But it’s more complicated than this. The chart doesn’t tell the whole story. Example: hydroelectric is the largest according to the charts. But a dam and its reservoir usually have up to 5 uses. The dam is typically built for flood control. In addition a dam and
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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/
Quote: “”A woman with a salad walked past my Grandpa in the restaurant and said, “You know, a cow died so you could eat that beefburger.” Grandpa said, “If you weren’t eating its food, it might have lived!!””
