Helping electrify California by reducing time. Sounds like it’s supposed to smooth over the bureaucratic red tape. Powering Up Californians Act Is Signed into Law
Archive for the ‘newsmedia’ Category:
2023-10-15 Huell Howser Biography
I think we all loved to watch H.H. and his short videos. Some really great memories. An 11.4 minute YouTube video.
2023-10-15 Cybertruck Meets DeLorean
Both have a stainless steel body. It’s a shame that DeLorean didn’t last. Tesla Cybertruck pictured next to DeLorean DMC-12
2023-10-13 Trump Confused Between Biden And Obama
Brian Tyler Cohen plays us clips of Trump getting confused between Biden and Obama. He says “If Trump says Biden is congitively impaired, then Trump is braindead.” Other good clips from other politicians.
2023-10-13 California To Phase Out Gas Cars Over 12 Years
California is going to phase out gasoline cars over the next 12 years. Good read, but critical of some things I don’t think are necessary. Quote from article: “”Automakers will have to gradually electrify their fleet of new vehicles, beginning with 35% of 2026 models sold, increasing to 68% in 2030 and 100% for 2035
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2023-10-12 Haber Process – Making Ammonia Is Very Energy Intensive
Those who are concerned about the use of fossil fuels are typically concerned about transportation and fossil fuels use in homes and industries. But they tend to ignore the fact that humans use a large amount of fossil fuels to make fertilizer to grow food. Without fertilizer there would be global starvation. Along with other
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2023-10-11 Tesla’s Virtual Machine Mode, Autobidder, Powerhub, Opticaster, &c.
Links to several of Tesla’s energy storage products. VMM explained. There are many critics who say that Renewable energy will always need ‘baseload’ generation – thermal power plants. But they are being proven wrong by these new inventions that emulate baseload generation with software. Tesla says (quote) “”As more wind and solar power replace fossil
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2023-10-10 US Peak Hourly Electricity Demand = 741,815 MWh
The EIA breaks this article into the 3 interconnections: Eastern, Western, and Texas. Quote: “”On July 27, 2023, peak hourly electricity demand in the continental United States reached 741,815 megawatt-hours (MWh). This peak was the second highest since we began collecting this data in 2016, just under the all-time high of 742,704 MWh recorded on
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2023-10-09 RFK Jr. Denounced By His Own Family, Who Support Biden
The members of the Kennedy family denounce the candidacy of RFK Jr., say he’s dangerous to our country. RFK Jr is one of the “disinformation dozen” antivaxxers who have lied to the people and have contributed to the deaths of thousands of people due to disinformation about vaccines, especially COVID-19. https://www.meidastouch.com/news/members-of-kennedy-family-denounce-candidacy-of-rfk-jr-dangerous-to-our-country
2023-10-08 Bradford-White AeroTherm Heat Pump Water Heater Review
It’s more expensive than the other brands but they don’t sell retail, they sell to plumbers / installers. The HPWH exhausts cold air. I was thinking that this cold air might be used to cool the home. https://cleantechnica.com/2023/10/03/the-workhorse-of-the-heat-pump-water-heater-world-bradford-whites-aerotherm/amp/
