The global chip shortage and supply chain shortages slow Tesla’s production of Megapacks. They have an 80,000 order backlog but could produce only 35,000. Musk thinks there will be a demand for a million Megapacks a year due to renewables replacing fossil fuels. Energy products revenue was more than $800 million. Quote: << Although Tesla
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From FB comment Paddy Mendez The money spent on fusion research is wasted because thermonuclear fusion is *already* available, free of charge, to anyone who wants it. That wasted fusion money could have instead been spent on “pure scientific research” and “a great many advances [could] have come from them and many more to follow”
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Republican Adam Kinzinger joins Republican Liz Cheney on the House Select Committee on Jan 6th. Both He and Cheney are among the very few Republicans who are responsible and forward thinking members of the Republican Party and willing to forgo the dogma of the GOP in order to follow their conscience and join the Select
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<< Making hydrogen is hard, but researchers have solved a major hurdle. >> The article doesn’t say if it’s electrolysis. But the efficiency must be better than electrolysis for it to replace electrolysis. https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-07/uota-mch071921.php I think it might be more practical to combine a solar array, electrolytic hydrogen generator and other equipment into a single
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Dave’s episode on Battery As A Service aka swappable batteries. Seems like I have something important to say about every single topic that was brought up in this episode. I have to say that this was the first time I’ve heard the term Battery as a Service. That logically leads me to the next topic,
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Supercapacitors have 1000 times more life than lithium-ion batteries – Dr Akshay Singhal, Founder, Log 9 Materials . https://www.financialexpress.com/auto/industry/interview-dr-akshay-singhal-founder-log-9-materials-supercapacitors-have-more-life-than-lithium-ion-battery-2-and-3-wheeler-ev-battery/2296561/lite/
Low temperature molten salt battery runs at 230 degrees F. https://newatlas.com/energy/molten-salt-battery-grid-scale-storage-low-temp/
Biden’s nominee to head the Bureau Of Land Management, Tracy Stone-Manning, is getting flak from Republicans. https://insideclimatenews.org/news/23072021/tracy-stone-manning-confirmation-senate-vote-bureau-of-land-management/?amp
Polysilicon shortage Quote: << The latest global PV industry outlook published by trade group SolarPower Europe, has indicated tight supply of the solar panel raw material is expected to persist this year but the trade body said it would be unlikely to drive further price rises. >> https://www.pv-magazine.com/2021/07/22/polysilicon-shortage-will-continue-through-2021/
More than 200 people in 27 states are being monitored for exposure to monkeypox. This has been around since 1958. https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/564491-more-than-200-people-in-27-states-now-being?amp
