According to the article the Model 3 uses 520 grams of neodymium. https://www.popularmechanics.com/cars/hybrid-electric/a43773686/rare-earth-metal-motor-tesla/
Archive for November, 2023:
2023-11-23 IEA: Large Amounts Of Carbon Capture As A Solution Is An Illusion
This article starts off with (quote) “”The oil and gas industry is banking on carbon capture as its “fix” for climate change. The IEA’s new report dispels that idea and offers real solutions.”” It’s much more than that. “The oil and gas industry is banking on carbon capture” as a magic wand that they can
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2023-11-23 H2 Advocates/ICCT Don’t Understand PPAs, RECs, Wholesale, Retail Electricity
First, the Prime Directive: The release of GHGs – greenhouse gases – by humans into the atmosphere must be stopped. Burning fossil fuels for industry and transportation make up a major part of those GHGs. Fossil fuels must be replaced by fuels that add no GHGs to the atmosphere. Hydrogen is one choice. I want
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2023-11-22 Private Enterprise Is Not Good At Doing Expensive Things That Have Never Been Done Before
A YouTube short, Dr. Tyson says Private enterprise is not good at doing expensive things that have never been done before. The government does it first. He gives some examples.
2023-11-21 Plug Denmark Fails To Meet Contract Obligations
Plug Denmark cannot meet the condition of providing a bank guarantee. Danish Energy Agency makes new decision on PtX tender winners as one company fails to meet contractual obligations
2023-11-21 Study Finds Green Hydrogen Can Be Competitive With Fossil Fuels By 2030
https://www.spglobal.com/marketintelligence/en/news-insights/latest-news-headlines/study-finds-green-hydrogen-can-be-competitive-with-fossil-fuels-as-soon-as-2030-74961136
2023-11-20 Will HVDC Across Oceans Be The Future?
Engineering with Rosie Barnes explains HVDC and underground and undersea cables. Including the Xlink from Morocco to the UK, Basslink Tasmania to Australia, and the longest, Australia to Singapore. She believes that all the continents will be linked. Says there are plans for undersea HVDC cables between the UK and Newfoundland. It’s a 13.5 min
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2023-11-20. DIRE WARNING: Sea Level Rise Up To 20m/66Ft Locked In Even If Climate Goals Met
This 66 minute YouTube video from Paul Beckwith discusses
2023-11-19 Autonomous Vehicles And The Future
Here’s what will very likely happen, not if, but when – it’s just a matter of time. Seventy percent of the vehicles that are on the roads will no longer be needed. That’s a conservative estimate. If you had a choice between driving your own vehicle and parking it 95% of the time, sitting, not
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