Electric Vehicles
Followers of social media may have noticed a significant backlash against the trend towards electrifying our energy and transportation sectors. Perhaps this is part of some disinformation campaign created and implemented by Big Oil; I have no proof that this …
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I thought I’d make a few comments on the foolish garbage presented at left. 1) In addition to hydro and nuclear, there are other flavors of renewable energy. 2) The grid is getting cleaner every year. Just yesterday, Denmark closed …
A reader who believes that hydrogen fuel cell-based vehicles represent our future asked me to explain why I disagree. My belief is that hydrogen is a red herring, and I become more convinced of that with each passing year. As …
This nicely dressed fellow says, “I’ll stick with my gas-powered car,” and he’s at liberty to do that. What he won’t be able to do, however, is to prevent the end of gas and diesel power trains in favor of …
If you were tasked with identifying a trend in human civilization that extended from the Dark Ages into the 21st Century, you might choose the development and implementation of science. Solutions in everything from medicine to mechanization to information technology …
The meme here is completely incorrect. Hydrogen fuel-cell cars have been around for decades. They take a few minutes to refill, and their range is nowhere near 1500 km. I’ve never understood the business model surrounding publishing total lies–especially if …
It would be interesting to know what’s behind the sticker like the one on this guy’s truck. Obviously, America suffers its share of anti-woke, pro-Trump sentiment, which could be self-organizing. Yet, needless to say, Big Oil may lie at the …
Here’s a new concept in electric transportation that I don’t expect to catch on. Imagine you park your car somewhere on a sunny day, you unlock a roof-mounted container, and pull out an array of solar PV that you then …
Perhaps it’s because I’m in the business of writing material on electric transportation, or that I’m a natural extrovert (or some combination of the two), but whenever I have an easy opening to ask an EV driver about his level …
In his statements to his supporters, Trump has no issue with insulting the living hell out of their intelligence. Here’s a great example, where he claims that the absence of sunlight at night eliminates the feasibility of using electricity for …
