Frequent commenter Frank Eggers calls our attention to an article on the development of liquid fluoride thorium reactors (LFTRs) in China, and points to this excerpt: “Professor Li, director of the project’s molten salt chemistry and engineering technology division, said …
Tag: electric transportation
Phasing Out Fossil Fuels
Here’s a step in the right direction, I suppose: The G7 has decided to phase out fossil fuels by the end of the century. My thoughts: • Equating natural gas, oil and coal, simply because they are all fossil fuels, …
Oil, Coal, and Electric Transportation
A reader points out: To replace coal we do not have to also displace oil. It is a common misunderstanding to equate oil companies with our general energy needs. 70% of refined oil products are used in transportation. 20% for …
From Guest Blogger Blake Meredith: What $11.9 Billion Can Do For The Earth And You | The Innovations Of Elon Musk
Usually, anyone with $11.9 billion spends most of it on the contents of a Neiman Marcus fantasy gifts catalog. Anyone want a custom $475,000 Paris perfume? Yet in the right hands, in the right mind, $11.9 billion can subsidize a …
Have the Environmental Benefits of Electric Vehicles Been Finally Established?
Micah (a subscriber since August, 2009–one of our very first) writes: Hi Craig, Could you point me to the body of facts that point to electric vehicles being dirtier than gas vehicles? This is news to me that it had been …
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Fits and Starts in Electric Transportation
The electric vehicle industry is slogging along with lack-luster consumer demand. At issue are a) the inconvenience of having to plan one’s trips more carefully and limiting their length, given the slow growth of fast-charging stations, b) the fact that, …
Tesla’s “Gigafactory” Accelerates All Things Environmental
It looks like the Tesla “Gigafactory” will be built in Reno, NV, enabling the assembly of batteries for 500,000 electric vehicles annually. That’s a peck of EVs in anybody’s book (see photo). Tesla believes that their new vehicle, the Model …
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My Next Book, In Which I Plan to Wax Euphoric on Renewable Energy
I thought you might be interested in a conversation I’m having with a friend about my new book project. I began: I’m thinking of writing another book—this one rather exuberant in its tone. I believe that we’re poised at the …
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Celebrating Change in the Way We Regulate the Power Utilities
Good news from the State of New York. These people appear to be in the process of addressing an issue that’s absolutely crucial to a migration to renewable energy; they’re contemplating a wholesale rethinking of the way they regulate their …
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From Guest Blogger Writer MC: Classic Car to Electric Car–an Easy Experiment
I loved my 1972 VW Beetle. It was the car my mom bought when I was a baby, and I spent many childhood hours riding in it and, when my parents replaced it, playing in, on, and around it. When …
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