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Ohio PUC Will Consider Proposed Higher Minimum Payments For Data Centers

November 1, 2024 admin aep ohio, data centers, green economy, Ohio, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:45:30 +0000

The race to build more data centers is putting a strain on utility companies. Data centers are voracious consumers of electricity and the boom in artificial intelligence is making the situation worse. An AI-powered internet search consumes about 10 times as much electricity as a normal search — although what … [continued]

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Rewilding Must Help Damaged Forests To Work Symbiotically With Nature

November 1, 2024 admin Agriculture, carbon emissions, climate change, green economy, reforestation

Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 15:29:12 +0000

Did you know that reestablished forests — revitalized through planting and seeding — rarely manage to fully replicate the rich ecosystems of natural forests? Forests support all kinds of life, such as insects, flora, fauna, humans, and microbes. Compromised woodlands have an innate capacity to regrow and flourish — if … [continued]

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Hurricane Damage In The Blue Ridge Mountains Shows Us Why We Fight

November 1, 2024 admin Appalachia, climate change, hurricanes

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 12:14:33 +0000

When it comes to sheer altitude, the western mountains of the United States are hard to beat. In North America, they’re the tallest, and even in the Americas, the larger American Cordillera that runs from Alaska to Antarctica has the tallest mountains on both continents. Depending on how you measure … [continued]

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How Much Solar Power Can You Get Out Of $250?

November 1, 2024 admin clean power, consumer technology, portable power stations, portable solar, portable solar generator, portable solar power, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:22:38 +0000

Today, even in 2024, many people believe that solar power is expensive. Whole disinformation campaigns are based on this idea. “Camel-uh is going to raise the price of your electricity with green energy!” they say. “You can’t afford to put solar panels on your roof. It’s cheaper just to buy … [continued]

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Lyft Comes Up With A Good Way To Test Self-Driving Cars

November 1, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, Lyft, ridesharing

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 11:22:04 +0000

A recent article at The Daily Upside tells the story of a new patent Lyft recently filed. It looks a little boring on the surface, but with a little context, it’s actually a pretty important thing. Knowing when a self-driving car is actually ready for the road is going to … [continued]

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Ever Felt Overwhelmed By The Climate Crisis? Join Our Webinar November 14!

October 31, 2024 admin HEALTH, webinars

Credit to Author: Scott Cooney| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 03:51:37 +0000

If you are not living under a rock, odds are, you’re aware that climate change is real and has pretty bad repercussions for everyone and everything on this beautiful little planet we call home. There are a lot of folks who are working on solving this — more than we … [continued]

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GM’s HMMWV (Humvee) Replacement: A Stepping Stone To More EVs

October 31, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, gm, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 03:42:39 +0000

Everyone knows about the legendary “Humvee,” officially called the HMMWV, which stands for High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle. For decades, it’s been the main ride for not only the U.S. military, but for other militaries globally. Before it became the standard, the U.S. military used a variety of other vehicles, … [continued]

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Tesla “Full Self Driving” Drives Through Small Deer — Doesn’t Stop

October 31, 2024 admin autonomous vehicles, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, tesla, tesla autopilot, tesla fsd (full self driving)

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 03:41:02 +0000

Well, this isn’t a fun one. A Tesla owner using Full Self Driving (FSD) at night on a highway ended up driving straight through a young deer — without a pause, a swerve, or anything. If that was the full story, that would already be something noteworthy. However, that’s not … [continued]

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Proposed Lithium Mine Delights EV Enthusiasts But Troubles Some Environmental Groups

October 31, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, green economy, ioneer, lithium, Manufacturing, Mining, policy & politics, thacker pass

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 02:05:42 +0000

It isn’t easy being green. Last year, a study published in the journal Science Advances claimed that there was enough lithium — as much as 40 million metric tons — in the McDermitt Caldera, a volcanic area on the border between Nevada and Oregon, to make enough lithium-ion batteries to … [continued]

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First Ever Demonstration Of Bulk Photovoltaic Effect Deploys Graphite “Sandwich”

October 31, 2024 admin clean power, solar cells, solar conversion efficiency, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 29 Oct 2024 01:49:10 +0000

The field of bulk effect photovoltaic theory has finally leaped off the chalkboard and onto the laboratory bench as researchers unlock the secrets behind the solar conversion efficiency of a “peculiar phenomenon.”

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