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Science Purge Is Part of United States’ Echoing Of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

February 10, 2025 admin Canada, carbon emissions, China, clean power, clean transport, climate change, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Energy, Europe, events, Fossil Fuels, green economy, heat pumps, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 02:32:57 +0000

As Mark Twain is reported to have said, history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes. Trump 2.0’s actions are very much rhyming, albeit discordantly, and with a dismal period from the past of the United States’ proclaimed great enemy, China. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966 and lasting until 1976, … [continued]

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Beijing Buses 95% Electric, Hydrogen Buses Dwindling, Refueling Stations Closing

February 8, 2025 admin Beijing, carbon emissions, China, clean transport, climate change, Coal, electric trucks, Electric vehicles, Energy, Fossil Fuels, green economy, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, investment, Manufacturing, mass transit / public transit, olympics, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 21:14:38 +0000

A rule of thumb I’ve been applying for a while is to look at what is succeeding in China in terms of clean technology. It tries everything that’s potentially viable domestically and fierce competition weeds out the winners from the losers. And on battery-electric buses vs hydrogen buses, and battery-electric … [continued]

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Graphite Tariffs Could Upend US EV Industry

February 8, 2025 admin batteries, China, clean transport, Electric vehicles, Energy Storage, graphite, green economy, policy & politics, tariffs

Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 16:06:13 +0000

Tariffs on graphite from China may seem like an easy thing to do, but they are an indication of national weaknesses in technology.

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China Responds to Trump Tariffs

February 6, 2025 admin China, clean transport, Coal, Donald Trump, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Fossil Fuels, natural gas, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 04 Feb 2025 19:15:50 +0000

In response to Trump’s administration imposing new tariffs on Chinese goods, China has responded. However, make no doubt about it, China has been planning for this for a long time. “It’s aiming for finding measures that maximize the impact and also minimize the risk that the Chinese economy may face,” … [continued]

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Donald Trump Handing the World to China

February 5, 2025 admin Canada, China, clean power, clean transport, Donald Trump, Electric vehicles, elon musk, Mexico, policy & politics, Solar energy

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 18:40:02 +0000

Things that have existed since we were born are very hard to imagine not existing. That may be especially true for broad societal norms, structures, and assumptions. The United States has held an exceptional role in the world for more than 100 years, and especially since World War II. Through … [continued]

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LNG Bubble Is Going To Deflate Rapidly With Harsh US Impacts

February 2, 2025 admin carbon emissions, China, climate change, Energy, Energy Storage, Europe, Fossil Fuels, grid, investment, lng, lng terminals, natural gas, Oil, policy & politics, renewable energy, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2025 20:26:15 +0000

LNG exports are a big US success story in recent years. The first large export terminal was commissioned in 2018, and only seven years later, the country is the largest LNG exporter in the world, providing about 20% of the global supply. The industry has had a lot of favorable … [continued]

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Transportation Firm Deathwatch: Hydrogen & EVTOLs

January 31, 2025 admin archer, Aviation, carbon emissions, China, clean shipping, clean transport, climate change, ehang, Electric vehicles, Energy, fuel cell, green economy, heavy rail, hydrogen, hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles, India, investment, joby, Manufacturing, mass transit, mass transit / public transit, policy & politics, Shipping, trains / rail, usa

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2025 01:34:06 +0000

For several years there have been a couple of parallel slow motion failures in the making, the use of hydrogen in transportation and the Jetsons’ fantasy of air taxis zipping over cities. Neither were based in economic, regulatory, or technical reality, preferring instead to have vast sums of governmental and … [continued]

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DeepSeek Launch Should Prompt AI Security Reviews Across the Nuclear Industry

January 29, 2025 admin AI, Artificial Intelligence, Business, China, Commentary, Cybersecurity, deepseek, International, news, Nuclear, nuclear power, power, Safety, Security, Technology

Credit to Author: Trey Lauderdale| Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2025 21:45:15 +0000

The new artificial intelligence (AI) model from China called DeepSeek created a stock market meltdown on Monday, with the Nasdaq composite dropping 3% and the S&P 500 falling 1.5%. Beyond hammering the […]

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Dwindling List Of EVTOL Firms Shrinks Further

January 29, 2025 admin airbus, Aviation, Boeing, China, clean transport, climate change, ehang, Electric vehicles, ev batteries, evtol, faa, green economy, investment, Manufacturing

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 04:18:48 +0000

The inevitable is occurring in the dead end space of Jetsons urban air mobility fantasies. Two more origami rotorcraft have left the vertiport for the great airplane graveyard in the sky as Volocopter disappears and Airbus drops its program. Volocopter was founded in 2011 in Bruchsal, Germany. Initially named e-Volo, … [continued]

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25% of New Car Sales in China Were 100% Electric in 2024!

January 29, 2025 admin byd, byd sales, China, china ev sales, clean transport, cleantechnica, cleantechnica exclusive, cleantechnica reports, electric cars, Electric vehicles, ev sales, hybrid electric cars, market research, phev, research, tesla, tesla sales

Credit to Author: José Pontes| Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2025 03:53:07 +0000

Plugin vehicles in China once again ended the year with a record month, growing by 46% year over year (YoY) in the last month of the year to a record 1,379,000 units. Full electrics (BEVs) were responsible for 55% of the plugin market in December, 8% below the result of … [continued]

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