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

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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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Cleantech Needs A Defense From Burial In Bullshit

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:13:30 +0000

The last couple of weeks has been a whirlwind. Fortunately, at least for my own mental health, I was taking some time off to prep an older truck for transportation duty while I started the long process of building an electric Suburban. But, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t checking in … [continued]

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Could Elon Musk Get The US Government To Buy A Bunch Of Teslas?

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 04:55:25 +0000

It’s no secret — Elon Musk has been something like a shadow president early on in Donald Trump’s second term in the White House. So far, that has largely focused on things not very related to Tesla. However, one has to wonder how much Tesla business might start getting rolled … [continued]

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IONNA Enters National Release Phase

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Credit to Author: Press Release| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:59:13 +0000

IONNA moves from public beta to full-scale national release Over 100 sites contracted since launching in February 2024 Deploying over 1,000 live charging bays and enabling EV road trips across the U.S. by the end of 2025 IONNA convenience stores powered by Amazon’s cutting-edge Just Walk Out technology to debut at … [continued]

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We Need Solar & Storage to Address the Energy Emergency

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Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:41:15 +0000

Solar and Energy Storage Can Be Built Twice as Fast as Other Technologies President Trump recently declared an energy emergency. In his Executive Order, he states “We need a reliable, diversified, and affordable supply of energy to drive our Nation’s manufacturing, transportation, agriculture, and defense industries, and to sustain the … [continued]

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Freyr Battery Factory in Georgia Bites the Dust

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 03:10:32 +0000

Freyr, based in Norway, was one of the first companies to jump into the US market with big battery plans due to the Inflation Reduction Act passed by Democrats in 2022. I interviewed Freyr’s CEO, Tom Jensen, soon afterward about the plans and about the Inflation Reduction Act. I’ll embed … [continued]

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Trump Admin Freezes Giant NEVI Charging Program — But Can It?

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 01:10:01 +0000

The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) charging program is a major EV program created as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that Congress passed in 2022 when Joe Biden was president and Democrats controlled Congress. It includes $5 billion in grants to roll out more EV charging infrastructure all across … [continued]

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

Elections don’t matter. They’re all the same. That’s the nonsense you hear far too often. Elections do matter, and they result in massive differences in policy and in the future. The new US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, has signed his first Secretarial Order. It directs the US Department of … [continued]

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New US Energy Secretary’s Idiotic Press Release

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:08:43 +0000

Elections don’t matter. They’re all the same. That’s the nonsense you hear far too often. Elections do matter, and they result in massive differences in policy and in the future. The new US Secretary of Energy, Chris Wright, has signed his first Secretarial Order. It directs the US Department of … [continued]

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China Responds to Trump Tariffs

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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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