letters to the editor – Thinking Port

Is British Columbia Looking at a Black Swan Event? The Complete Stupidity of BC Politics & the Carbon Tax.

September 26, 2024 admin British Columbia, Canada, carbon pricing, carbon tax, letters to the editor, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2024 21:59:03 +0000

First, according to Wikipedia, a black swan event is a high-impact event that is difficult to predict under normal circumstances but in retrospect appears to have been inevitable, or an event that comes as a surprise, has a major impact, and is often rationalized with the benefit of hindsight as … [continued]

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My Take On What’s Going On With Extinction Rebellion

September 24, 2024 admin activism, extinction rebellion, letters to the editor, policy & politics

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:45:23 +0000

Note that this is a reader’s response to Scott Cooney’s article about Extinction Rebellion, where he postulated the organization could be a front group for fossil industries or at least manipulated by them. This letter to the editor comes to us from David Woodward, and we think it’s absolutely excellent. … [continued]

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Letter For CleanTechnica’s CEO

July 6, 2024 admin cleantechnica, Donald Trump, Joe Biden, letters to the editor, policy & politics, Scotus, Supreme Court, u.s. supreme court, US Supreme Court

Credit to Author: George Harvey| Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2024 21:14:07 +0000

Zach, We have all seen it happen. The Supreme Court of the United States has declared that presidents are immune from prosecution when they are acting on official business. No guidance is given for how official business is defined. And we have heard Donald Trump declare that he will be … [continued]

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Letters To The Editor: How Green Is Green Hydrogen?

June 17, 2024 admin green economy, green hydrogen, hydrogen, letters to the editor

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:25:14 +0000

There is no such thing as “green hydrogen” (except perhaps “white” hydrogen, if that turns out to be a reality). Any power generated from any source is fungible in the grid. If you use it locally, the green percentage in the grid is lower than what it would have been … [continued]

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Case Study: Cost Comparison Of Utility Transition To Clean Energy

May 3, 2024 admin clean power, Hawaii, kauai, letters to the editor, research

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 15:34:07 +0000

If we look not at the rate of change but just the pure cost of energy, Kauaʻi went from the most expensive energy in the state to the cheapest in about a year and has kept this low cost lead ever since

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What Tesla CEO (Elon Musk Or Otherwise) Should Be Doing — Reader Comment

April 25, 2024 admin clean power, clean transport, electric cars, Electric vehicles, elon musk, green economy, investment, letters to the editor, Solar energy, tesla

Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2024 17:10:43 +0000

The following is a reader comment under my article published earlier today. It’s such a superb list of what the CEO of Tesla should be doing that I had to give it its own platform here. It may be completely focused on what a new CEO should do, but even … [continued]

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What’s Going On With The Protests At Tesla’s Giga Berlin Factory? Situation On The Ground

April 21, 2024 admin clean transport, Electric vehicles, GERMANY, green economy, letters to the editor, Manufacturing, tesla, tesla factories and gigafactories, tesla giga berlin, tesla gigafactories

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2024 03:57:47 +0000

Below is a Letter to the Editor from on the ground near Tesla Giga Berlin, by Madeindex Blog, with minor editing. If you’d like to submit a letter to the editor, please visit this link. In this post, I would like to address the situation around Tesla’s Gigafactory in Berlin … [continued]

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Letters To The Editor: Opinions From Poo-Poo’ers

March 13, 2024 admin CO2, letters to the editor, water desalination, wind turbines

Credit to Author: Letters to the Editor| Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2024 21:20:08 +0000

We get a solid amount of…interesting…. email from clean tech doubters and outright haters. We recently launched a “Letters to the editor” section, and well, I decided to run a smattering of the commentary that CleanTechnica receives (slash have to deal with) on the daily, just for your entertainment. Enjoy. … [continued]

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