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So taking folks to court because they heat their homes in winter with oil is the solution to this problem.
Truly remarkable nonsense.
Study attributes significant amount of kidney disease globally to PM2.5 pollution
The global toll of chronic kidney disease (CKD) attributable to PM2.5 pollution is significant, according to an analysis presented at ASN (American Society of Nephrology) Kidney Week. Benjamin Bowe, MPH, (Clinical Epidemiology Center at the VA Saint Louis Health Care System) and his colleagues ...
I'm with you Harvey. The commentors who are talking about charging their EV's with solar power, supplying domestic electricity needs, connecting to the electric network to supply surplus energy, etc. are either leaving in Arizona, or California where the sun shines 365 days a year or in Fantasy Land.
Toyota showing two new fuel cell concepts at Tokyo Motor Show: bus and car
Toyota has launched two new fuel cell vehicle concepts: the Sora fuel cell bus and the Fine Comfort Ride fuel cell car. The company will show both at the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show later this month. Toyota plans to launch sales of a commercial model based on the Sora (an acronym for Sky, Ocean...
GM has announced they will be producing only electrified vehicles both EV and FC. GM stock has performed exceptionally well and pays a 5% dividend. It's an excellent investment.
GM provides a few more details on SURUS fuel cell four-wheel steer concept truck
Earlier this month, GM outlined its electric path to zero emissions, and introduced SURUS—the Silent Utility Rover Universal Superstructure (SURUS)—a fuel-cell-powered, four-wheel steer concept vehicle on a heavy-duty truck frame that’s driven by two electric motors. (Earlier post.) Now, GM has...
The sky is falling hydrogen development is making progress.
DOE to award $15.8M to 30 hydrogen and fuel cell technologies projects
The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced approximately $15.8 million for 30 new projects aimed at discovery and development of novel, low-cost materials necessary for hydrogen production and storage and for fuel cells onboard light-duty vehicles. Selected projects will leverage national lab ...
This is truly the car for the average American worker even if he still has a job.
Lucid Motors pricing base Lucid Air luxury EV at $52,500 after Fed tax credits; fully loaded above $100K
Lucid Motors, a Silicon Valley-based electric vehicle company, announced that the base version of its first vehicle, the Lucid Air luxury sedan (earlier post), will have a starting price of $52,500 after federal tax credits. Customers can place a $2,500 deposit to reserve a car at lucidmotors.co...
No, I believe the V-2 used methanol not ethanol.
DLR, AEB developing new injection heads enabling use of ethanol as rocket fuel
The German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) and the Brazilian aerospace agency Agência Espacial Brasileira (AEB) have successfully completed the first burn tests for two newly designed injection heads enabling the development of a new rocket that is fueled with ...
Wait till ISIS finds out about these plans hatched by non believers.
Without a doubt heads will roll.
Toyota to collaborate in research for the creation of H2-based society in the United Arab Emirates
Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Air Liquide, and Toyota distributor Al-Futtaim Motors in a joint research program to explore the potential of hydrogen energy use in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the creation of a susta...
Employees who use corporate wireless charging parking lots will see their federal taxes increase. The FEDs will classify this employee benefit as imputed income on Federal Tax Form 1040.
Upcoming workshop for SAE J2954 wireless power transfer status and testing in California
On 6 February, the Center for Sustainable Energy in San Diego in California will be hosting a workshop for SAE J2954 (Wireless Power Transfer and Automated Charging and Alignment) with the California Air Resources Board (ARB) and California Energy Commission (CARB-CEC) related to wireless power...
I can see it now. Sixteen hours plus to recharge the batteries of a battle tank.
The sky is falling. People are still working on FC.
GM and US Army TARDEC to reveal Chevy Colorado-based fuel cell vehicle
General Motors and the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC) will reveal a Chevrolet Colorado-based fuel cell electric vehicle in October at the fall meeting of the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) in Washington, D.C. The fuel-cell version o...
Not having to use a platinum catalyst will certainly make the flow fuel cell less expensive.
Report: Sumitomo to begin selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles with US Hybrid
The Nikkei reports that Sumitomo Corp., the giant Japanese integrated trading company, will start selling fuel cells for commercial vehicles via a partnership with California-based US Hybrid. Sumitomo, which is strengthening its automobile business and expects growth in the fuel cell market, pla...
@ Henrik
"Problem is that they are wrong" based on what facts? Or maybe just your say so.
Hyundai delivers first fuel cell vehicle in Québec
Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. has delivered a 2016 Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle to the Centre de Gestion de l’Equipment Roulant (CGER)—its first customer in Québec, the third province where the vehicle can now be found. The CGER manages vehicle fleets for Québec provincial ministries and the lease is...
@ electric-car-insider
The undisputed leader in North America for H2 infrastructure may be California but it is not the cheapest generator of green electric power. That happens to be Quebec. One reason why it sells clean power credits to the Golden State.
Hyundai delivers first fuel cell vehicle in Québec
Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. has delivered a 2016 Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle to the Centre de Gestion de l’Equipment Roulant (CGER)—its first customer in Québec, the third province where the vehicle can now be found. The CGER manages vehicle fleets for Québec provincial ministries and the lease is...
@ electric-car-insider
You obviously don't live in Quebec where electric rates are so low most homes are heated in the winter with electric power. The entire province uses Hydro electricity and there are plenty of more sites that are waiting to be developed.
Having moved from Montreal to Boston I almost choked when I received my first electric bill.
Hyundai delivers first fuel cell vehicle in Québec
Hyundai Auto Canada Corp. has delivered a 2016 Tucson Fuel Cell vehicle to the Centre de Gestion de l’Equipment Roulant (CGER)—its first customer in Québec, the third province where the vehicle can now be found. The CGER manages vehicle fleets for Québec provincial ministries and the lease is...
At a starting price of $89,100 this vehicle is truly an all time bargain.
2017 BMW 740e xDrive iPerformance PHEV going on sale in US starting at $89,100
The 2017 BMW 740e xDrive iPerformance plug-in hybrid (earlier post) is in production and will arrive at US dealerships in August starting at $89,100 plus $995 Destination and Handling. With its eDrive technology, the BMW 740e xDrive iPerformance can be driven in all-electric mode up to 75 mph (...
The waste heat would be of better use for deicing of the wing and empenage. Take my word, flying in the Northeast during winter months without deice is a crap shoot.
NASA electric research plane designated the X-57, nickname: “Maxwell”; SCEPTOR
NASA will test new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane now designated the X-57 and nicknamed “Maxwell.” The X-57 features 14 electric motors turning propellers, all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing. NASA researchers ultimately envision a nine-passenger aircraft ...
Hydrogen is coming and the sky is falling.
€100M H2ME 2 launches: 2nd pan-European deployment of H2 refueling infrastructure and fuel cell vehicles
A second pan-European deployment of hydrogen refueling infrastructure, and passenger and commercial fuel cell electric vehicles has now launched. The six-year H2ME 2 project brings together 37 partners from across Europe. H2ME 2 will include the deployment and operation of 1,230 fuel cell veh...
Now if only Ford could do the same for the land of the brave and home of the free they would have something.
Ford Sustainability Report details pilot program in South Africa to deliver health care, education
A new Ford Motor Company pilot program aims to enhance mobility health services in rural areas of South Africa and Nigeria. Ford Project Better World brings together multiple organizations such as World Vision South Africa, and social entrepreneurs to deliver health education, medication, nut...
@ storky
Check out the Terrestrial Energy web site and read about their molten salt reactor. It burns most of its nuclear fuel and will leave no long term highly radioactive plutonium waste with half life of hundreds of thousands of years. This technology is also intrinsically safe. Explosions and melt downs due to loss of coolant water are impossible.
There is more ways than one to skin a cat.
http://terrestrialenergy.com/imsr-technology/
DOE awarding >$82M to support nuclear energy research and development
The US Department of Energy (DOE) ia awarding more than $82 million to 93 projects that will help push innovative nuclear technologies toward commercialization and into the market. These awards provide funding for nuclear energy-related research through the Nuclear Energy University Program, Nuc...
Same old same old. The Democrats blame the Republicans and the Republicans blame the Democrats for all that's wrong with the world.
Hanyang/BMW team develops high-energy density Li-ion battery with carbon-nanotube-Si composite anode and NCM concentration gradient cathode
Researchers from Hanyang University in Korea and the BMW Group have developed a new fully operational, practical Li-ion rechargeable battery combining high energy density with excellent cycle life. A report on their work is published in the RSC journal Energy & Environmental Science. A carbon na...
Gor lives in Canada where price fixing on gasoline at the retail market is not uncommon. From one gas station to the next the price per liter varies no more than a penny in most cities.
China team directly synthesizes gasoline- and diesel-range alkanes from acetone from biomass
Researchers in China have directly synthesized gasoline- and diesel-range C6-C15 branched alkanes in high carbon yield (~80%) via the self-condensation of acetone and the subsequent hydrodeoxygenation over a dual-bed catalyst system. A paper on their work appears in the RSC journal Green Chemist...
The sky is falling. FCVs may actually become a reality if developers continue to move up on the learning curve. There will be sleepless nights for card carrying members of the BEV Party.
SAE technical experts: fuel cell technology has advanced significantly, FC vehicle production has begun, further cost reductions & infrastructure development required
Wrapping up the track on the commercialization of hydrogen fuel cell vehicles and hydrogen infrastructure held at the 2016 SAE World Congress (earlier post), a panel of technical experts agreed that while significant progress has been made with the technology, and while the first generation of c...
Think your lithium ion batteries will save the environment? Think again.
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-lithium-battery-catalyst-key-soil.html
Uno-X Hydrogen to build 1st hydrogen refueling station w/ hydrogen produced by surplus renewable energy from neighboring building
Uno-X Hydrogen AS, a NEL ASA (NEL) joint venture, will build a hydrogen refueling station (HRS) with on-site hydrogen production co-located with Powerhouse Kjørbo, an energy-positive office building in Sandvika, Norway. Powerhouse Kjørbo, which is owned by Entra ASA, uses solar panels that ca...
For all you lithium ion battery fans out there be careful what you wish for it could be worse than the disease.
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-electric-car-battery-materials-key-soil.html
Turns out latest research shows compounds used in your darling lithium-ion batteries are toxic to a type of soil-dwelling bacteria that plays an important environmental role.
Uno-X Hydrogen to build 1st hydrogen refueling station w/ hydrogen produced by surplus renewable energy from neighboring building
Uno-X Hydrogen AS, a NEL ASA (NEL) joint venture, will build a hydrogen refueling station (HRS) with on-site hydrogen production co-located with Powerhouse Kjørbo, an energy-positive office building in Sandvika, Norway. Powerhouse Kjørbo, which is owned by Entra ASA, uses solar panels that ca...
@ DaveD
Based on your name calling and personal attacks you're the hysterical one on this forum. When the global demand for lithium increases in the future the cost is most likely to increase. This development will lead to a monopolization of the industry. You will be substituting big oil for big lithium.
All the yelling on your part will be in vain.
BNEF forecasts EVs to be 35% of global new car sales by 2040; cost of ownership below conventional-fuel vehicles by 2025
A new study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) forecasts that sales of electric vehicles will hit 41 million by 2040, representing 35% of new light duty vehicle sales worldwide. This would be almost 90 times the equivalent figure for 2015, when EV sales are estimated to have been 462,000, s...
When I hear the name Milton Freedman in any context I get the strong urge to reach for my side arm.
U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes
A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. Their analysis is published in the Journal of Economi...
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