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#iphone

Jun 26 2017 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

iPhone: 1. Put the internet in everyone’s pocket 2. Transformed photography from a hobby to a part of everyday life 3. App Store changed the way software was created and distributed. 4. Apps changed everything, even how people work. 5. changed little t...

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#all-Renewable Goldman Sachs

Jul 04 2017 10:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Goldman Sachs (GS), . . . became the first US bank, . . . to sign a large-scale, off-site renewable energy power purchase agreement (PPA), . . . to enable the development of a new . . . 68 megawatt (MW) Pennsylvania wind farm. Goldman Sachs (GS), esta...

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#housing: Digital Nomads

Jul 06 2017 02:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

"Digital Nomads," . . . a growing generation of people who are often on the move, . . . want quick, immediate and easy access to . . . a minimalist living space, with services: . . . . . . Air, (Hot & Cool) . . . . . . Water, (Hot & Co...

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#self-Driving Truck

Jul 07 2017 08:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Einride, unveiled a prototype called T-Pod: . . . . . . 23 feet long, . . . . . . holds 15 standard pallets, . . . . . . 200-kWh battery, . . . . . . 124-mile range, . . . . . . windowless, . . . . . . self-driving, . . . . . . electric truck. Driverl...

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#self-Driving Truck

Jul 13 2017 07:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Einride, a Swedish tech company, . . . unveiled "T-pod," a self-driving, battery-electric truck, on highways, but on main roads, a human will remotely manage the driving system. https://www.youtube....h?v=DW922Wa9a_k

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#carbon Footprints: Life Choices

Jul 16 2017 05:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Environmental Research Letters, . . . has determined exactly which Life Choices, . . . reduce our carbon footprints the most. A study published in 2013, . . . estimates that in order to limit global warming to 2C, . . . the average individual carbon f...

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#water Vanished In La Paz, Bolivia

Jul 21 2017 12:10 AM | eds in Ed's Articles

La Paz, Bolivia, glaciers, . . . its water vanished, . . . citizens woke to dry taps, civil unrest, and . . . it's Water General reigned. At nearly 12,000 feet in altitude, . . . suffering the effects of climate change quicker than the rest of us....

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#climate Change: Corn, Major Victim?

Jul 27 2017 11:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

In 2016, the U.S. harvested nearly . . . 87 million acres, producing . . . 15.1 billion bushels, for a total value of . . . $51.5 billion. The Met Office, . . . the U.K.'s national weather service, say's . . . "We haven't seen a m...

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#fires

Jul 29 2017 02:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

More than, . . . 37,000 fires have burned more than . . . 5.2 million acres nationally since the beginning of the year, with . . . 47 large fires (those of 1,000 acres or more) burning across . . . 9 states as of Friday. 7-29-2017 Source: #Fires

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#autonomous Modular Vehicle Prototype

Jul 30 2017 09:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

NEXT Future Transportation Inc. (“NEXT”), . . . a startup that is commercializing an . . . autonomous mass-transportation, and . . . goods-movement solution, . . . based on swarms of modular self-driving vehicles, . . .which can join and detach with ot...

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#craters: In Russia

Jul 31 2017 05:25 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Rising temperatures, . . . are causing Siberia’s long-frozen ground, called permafrost, to thaw, and . . . creating mysterious giant craters. "The warming that happened 130,000 years ago, . . . happened over thousands of years, . . . what we see h...

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#uber & Lyft: Reolacement?

Jul 31 2017 09:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

The tiny bus, (shuttle) can hold . . . 12 passengers, and travels at a sedate, . . . 7 miles an hour, on electricity, . . . slower than an average cyclist–runs . The reason you see us using this specific vehicle is because it’s . . . . . . low-speed,...

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#tesla: Us First Virtual Power Plant

Jul 31 2017 09:35 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Tesla and Vermont utility Green Mountain Power (GMP), . . . will bundle together up to . . . 2,000 of Tesla’s: . . . . . . residential, . . . . . . commercial, and . . . . . . industrial (C&I), . . . Powerwall, and Powerpack systems, . . . to creat...

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#disney World: Lyft "minnie Vans"

Aug 01 2017 09:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

The new transportation service called "Minnie Van," . . . is now available for guests staying at: . . . . . . Disney's Boardwalk Resort, and . . . . . . Disney's Yacht & Beach Club resorts. 8-1-2017 Source: #Disney World: Lyft...

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#smart Grid: What Is It?

Aug 22 2017 10:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

WIll the electric car, . . . mess up the National Grid https://www.youtube....h?v=vX0G9F42puY How will Renewable Energy effect, . . . change the way we use energy? https://www.youtube....h?v=QqfMwEQ2pbc 8-22-2017 Source: #Smart Grid: What is it?

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#climate Change—Is Basic Physics

Aug 28 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

The amplifying impact of: . . . . . . sea level rise, . . . . . . warming oceans, and . . . . . . hotter air, . . . all incontrovertible consequences of, . . . climate change—is basic physics. "The thing that keeps forecasters up at night, . . . i...

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#nuclear Disaster Vs Climate Change

Sep 01 2017 08:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

What does 9 trillion gallons of water feel like, . . . that hydraulic cube over downtown Houston, . . . 4 miles square, and 2 miles high. And then the cube doubled, . . . to become the most extreme rain event in American history. Yet, more than, . . ....

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#batteries: Save Money

Sep 05 2017 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Giant batteries, . . . help renewable energy grow, . . . in New England. Grid-scale batteries can serve many functions: . . . . . . Stabilize the electric frequency at 60 hertz per second, . . . . . . “peak-shaving,” for one hour, saved our customers...

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#hurricane's Vs Energy Resiliency

Sep 08 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Houston, H-E-B stores microgrids and storage: . . . . . . not only keep their own lights on, . . . . . . but, provided emergency food, . . . . . . mobile kitchens, and . . . . . . other emergency services. They did this largely as part of their own cor...

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#book: Solutionary Rail

Sep 17 2017 01:40 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Electrifying the US rail system, . . . Installing electrical transmission lines alone railroad right of ways, . . . that serve to transport electricity from capillary generation sources to: . . . . . . . . . the destination of most rail traffic — u...

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#batteries: Stacking Energy Storage Values

Sep 19 2017 05:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Most of the existing energy storage research, . . . focuses only on isolated applications of batteries. The economists identified costs for utilities, and others, . . . to acquire certain services, including: . . . . . . energy, . . . .. . capacity, a...

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#blackout: What If America Lost Electricity?

Sep 30 2017 06:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

What would happen if America lost electricity, . . . for a long period of time. Hurricane, Hackers, Solar Flare, or imagine a . . . Nuclear blast, occurring somewhere above eastern Nebraska. . . . Radiating outwards, the EMP fries electronics in sout...

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#refugee: Cheap Tramsportation

Oct 03 2017 12:30 AM | eds in Ed's Articles

Problem: There are 200 million urbanized refugees in South Asia, . . . who can’t access resources like: . . . . . . markets, . . . . . . schools, . . . . . . hospitals, and . . . . . . places of employment, . . . due to a lack of public transportation...

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# 9 Storms Hit The Atlantic

Oct 09 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

US territories, have never before been hit by . . . 3, category 4 storms, . . . in one season, and As Colorado State University meteorologist . . . Philip Klotzbach noted on Twitter this weekend, the last time . . . 9 consecutive named storms hit the A...

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#chinese Super Ships

Oct 13 2017 06:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Chinese Super Ships https://www.youtube....h?v=KX1OZKKfHGg

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