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What Bomb #cyclones Teach Us?

Jan 12 2018 01:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

A Polar Vortex, coupled with a . . . Bomb Cyclone created a wicked nor’easter. It was so cold that: . . . . . . Niagara Falls froze, . . . . . . it snowed in Florida, . . . . . . Coal stacks were frozen, . . . . . . diesel generators simply couldn’t fu...

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Usa: 2017 Costliest #weather Year

Jan 09 2018 11:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

National Oceanographic & Atmospheric Administration announced Monday, . . . 2017 - was the costliest year ever, totaling $306 billion, for . . . weather and climate disasters in the United States. 1-9-2018 Source: USA: 2017 costliest #weat...

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Japan: #virtual Power Plant (Vpp)

Jan 04 2018 06:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Sunverge Energy, . . . has deployed dozens of energy storage units, . . . at geographically dispersed locations across the service territory of Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), . . . while managing them as a single virtual node on the grid. The p...

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#transportation Vehicle Components

Jan 03 2018 03:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

“What if we were able to dissect a working car, . . . into working components, . . . which could be utilized according to given circumstances?” https://vimeo.com/242518507 Would that be like, . . . Amazon’s New Robot Army, . . . Shipping Out Products?...

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Arctic: Sea #ice Is Disappearing

Dec 25 2017 02:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

The disappearance of sea ice in the Arctic, . . . are already leading to: . . . . . . longer growing season, . . . . . . greening of the tundra, . . . . . . sharp rise in the number of wildfires, and . . . . . . spike in plankton growth. These changes...

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The "new #arctic"

Dec 23 2017 11:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

“Arctic shows no sign of returning to reliably frozen region of recent past decades,” . . . say's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). https://www.youtube....h?v=MvoFDZQKJHc

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Modular #vehicles Design

Dec 23 2017 01:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Modular Vehicles. . . . There’s an ever-growing demand for, . . . the one vehicle that “does it all.” Matrēshka, . . . is a modular autonomous vehicle, . . . explicitly designed for commercial use, . . . with a wide range of modifications: . . . . . ....

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#energy: The Poor Can Afford

Dec 14 2017 03:55 AM | eds in Ed's Articles

"Liter of Light," has already taught: . . . . . . 382,000 Filipinos, and . . . . . . 690,000 people, from other countries, . . . how to pick themselves up, . . . out of energy poverty. Thanks to a clever, and . . . environmentally friendly inn...

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The Duck Curve

Dec 08 2017 03:30 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

If you draw a curve, . . . that represents the demand for electricity over the course of a 24 hour day, . . . the shape resembles a duck. The duck curve has become more pronounced lately, . . . in places like California, . . . which often has more rene...

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#electric Cargo Ship: Transports Coal?

Dec 03 2017 02:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

China, . . . launches World’s First "All-Electric Cargo Ship," and . . . will use it to haul . . . Coal? It will lower the cost of transportation for bulk cargoes, . . . because the price of electricity, . . . is lower than the price of diesel...

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#bicycle Cargo Transport

Nov 28 2017 08:55 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

By combining the handling and transport, . . . BicyLift, reduce's the impact of transloading, . . . for a fully efficient last mile delivery ! BicyLift weight's 55 lbs, and . . . can carry up to 400 lbs. https://www.youtube....h?v=hgbZTNIMn48

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#emergency Shelter

Nov 22 2017 01:40 AM | eds in Ed's Articles

Project Ground-up, . . . attempts to provide all basic amenities, . . . within a small house-footprint, and . . . building a community around the construction of the house, . . . with a village cooperative between . . . 100 families, to create job...

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Mega-#iceberg Breaks Off

Nov 17 2017 04:50 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

In July, . . . one of the largest icebergs ever recorded, a . . . 2,300 mi² chunk of ice, that represented . . . 10% of the total ice shelf, . . . broke off from Antartica’s Larsen C ice shelf. 11-17-2017 Source: Mega-#iceberg breaks off

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Kiss Your #car Goodbye!

Nov 09 2017 05:15 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Bob Lutz, former vice chairman, and . . . head of product development at General Motors, says, . . . It saddens me to say it, . . . but we are approaching the end of the automotive era. The end state will be the fully autonomous module, . . . with no...

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#battery: Cheap New Alloy

Nov 03 2017 05:00 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

Could a new tin-aluminum alloy, make Lithium-ion batteries: . . . . . . Lighter, . . . . . . more compact, . . . . . . able to hold more energy, . . . . . . cheaper, and . . . . . . faster to produce? 10-3-2017 Source: #Battery: Cheap new alloy

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#power-Failure: Wind Storm

Nov 01 2017 07:20 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

We have been without electric power for 3 days. . . . No: Water (from our well pump) . . . . . . Showers, . . . . . . Instant tea, Coffee, soup . . . . . . Washers dish, clothing . . . . . . Flushing toilets, . . . . . Food (from Microwave, toaster) ....

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#what Really Matters?

Oct 28 2017 01:45 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

When: . . . . . . fire, . . . . . . flood, or . . . . . . fierce winds, are barreling toward your home, . . . it is striking how material possessions cease to matter. . . . Items that were once prized belongings, . . . are left behind without a second...

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#germany: Self-Driving Minibus

Oct 27 2017 02:10 PM | eds in Ed's Articles

EZ10, . . . A self-driving minibus: . . . . . . seat's 6 people, . . . . . . speed 9.3 mph, https://vimeo.com/137217228 . . . going between the: . . . . . . train station, . . . . . . town center, and . . . . . . thermal baths, that tourists come i...

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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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# 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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#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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#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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#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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#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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#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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