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#follow The Money2
Feb 06 2017 03:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
South Australian company "1414 Degrees," . . . has developed technology to store electricity as thermal energy, . . . by heating and melting containers full of silicon, . . . at a cost estimated to be up to . . . 10 times cheaper than lithium b...
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#flash Droughts
Aug 06 2017 01:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Flash Drought, . . . In US High Plains, . . . May Have Already Destroyed . . . 1/2 Of This Year’s Wheat Crop. Considering that the Montana and Dakota region, . . . is now one of the top wheat-growing regions in the world, . . . the damage is very nota...
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#failure To Plan = Plan To Fail
Sep 11 2017 02:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
“When you talk about rebuilding a place like Houston, . . . people’s first thoughts are, . . . ‘I want it back the way it was’,” says . . . Sandra Knight, a senior research engineer at the University of Maryland. “And unfortunately, that’s not the best...
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#failed Banks In 2017
Jun 25 2017 01:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
2017 Failed Banks IL Fayette County Bank, WI Guaranty Bank, LA First NBC Bank, UT Proficio Bank, IL Seaway Bank and Trust Company, NJ Harvest Community Bank, 6-25-2017 Source: #Failed Banks in 2017
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#executive Order: Virginia
May 22 2017 02:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Virginia’s governor, Terry McAuliffe, . . . has recently signed an executive order, . . . that directs the state’s environmental regulators, . . . to create a cap and trade plan for carbon emissions. “The threat of climate change is real, and . . . we...
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#ev Charging: Western Europe’S Largest
Oct 16 2017 07:05 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Royal Dutch Shell, bought NewMotion, . . . which operates one of Western Europe’s largest, . . . EV charging networks. Shell is introducing fast charging points, . . . at its gasoline and diesel stations. 10-16-2017 Source: #EV charging: Western Eur...
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#energy Storage: Russia
Oct 07 2017 12:50 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Russia: it gets 1/5 of its energy from hydropower. Russia has a lot of big rivers, and . . . it’s putting them to good use. Moscow is moving into other renewables and, . . . energy storage as well. 10-7-2017 Source: #Energy Storage: Russia
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#energy Costs
Dec 01 2017 02:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Renewable energy, . . . coats less than, . . . Coal, and Nuclear. What would 100% clean energy look like where you live? 12-1-2017 Source: #Energy Costs
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#elon Musk, Australian Big Bet?
Oct 02 2017 10:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Install 100MW of batteries, and have it working in just . . . 100 days . . . or it's FREE. "To have that [construction] done in two months . . . you can't remodel your kitchen in that period of time," . . . Mr Musk joked as he took to...
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#electricity Price Hikes: Australia’S
Jun 22 2017 12:15 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Australians are paying too much due to electricity price hikes. . . . In the 5 years to 2013, . . . the average household power bill rose 70%, from . . . $970 to $1,660 annually, . . . according to a Grattan Institute report. 6-22-2017 Spurc...
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#electric Vehicles: Over $90 Billion
Jan 25 2018 02:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
$90 Billion In Investments Into EVs & Batteries, . . . now pledged by global auto manufacturers.. Considering that the plug-in electric vehicle sector represents under . . . 1% of the total global auto market, . . . the investments make it cl...
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#electric Vehicle Sales Quotas: Chinese
Jul 16 2017 08:00 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China’s plans, . . . for relatively aggressive Electric Vehicle Sales Quotas, . . . are unnerving some prominent foreign auto manufacturers Foreign automakers: . . . . . . German, . . . . . . Japanese, . . . . . . American, and . . . . . . Korean, ....
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#electric Cars China
May 08 2017 12:15 AM | eds in Economy & Politics
Last year, Beijing, China, . . . to mitigate rising levels of pollution in China’s industrial megacities, . . . proposed a law to put a cap on carbon emission, . . . that requires automakers to allocate, . . . 8% (1 million vehicles) of their sales, ....
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#electric Cars
Apr 29 2017 11:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In the last 3 years, India's energy consumption has grown by about . . . 6.5% CAGR (compounded annual growth rate). Yet, in the last 2 years, India's LED bulbs, . . . 500 million were sold, . . . using less energy, and lowering it's cost....
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#economics 101: In South Carolina
Apr 13 2018 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
if I buy a more fuel-efficient car, . . . I buy less gas than I did before. . . . I pay less at the pump. . . . The gas station earns less profit. . . . It’s a fair market transaction. The gas station doesn’t get reimbursed for the gas I’m not buying....
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#economic & Environmental Challenge
Aug 06 2017 01:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Reality Check: . . . We can't turn back time, . . . on Climate Change. The environment, . . . is not the partisan issue, . . . it’s often made out to be. Leaders across the political spectrum, . . . recognize this is the . . . Critical Economic, a...
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#earth Warming Report
Nov 05 2017 06:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
A Congressionally mandated report, released by the . . . U.S. Global Change Research Program, . . . “In the United States, . . . energy related carbon dioxide emissions have been declining, . . . are expected to remain flat through 2040, and . . . will...
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#doe: Us Solar Employment
Jun 26 2017 01:10 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Washington D.C. [U.S.A], Solar energy alone, employs more people than combined, coal, gas and oil. 6-26-2017 Source: #DOE: US solar employment
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#doe/dod
Jun 05 2017 03:25 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
The basic problem, grid-wise, is . . . that much of the nation’s best solar and wind resources, . . . are concentrated in the southwest. DoD has been at the vanguard of transitioning the US, . . . to clean and sustainable energy. For DoD, it’s as a ma...
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#diesel Fuel: Banned In China
Nov 02 2017 12:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
China To Ban Sale Of High-Sulfur Diesel Fuel For Tractors & Ships, . . . that is, diesel fuel with more than 10 parts per millions (ppm) of sulfur. . . . will be banned nationwide in China, . . . the government in the capital of Beijing has reveale...
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#danish Energy Phasing Out Coal
Feb 02 2017 06:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
DONG Energy to stop all use of coal by 2023. 2-2-2017 Source: #Danish energy phasing out coal
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#coca-Cola Europe = 100% Renewable
May 24 2017 12:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP), . . . has announced that it has begun sourcing, . . . 100% of its electricity, from renewable sources. 5-24-2017 Source: #Coca-Cola Europe = 100% Renewable
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#coal: Renewables & Storage's, Effect On?
Nov 17 2017 03:20 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Prime Minister Narendra Modi targets, . . . almost tripling renewables capacity to . . . 175 GW by 2022. Power distributors in India, are opting to negotiate . . . 10-year agreements with coal power providers, rather than traditional . . . 25-year dea...
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#coal: British Power Generation %
Aug 27 2017 06:30 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
In April, . . . the UK ran without coal for a full day, . . . for the first time, in 135 years. Coal generation to UK in July, by year: . . . . . . 2015 = 23%, . . . . . . 2016 = 9%, . . . . . . 2017 = 2%. 8-27-2017 Source: #Coal: British power gene...
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#coal Experiment Fails
Jun 30 2017 12:40 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
Mississippi Power project, . . . which relied on a “gasifier” to turn a cheap and common grade of coal into fuel, . . . is over, at least for now. The 582-megawatt plant, initially projected to cost . . .$US1.8 billion, has so far run up a bill o...
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