Not necessarily true. A single big turbine far away from population centers can not utilize its waste heat, whereas small reciprocating engines at buildings can capture their waste heat and use it for heating, hot water, cooling (via absorption chilling), and dehumidification (via desiccant systems). This is called…

Your post is completely disingenuous. That picture is of CNRL mine at Fort McMurray in Alberta, Canada. That is not a lithium production site, its an oil sands operation.

Because using electricity for mobility gives the opportunity to actually clean it up. We can marginally improve how efficiently we use a gallon of gas, yet the CO2 intensity of burning a gallon of gas is never going to improve. However, the CO2 intensity of using a kWh to drive your electric car is constantly…

Nuclear is clean from a CO2 perspective, and there are arguments about waste/disaster/proliferation/etc., but the real issue is that nuclear economics are pretty shitty. The true lifecycle cost of electricity is quite high, and more importantly the financial sector has little to no appetite to provide capital for…

This actually a great option. Legit AWD, hatch practicality, the right size, dead simple and reliable, and cheap.

That gen Camaro looks like a Chrysler Sebring from the front. Yes, the car owned and worshipped by Michael Scott.

650 MWh/year equates to an average power output of roughly 75 kW, or about 100 HP.

I use Project Fi in NYC, a place with an absurd number of public wi-fi spots, and wi-fi assistant very rarely kicks in. Anyone else having this issue?

Wait, so the Tesla’s battery drains significantly overnight when not being used? Or did the let it sit overnight while “on”.

The only motive force in the vehicle is produce via an electric motor. Now it has a range extender, which creates electricity and can power that motor, but its certainly an electric vehicle still. Typically “hybrid” is used to refer to a car which primarily uses a gas engine to drive the wheels and a secondary…

“and I can fill it at home using the solar panels on my roof”

This was my first car, and the thing was an absolute tank. My grandmother bought it off the lot, then proceeded to drive it 45k miles over the course of 11 years. Basically just church and the grocery store. She gave it to me when I turned 16 because she had become a little too loony to drive, and I proceeded to beat…

I agree with 99% of what you said, however it’s important to note that those gasoline mpg to electric mpg EPA conversions are utter bullshit. If I remember correctly they take the EVs miles/kWh rating, then convert kWh to gallons of gas. The problem there is two-fold: it doesn’t compare EV emissions nor efficiency in…

A few cities have Car2Go, which is a Daimler AG venture and relies solely on Smart cars. It’s actually quite unique also. You pick up any car you see on the street (there are a ton in Brooklyn), you drive it anywhere you want, then you simply park it anywhere within the Car2Go territory and leave. Way more convenient…