Some US automakers — as well as linked politicians — have been extremely opposed to Chinese automakers bringing their electric vehicles to the US market. It’s funny — supposedly, most consumers don’t want electric cars, but allowing Chinese automakers to bring electric cars into the United States is a dire … [continued]
A federal judge in Rhode Island has ruled that the US EPA acted illegally when it decided to cancel the $7 billion Solar For All program. The ruling is no surprise. Everything the toadies to the Ogre of the Offal Office do is illegal. What is surprising is that the … [continued]
Despite last year's sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, the US solar industry is still attracting investors on the manufacturing side as demand for electricity soars (cropped, courtesy of ES Foundry).
Despite last year’s sharp U-turn in federal energy policy, the US solar industry is still attracting investors on the manufacturing side as demand for electricity soars.
DNV says shore power, plug-in hybrids and fully electric ships could materially reduce future shipping fuel demand, but those pathways sit outside the simulation producing its headline 2050 fuel requirement.
DNV’s new Maritime Forecast to 2050 puts a very large number on shipping’s future demand for low-carbon molecules. In its strongest global-regulation scenario, internationally operating ships above 400 gross tonnes require about 185 million tonnes of oil equivalent of low-GHG fuel in 2050, roughly 7.7 to 7.8 exajoules. That implies … [continued]
US Representative Chellie Pingree (D-ME) is a longtime organic farmer. She’s also a member of the House Agriculture Committee who is calling on the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to stop hemming and hawing and, instead, get on the ball to implement recommendations from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) report … [continued]
Toyota is among the legacy automakers banking on the vehicle electrification movement to persist in the US, despite the challenges posed by Trump-era policy changes impacting EV sales (screenshot, 2027 bZ courtesy of Toyota).
Harvard economists calculate that EV sales will accelerate rapidly in the US, despite last year’s sharp U-turn in federal energy policy.
A Vermont National Guard helicopter surveys flood damage in the state's capital, Montpelier, Vt., July 11, 2023. Credits: U.S. Department of Defense, Air Force Senior Master Sgt. Michael Davis via NASA
Montana may seem like a solidly red state, but its people tend to be pragmatic rather than dogmatic in their views. For instance, Section I of Article IX of the Montana Constitution reads: The state and each person shall maintain and improve a clean and healthful environment in Montana for … [continued]
More than 300,000 plant-protection drones now perform roughly 203 million hectare-treatments annually in China. The market has moved beyond adoption into service, maintenance, renewal and operating standards.
Agricultural spray drones are no longer an emerging technology in China. They are ordinary farm machinery at extraordinary scale. China entered 2026 with about 309,000 plant-protection drones, and those aircraft performed roughly 203 million hectare-treatments during 2025. A hectare treated three times counts as three hectare-treatments, so that figure measures … [continued]
A veritable bonfire of anticipation is building around the new Elon Musk documentary "Musk," with a generous assist from none other than the King of Publicity, Musk himself (courtesy of Jigsaw productions via imdb).
A veritable bonfire of anticipation is building around the new Elon Musk documentary “Musk,” with a generous assist from none other than the King of Publicity, Musk himself.
Can you spot which battery is NMC? The one that looks like a pillow is NMC. The one that looks like a Pop-Tart is not. How do we know this? Because the puffed up battery came from a video made of an NMC battery. It was placed in a bath … [continued]
