In 2019, U.S. annual energy consumption from renewable sources exceeded coal consumption for the first time since before 1885, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Monthly Energy Review. This outcome mainly reflects the continued decline in the amount of coal used for electricity generation over the past decade as well as growth in renewable energy, mostly from wind and solar.
As we enthusiastically bid 2020 farewell, for many reasons 2021 is starting to feel like a year to be hopeful. While the rollout of vaccines signal an impending slow-down to the pandemic, recent activity in DC is offering a similar glimpse to solutions on the horizon for the climate crisis.
“I wasn’t in a building. It was more like a UFO landing. I’d just kinda be somewhere, and people would walk by and experience it. So it was more like it kind of jarred their senses, where they were seeing this thing they had never seen before and never heard of before.
I recently published a 16 month review of our Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus, but going through the aftermarket products we have in the car is a different matter that seemed to deserve its own video.
Here it is again, for the very first time– Cleantechnica’s list of the 21 best e-bikes and electric motorcycles you can buy in 2021!
The momentum continues away from fossil fuel industries as more institutions make ethical climate action decisions.
Ever since Tesla’s original Roadster demonstrated that a plugin electric vehicle with over 240 miles of rated range was technically possible, even with the nascent technology that was deliverable way back in 2008, the ultimate transition of road transport from combustion to plugins has been largely inevitable.
I have never seen the nuclear industry address the question of why their safety analysis calculations are off by an order of magnitude. Until they do, and I think it should include a gigantic mia culpa, my own choice would be not to allow any of their fantastical designs to be built.
A week ago, Nissan put out a press release detailing the 2021 LEAF’s pricing and options. To be perfectly honest, I feel bad for whoever Nissan has writing these, because nothing has changed. Keep reading, though, because I’m going to make this a whole lot more entertaining than Nissan’s people did.
Volkswagen will be powering up its EV charging program in Germany in 2021 with more high power chargers, more wall boxes, and the introduction of its mobile charger.
