Elon Musk & Tesla Offer Ventilators To Any Hospital In Urgent Need, & Deliver Ventilators…
Elon Musk says he has ventilators available and will give them away free to those who need them most desperately.
Elon Musk says he has ventilators available and will give them away free to those who need them most desperately.
Rather than try to make or procure ventilators to help healthcare workers in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, British automaker MG decided to stick to something it knew a little better — cars. In particular, MG Motor UK announced that it would contribute 100 of its ZS EV electric crossovers to National Health Service (NHS) locations around the country.
Conservative politicians across the country are still not taking Coronavirus seriously, as CleanTechnica analyst Mike Barnard pointed out. Potentially, because their leader still seems confused about it. Down-rank Republicans are following in the POTUS’ line of thinking.
The Great GM/Ventec Ventilator fiasco shows why effective leadership is important at this critical time and why America is lacking in that department.
A company in Houston is pivoting from making table cloths and napkins to making face masks for health care workers.
The most popular CleanTechnica stories last week involved ventilators, N95 masks, electric car tipping points, COVID-19 testing, and investing in toilet paper vs. Tesla stock. Yes, we are living in strange times.
This isn’t related to cleantech, but at the same time, it kind of is. If we treated our planet better, if we, as a species, did things differently, if we chose to put the health and livelihoods of our people first instead of putting profits first, perhaps I may not be facing something that was mistaken for strep last week.
As I am sure you know, Louisiana is a massive hotspot for the coronavirus. Currently, New Orleans is experiencing one of the highest per-capita rates of COVID-19 infections in the country.
COVID-19 is not going to respect the rural-urban divide. Over the coming months, the reality on the ground in rural areas is going to change radically. Trump and the Republicans will be clearly on the wrong side of that reality.
When will Canada learn? Stop throwing money at the fossil fuel industry. Let it live or die on its own with its decades of profits. Shift investment to clean technologies, technologies which are also much lower in contagion pathways for Canadians. Stop investing in the past and start investing in the future.