Recently, the Texas Motor Speedway decided to not allow electric vehicles to participate in their “Friday Night Drags” event. When asked by Teslarati why this was, the track’s spokesman said the track wasn’t prepared to deal with battery fires, should one occur. While this certainly is a plausible explanation, it seems that a vast majority of Tesla owners and other EV enthusiasts think it’s an excuse.
In my last article, I summarized the extraordinary documentary The Human Element and added some of my own commentary about the touching subjects. In this article, I’m relaying the highlights of my interview with James Balog, the writer of the film. The documentary will be available on all major VOD platforms — iTunes, Amazon, DirectTV, etc. — on January 29, 2019.
Put any other distraction on hold for an evening and watch the extraordinary documentary The Human Element, a deep look into the heart of our last century and how we are transforming in the early part of this century. You will not regret spending the time to watch this one.
The Human Element stars renowned photographer James Balog (of Chasing Ice fame). “When I became a photographer, I wanted to celebrate the elegance and beauty of Nature,” James notes. “But, I soon realized there was a more complex story going on about the collision between people against nature.”
The volunteer Fire Department in Indian Harbour Beach, on Florida’s famous Space Coast, reached out to the community to learn more about Teslas and electric vehicles (EVs). The Fire Department reached out to the community, asking for volunteers to bring their vehicles to the station to help firefighters learn about how to respond to the new electric vehicles in the event of an accident or vehicle fire.
The independent panel of energy and finance experts behind Finance for Resilience have presented eight new proposals that they believe could have the potential to increase global investment in clean energy. Run alongside the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit, Finance for Resilience (FiRe) is a non-profit aiming to identify “promising … [continued]
Here’s some more solar energy news from around the interwebs for you solar energy lovers. Enjoy! California is jumping back into PACE financing with the CaliforniaFIRST initiative. This is big. (Solar Love) Yingli Solar has done a bit of innovating in the realm of ingots. (Solar Love) Astrum Solar has … [continued]
Originally published on Rocky Mountain Institute. By Jules Kortenhorst and Rebecca Cole Last week, RMI’s program to significantly scale the commitment by Fortune 500 companies to source renewable energy was chosen as one of six winners at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit’s Finance for Resilience (“FiRe”) event. FiRe is … [continued]
Not sure how we let this one pass us by, but just under two weeks ago Nest announced the launch of its Nest Protect smoke and carbon monoxide alarm. As Nest founder and CEO Tony Fadell noted in the company’s press release, “we’ve reinvented the smoke alarm, because safety is … [continued]
Trees: they’re good for more than just shade, harboring wildlife, and carbon storage. A new sensor system developed by Voltree Power uses the energy produced by trees to wirelessly transmit signals with information about forest fires.
