oil crisis

EVs Will Save The World (With Help From Energy Efficiency & Renewables)

gasoline is still more expensive than electricity for transportation, but is electricity produced from coal and natural gas cheaper than that from renewables? Price of fossil fuels (oil (2) and natural gas(3)) in the U.S. are at 14 year lows. The amount of electricity generated using coal in the U.S. is at its lowest level since 1970 (4) and last year, natural
gas surpassed coal as the top U.S. fuel used to produce electricity.

Fueling Stations of the Future Here Now

Wind and solar energy are being harnessed and integrated with electric vehicle chargers, heralding the coming end of the “Fossil Fuel Era” and the onset of a new age of sustainable, renewable power and fuel for transport. Two news items this past week– one regarding the Sanya Skypump and another regarding Envision Solar Trees– foreshadow what’s to come.