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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

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Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela. The brown line shows the uncoordinated load from 1,000 electric water heaters for reference. kilowatt-hours.

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Increase in US rig count will not cap oil prices

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The impact of rising oil prices on North American light tight oil (LTO) production is said to be a “Catch 22”, the title of Joseph Heller’s popular 1961 novel set in WWII. Link to original article: [link]. by David Yager for Oilprice.com. So this avenue to escape the war didn’t work for the book’s main character John Yossarian.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. There are two main sources of lithium in the world; hard rock mines and brine water. Here’s what we discovered. WHAT EV MYTHS HAVE WE COVERED? In comparison, EV engines run on lithium batteries.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs – here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. There are two main sources of lithium in the world; hard rock mines and brine water. Here’s what we discovered. WHAT EV MYTHS HAVE WE COVERED? In comparison, EV engines run on lithium batteries.