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Why is Hydroelectricity So Green, and Yet Unfashionable?

Cars That Think

There is no end of gushing about China’s cheap solar panels—but when was the last time you saw a paean to hydroelectricity? Instead, that pure status is now reserved above all for wind and solar. The manufacture of solar panels involves the environmental costs from mining, waste disposal, and carbon emissions.

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India, US working on tech to process critical minerals – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Following the fourth MSP Principals’ Meeting in London in October, the first for India as a member nation, New Delhi has identified four blocks in Africa and South America that hold special interest for the country’s needs.

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Debunking the Lithium "Mining" FUD

Plug In India

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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Best EV To Own To Survive a Zombie Apocalypse?

My Energi

All joking aside, we have a serious debate on our hands and in this article we are going to put across our views on the matter at hand. It’s as though Elon had designed this car, purely to feature in this article. Contender Number 2 – Harley Davidson Livewire. To read more about the Aspark Owl click here .

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

Cars That Think

So, we focus significant energy on solar climate intervention, or sunlight reflection. Spectrum : In September, Spectrum published an article by the researchers working on that marine cloud brightening project. We do some work on carbon removal, but that's pretty big space with a lot of investment. Which is good.

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Space Station Incident Demands Independent Investigation

Cars That Think

The football-field-sized array of pressurized modules, support girders, solar arrays, radiator panels, robotic arms, and other mechanisms was designed to operate in a weightless environment. By then the thrusting had stopped, probably when the guilty thruster exhausted its fuel supply.

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2020 Top 10 Countries in the Global EV Revolution

EV Sales

In 2020 Tesla sold exactly 1000 of these for every solar-year day. In South America BYD seems the only E-bus act in town. Republished Daily Kos article, courtesy of Assaf Oron, a passionate and dedicated EV fan, you can read the original article here OVERVIEW: WHEW, WHAT A YEAR! I have no idea.

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