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The hidden costs of using an electric bike

Baua Electric

First embraced across Asia before rolling their way across Europe for the last decade, e-bikes are now surging in popularity in North America. What a waste! The post The hidden costs of using an electric bike appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News. I’ve been riding an e-bike for years, and I can’t stop smiling.

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Redwood Materials receives conditional commitment for $2B DOE loan for battery materials campus project

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Redwood will draw upon this milestone-based financing in tranches that support phased construction and allows the company to unlock funding as it accelerates the construction and expansion of its first battery materials campus. Together, these components amount to nearly 80% of the materials cost of a lithium-ion battery.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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Environmental costs are often not shown on financial statements because the bearers of such costs can be either particular individuals or society at large, are often both non-monetary and problematic to quantify for comparison with monetary values. Source: KPMG. Click to enlarge. billion in 2005.

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NextFuels introduces hydrothermal process to produce biofuels from wet, unprocessed waste; solution for palm plantation residue

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Biofuels company NextFuels introduced its hydrothermal process for economically producing transportation and industrial fuels from wet, unprocessed agricultural waste. to 6 metric tons of agricultural waste is generated for each metric ton of oil. There is no such thing as waste. Click to enlarge. Approximately 4.4 Resources.

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CalSEED awards $4.2M to early-stage clean energy innovations

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They will create an EV climate loan and lending platform that saves most drivers more than $200 per month on an electric car loan by incorporating thousands of dollars in EV rebates and incentives into the upfront financing of each car. the cost of energy storage?by Innovasion Labs PINC, Inc. is developing a?rechargeable technology?that

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IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

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Subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption of fossil fuels jumped to over $400 billion. from the Bakken shale) are developed, but increasing reliance on oil imports elsewhere heightens concerns about the cost of imports and supply security. The number of people without access to electricity remained unacceptably high at 1.3

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

People-Oriented Development Current Status of REDD Financing the Fifth Fuel Peak Phosphorus - Commence Urine Recyling on Space. V2G helps solve the major problem that demand for electricity is high during the day when everything from industrial plants to air conditioning is running full blast and then excess electricity is wasted at night.

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