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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Climate Change. And while preventing working people earning a livelihood may make them feel good, it does nothing to solve the real problem of climate change. . As for batteries,it would take billions of pounds to build ones that could keep the lights on for a few hours let alone a week. . This was plain wrong. Energy Solutions.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

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. Depending on those conditions, it might take somewhat longer for a battery to fully charge, but the customer shouldn’t be inconvenienced.

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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

Green Car Congress

A growing share of output comes from natural gas liquids (more than 18 mb/d in 2035) and unconventional sources (10 mb/d, largely from Canada and Venezuela). While providing a boost to renewables, such a slowdown would increase import bills, heighten energy security concerns and make it harder and more expensive to combat climate change.

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