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Only 4% of TV news correctly connected Hurricane Beryl to climate change

Baua Electric

The 2024 hurricane season is here, and we’ve already had our first record-breaking hurricane in Beryl, which caused billions in damage and deaths in Texas, Grenada, Venezuela and nearby areas. After all, in a hurricane, it’s not the wind that’s the most dangerous, it’s the water.

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How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

Spiking demand for electric heat collided with supply problems created by frozen natural-gas equipment and below-average wind-power production. 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.

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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. 40% of our energy comes from renewable sources, such as hydro, geothermal and wind. New Zealand’s solar adoption currently sits at around 1.3% New Zealand’s solar adoption currently sits at around 1.3%

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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. 40% of our energy comes from renewable sources, such as hydro, geothermal and wind. New Zealand’s solar adoption currently sits at around 1.3% Here’s what we discovered. WHAT EV MYTHS HAVE WE COVERED?