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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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The KPMG study, “Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”, explores issues such as climate change, energy and fuel volatility, water availability and cost and resource availability, as well as population growth spawning new urban centers. Population Growth: The world population is expected to grow to 8.4

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

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And with recycling in the picture, the resources that the world will need to shift to sustainability will be even more efficient. The electrified economy will use less resources than the (fossil fuel) economy.” Musk highlights that the use of fossil fuels actually waste a lot of energy. Master Plan Part 3? More Cybertruck deets?

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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. Oil and the Transport Sector: Reconfirming the End of Cheap Oil. The number of people without access to electricity remained unacceptably high at 1.3 billion, around 20% of the world’s population. Click to enlarge. World Energy Outlook.

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Why are some EV chargers more expensive than others?

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Since we live in a world of scarce resources, it pays to be more economical. We do not want to waste money on cheap, low-quality commodities. Therefore, each person must adapt to the technological changes to fit in. The brands look enticing, but some options are way cheaper. Why cheaper? We want to save money. Conclusion.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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HEV - The current generation of production Hybrids are 100% gas fueled vehicles with a few EV tricks like Regen Braking and no wasteful Idling. They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. James Woolsey, former director of the CIA.

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How a Parachute Accident Helped Jump-start Augmented Reality

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Adjusted for inflation, they cost about US $8,000 and weren’t even a thousandth as fast as a cheap gaming computer today. I needed substantial resources—beyond what I had access to at Stanford and NASA—to pursue this vision. The best PCs on the market back then used Intel 486 processors running at 33 megahertz. Louis Rosenberg.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. How does the US deal with local and state economies with high carbon economies and little renewable resources? Or is it alive but too expensive and if so, what is the more affordable replacement?

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