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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

Cars That Think

“Electric cars will not save the climate. There are two major reasons for this: first, EVs are not going to reach the numbers required by 2050 to hit their needed contribution to net zero goals , and even if they did, a host of other personal, social and economic activities must be modified to reach the total net zero mark.

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Four Startups Aim to Change the Climate Tech Game

Cars That Think

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. That’s what John Hennessy, Stanford professor (and former president) and chairman of Alphabet , told attendees at the Stanford Global Energy Forum , held in-person this month on the Stanford University campus.

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Bill McKibben’s Comments on GRID Alternatives and Rooftop Solar in an Exclusive Greenius Video

Creative Greenius

Personally I haven’t stopped working since I began organizing for 350.org I asked Bill about the work my friends at GRID Alternative are doing and his thoughts on the adoption of rooftop solar in this final segment of my video interview with him. Times Book Festival appearance at UCLA. The 2010 focus for 350.org

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

As we try to objectively study nature, we are often reminded of how natural forces affect us personally. When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. The apparent contradictions do not end there.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis. kW solar PV system on our own house in 2015.

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Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

Cars That Think

Instead, he and others are trying to invent new climate-control technology that doesn’t further exacerbate the dangers facing the planet’s climate. Winners of the 2021 Global Cooling Prize—both heat pumps—reduce cooling’s climate impact by as much as 80 percent. If, like 60 percent of the U.S. Still, in the U.S.,

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This lithium-free battery startup just raised $78M in Series C funding

Baua Electric

It can be used for a range of stationary storage use cases, including utility grids, home storage, microgrids, industrial applications, and more. Alsym batteries are ideally suited to both temperate and warming climates, as well as infrastructure and industrial applications including datacenters, steel mills, and chemical plants.