Bike Lanes, Electric Snowmobiles, and Insurers of Last Resort
Porsche officials “overwhelmed” by orders for its new electric crossover.
Analysis of the world’s impending fusion power deployments.
Bike lanes are good for business.
Cargo ships are getting fitted with giant “sails” that allow them to burn less fuel:
On current and impending water shortages.
Biden Officials Mull Quicker Death for US Coal Power Plants.
He’s a Renewable-Power Billionaire, Not an Environmentalist:
At every turn, he says, he faces opposition from either the left or the right—illustrating his view that the country’s approach to energy has gone completely off the rails.
“It’s crazy,” said Polsky, who founded his company, Invenergy, in 2001. “Why if you build renewables you’ve got to be on the left, and if you build coal or gas you’ve got to be on the right? To me, you build what makes sense to build.”
A startup is building the world’s biggest plane for the exclusive purpose of hauling enormous wind turbine blades:
Bezos Earth Fund invests tens of millions in meat alternatives.
Snowmobiles are going electric (and higher-end).
Some of the research that suggested companies could make gobs of money while also going green is being questioned.
On the unsustainability of “insurers of last resort” taking on customers in high-risk (for climate-amplified weather events) areas:
Rare toads versus clean energy.
Biden wants to invest billions in expanding US Climate Corps.
Texas wildfires burn through carbon credit stockpile.
China wants its EV-makers to use local chips (which are an increasingly important aspect of EVs):
AI Promises Faster Oil Drilling and Even More US Crude Supply.
Volvo invests in faster battery charging.
$500,000 sand dune built to protect community from dangerous tides washed away in days.
EV sales are still growing, but hybrids are having a moment:
Seven times size of Manhattan: the African tree-planting project making a difference.
Spring is starting very early.
Hertz CEO is stepping down following big investment in EVs (which didn’t go great for the company).
What the Mind has to do with the Climate Crisis.