SAF or Sustainable Aircraft fuels are unrealistic. Used cooking oils are as expensive. Agriculture is challenges. Synthetic fuel is expensive. What are some of the options
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The top 10 vehicles sales in the USA are driven by pick-up trucks – large vehicles that are perculiar to the USA markets. SUV are the more common vehicle in the rest of the world.
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Electric motor scooter uptake is rapid in China and India and expected t be as rapid in other countries with high numbers of scooters such as Indonesia and Vietnam. Cheaper. Easy to charge and zero emissions are reasons Govt are keen to see the change.
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Nano silicon for the battery anode is a recent development leading to a 15% increase in energy density and avoiding the use of graphite in the batteries. Sila Technologies is ramping up production to 150GWh per year over then next 5 years.
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Carbon Capture and storage is a strategy for reducing carbon emissions but the evidence is that it is a scam for fossil fuel companies to use government subsidies while at the same time increasing carbon emissions. Even worse, taxpayers will be responsible for end of life projects.
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ChatGPT has burst on the scene in late 2022 from OpenAI. It was not unexpected by those in the AI field. Suddenly many are now realising how many areas that LLMs will be valuable in. And how cheap they have become.
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Are there too many people on the planet and who will volunteer for euthanasia. Or is this over stated and we can live sustainably with the 8 billion people
Earth’s Population is Too High Read More »
Most analysts state that the amount of renewable energy will need to be at least the same as energy used today with fossil fuels. Wrong by 45%! Less renewable energy as 45% of current energy is wasted.
Estimates of Renewable Energy Overstated Read More »
Many proponents of nuclear energy ignore the economics and try to dismiss them. Uranium is limited – estimated that if the world was all nuclearl, only 4 years of current supply. The cost to extract lower % uranium becomes prohibitive.
Nuclear Proponents Lack Economics Read More »
Taking an ICE car nad swapping out a motor is the same as saying a butterfly is a caterpillar with wings. It is a computer on wheels.
Butterfly Not a Caterpillar with Wings Read More »
Faster horse fallacy or why experts get it wrong with disruptive technologies was coined by Tony Seba why smart people in smart organisations fail to recognise disruption
Faster Horse Fallacy – Experts Get it Wrong Read More »
Sodium-ion battery chemistry has been keenly anticipated as alternative chemistry to lithium ion batteries in EV. Sehold have been first to market.
Sodium-Ion Battery Launched in China Read More »
Synthetic biofuels using bacteria to create the biofuel from sugar and CO2 holds promise of creation of fuel with equivalent energy to jet fu
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Compressed air battery using large underground vaults are being developed to provide long duration storage.
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Flow batteries are a valid option for community and grid based storage. The advantages of low life, simple expansion works. Vanadium, iron, or zinc bromine based flow batteries will not be used in vehicles but deliver great grid and micro grid storage battery solutions.
Flow Batteries using Vanadium Iron Zinc-BR or HBr Read More »
Tesla could become the next “petrol” company with over $30 billion of revenue by opening up its supercharger network to all EV cars. The latest deal with Govt opens up billions in grants to provide 500,000 chargers across the USA
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Fossil fuel excess profits of $134b in 2022 are on the back of war and human suffering from climate change. If a carbon price was levied on these oil and gas giants then these losses reflect the cost to citizens and consumers rather than being passed to shareholders
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Tesla vision part 3 is to be announced on March 1st, 2023 at Investor Day. How will this differ from Part 1 or Part 2. What is the “Path to a Fully Sustainable World”
Tesla Masterplan Three 2023 Read More »
Hydrogen fuel cell cars are still promoted but they will be dead within 2 years due to emissions as bad as petrol cars, poor infrastructure and rapid improving charging and range with battery electric cars.
Ten Reasons Hydrogen for Transportation is Dead, Including Cars Read More »
Cars are a major contributor to Japans economy with 5.5m or 24% of employees, and contribute 14% of all exports. Toyota’s no-ev strategy could mean Japan loses 14% of its GDP and $700 billion of exports as other EV makers overtake Toyota globally.
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