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America Isn’t Ready for the Electric-Vehicle Revolution

November 10, 2021 by sergneri Leave a Comment

A NYT guest essay with some interesting and sobering facts on the current state of global battery technology. By Steve LeVine – Mr. LeVine is editor of The Electric, a publication focused on batteries and electric vehicles. His most recent book is “The Powerhouse: America, China and the Great Battery War.”

Posted in: Climate Change, Environment, Ethical and green living, Finanace, IT Failures, Politics, Science, the Anthropocene Tagged: Automakers, batteries, battery, China, cobalt, E.V., electric vehicle, fossil fuel, graphite, lithium, lithium-ion batteries, manganese, nickel, sulfates, supply chain

Energy Vault

January 5, 2020 by sergneri Leave a Comment

From SwissInfo – Energy Vault Jan 3, 2020 Revolutionary idea to store green power for the grid By Armando Mombelli Stacking blocks of concrete with a crane to store energy and use the force of gravity to keep producing electricity when renewable sources are lacking: simple but revolutionary, the battery solution proposed by the Ticino … [Read more…]

Posted in: Climate Change, Ethical and green living, Finanace, Nuclear Industry, Politics, Science Tagged: battery, C02, electricity, electro-chemical, electro-mechanical, Energy Vault, fossil fuels, gravity, hydrogen-based systems, nuclear power, oil-industry, reservoir, Softbank, solar panels, Solar power, thermal, Vision Fund, wind power, wind turbines

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