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Debunking The Myth: Hydrogen Is Not The Future Of Energy

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There’s a romantic allure to the idea that we can simply plug renewable energy into water and create an endless, emission-free fuel. But, sadly, no. The stark reality is that green hydrogen is burdened by inefficiency, exorbitant costs, and logistical nightmares that make widespread adoption a distant dream. This is … [continued]

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The Sustainability Sparks Fly When Geothermal Energy, Orphan Wells, & CAES All Come Together

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A research team at Penn State University indicates that geothermal energy supports the case for repurposing abandoned oil and gas wells as long duration, compressed air energy storage systems for wind and solar power.

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Nissan to Get 100 GWh of US-Made Batteries from SK On

4 min read

The electric vehicle market is growing everywhere, even in the USA, and various dynamics are encouraging automakers to get their batteries locally in each market more and more. That just makes more sense in the long term anyway, but given the fact that China moved much faster in this arena … [continued]

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Simon Michaux’s Purple Delusion: The Pseudoscience of Doom

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Simon Michaux has built a reputation on painting an apocalyptic vision of the energy transition, but his work consistently collapses under scrutiny. I’ve personally taken apart his comically bad lithium supply projections and his metal demand doomsday scenarios, and each time, the pattern is the same — wild extrapolations that … [continued]

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