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2024 Was A Productive Year For My Decarbonization Efforts
It’s the time of year when people publish retrospectives on the year and start thinking about the year ahead. As so much of my work ends up in CleanTechnica, I thought it would be useful to provide my retrospective here. On a purely personal note, I’ve been told over and … [continued]
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Walleye Numbers are Down in Lake Erie
Ohio Division of Wildlife (ODW) officials have released their 2024 trawl survey indexes for Lake Erie’s two most-sought sportfish: yellow perch and walleye. This year’s results bring an end to a streak of wildly successful hatches for walleye. For yellow perch two of Ohio’s three management zones were above average, with the third zone down by 70% over last year.
Andy Palmer Says “Hybrids Are A Road To Hell”
Hybrids are a road to a dead end according to Andy Palmer, a former Nissan executive who convinced Carlos Ghosn to develop the LEAF.
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Why Maintaining A Gas Car Sucks Compared To An Electric Car
Owning gas cars means dealing with frequent oil changes and various maintenance issues, leading to time, cost, and reliability concerns versus EVs. This rant is going to list some things I’ve found to be annoying about the ~15 gas cars I owned until I went all electric in 2021. At … [continued]
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Waves of Change: Meet creative, organizer and educator Antonio Cosme
Waves of Change is an online interview series highlighting the diverse faces and perspectives shaping the environmental justice movement throughout the Great Lakes region.
This month, we spoke with Antonio Cosme, an Indigenous-descended creative, organizer and educator from southwest Detroit whose current work spans conservation, environmental justice and traditional ecological activities.
What The Cleantech Industry Can Learn From The Star Wars Holiday Special
Whenever anyone mentions the Star Wars Holiday Special, they get one of two reactions. The most common one is, “What Star Wars Holiday Special?” because most people have never heard of it. The second most common reaction is one of dismay or disgust, largely because it was pretty awful. In … [continued]
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How Has One US State Cut Food Waste When Others Continue To Struggle?
Two years ago, Massachusetts banned businesses that generate more than 1,000 pounds of food waste a week from tossing those scraps in the garbage. Restaurants, grocery stores, schools, and hotels all had to reconsider what it meant to dispose of scraps left over from food preparation and diners’ plates. And … [continued]
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Superconducting Transmission Of Electricity Is Here And It’s Supercooled
A couple of months ago, I was in Brussels speaking at the launch of the second edition of Supergrid Super Solution: A Handbook for Energy Independence and a Europe Free From Fossil Fuels. I’d participated in tuning the second edition, written by European renewables giant Eddie O’Connor with Kevin O’Sullivan, … [continued]
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Circumnavigating The Globe Solo On An Electric Motorcycle [Interview]
![Circumnavigating The Globe Solo On An Electric Motorcycle [Interview]](https://news.brucebeach.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/circumnavigating-the-globe-solo-on-an-electric-motorcycle-interview.avif "Circumnavigating The Globe Solo On An Electric Motorcycle [Interview]")
Many years ago, when electric vehicles were almost non-existent on American interstates, highways, and streets, I attended some EV ride-and-drive events. They were quite helpful in getting people more comfortable with fully electric cars, not including hybrids. Today, there are over 2 million all-electric vehicles in the US, and tens … [continued]
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