Tag: Transmission
Real-World RV Towing With The Silverado EV
If you’ve never towed a medium or large travel trailer, it might sound like it’s an easy task. I mean, you can just hook the trailer onto the back of a capable pickup truck and drive off, right? Sadly, it’s never that simple, even for a diesel truck. On top … [continued]
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Why China’s Aluminum Industry May Have Reached Peak CO2
China’s aluminum manufacturing CO2 emissions likely peaked in 2024, not because production collapsed or because a single policy suddenly bit, but because the structure of where aluminum is made and how it is made changed in ways that compound over time. Aluminum is a useful material to examine because it … [continued]
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Europe Is Finally Admitting Electricity Is Overtaxed
The leaked European Commission recommendation on electricity taxation landed quietly, but it said something that European energy policy has avoided stating plainly for decades. Electricity is still taxed and loaded with levies as if it were a polluting end product rather than the clean energy carrier Europe increasingly depends on … [continued]
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How Climate Economics Got the Risks Wrong
The publication of a new study by researchers associated with the University of Exeter and Carbon Tracker has reopened a debate that many policymakers and economists falsely assumed was settled. The study argues that widely used economic models underestimate the risks of climate change because they smooth impacts over time, … [continued]
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Why Waiting on Grid Batteries Will Cost Ontario More Than Acting Now
Recently I took part in a discussion in Ottawa as part of CAFES Network’s work to raise local energy literacy, hosted by Invest Ottawa and attended by a mixed audience of residents, municipal and provincial policy observers, students, and people already working in energy and climate. Angela Keller-Herzog, founding executive … [continued]
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