Visual Capitalist
What Are the Five Major Types of Renewable Energy?
5 min · · Awareness around climate change is shaping the future of the global economy in several ways. Governments are planning how to reduce emissions, investors are scrutinizing companies’ environmental… · Shared by 270, including Tom Raftery, Dennis Schvejda, Antonio Grasso, Dr. Marcell Vollmer 🇺🇦 #StaySafe #VivaTech, Glen Gilmore #MWC23, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Linda Grasso
World Economic Forum
What’s the price of a green economy? An extra $3.5 trillion a year
5 min · · The price of shifting to a green economy will be $3.5 trillion a year, according to a new study that breaks down the cost of a green global economy. · Shared by 46, including Glen Gilmore #MWC23, Dennis Schvejda, Christo Meid, Vala Afshar
The New Yorker
The Renewable-Energy Revolution Will Need Renewable Storage
14+ min · · Can gravity, pressure, and other elemental forces save us from becoming a battery-powered civilization? · Shared by 450, including Dennis Schvejda, Bill Gross, 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A new heat engine with no moving parts is as efficient as a steam turbine
3 min · · Engineers at MIT and NREL have developed a heat engine with no moving parts that is as efficient as a steam turbine. · Shared by 135, including 🇺🇦Evan Kirstel #B2B #TechFluencer, Prof. Sally Eaves, Howard Getson, Elena Neira, Nicolas Babin, Dennis Schvejda
World Economic Forum
Keeping the lights on in Texas – is renewable energy the answer?
4 min · · Blackouts would end for good if the US switched to 100% wind, water and solar energy, according to a Stanford University study. And that’s not the only benefit. · Shared by 14, including Dennis Schvejda
The Hill
Conserve oil — a little sacrifice won't kill us
3 min · · As Biden knows, his supply-side solution would be a step backward in America's plans to fight climate · Shared by 10, including Dennis Schvejda
CNBC
These charts show how much it costs to charge an EV vs. refueling a gas vehicle
2 min · · Is it still true that it's much cheaper to "refuel" an EV? CNBC crunched the numbers. · Shared by 21, including LARRY ELKAN, Erik Brynjolfsson
Axios
The race to net zero emissions
7 min · · Why it's hard to discern greenwashing from genuine commitments. · Shared by 176, including Christo Meid
americanprogress.org
5 Reasons Why the United States Can't Drill Its Way to Energy Independence
5 min · · The solution to high energy prices is a swift and urgent transition to clean energy—not further reliance on dirty fuels controlled by dictators and profiteering oil corporations. · Shared by 8
CNN
Why are US gas prices soaring when America barely uses Russian oil?
4 min · · There's pain at the pump for American drivers as US gas prices soar to record highs. · Shared by 22, including Howard Getson, LARRY ELKAN
Civil Eats
How Corn Ethanol Fueled Climate Change
4 min · · The Renewable Fuel Standard promised to pay farmers to fight climate change and boost U.S. energy independence. A new five-year study of its impact on land use suggests that it did neither—even while… · Shared by 46, including Dennis Schvejda, Thomas Pleil, Dr. Jonathan Foley
London Review of Books
Rosa Lyster · Diary: Louisiana Underwater
Summary · 13+ min · · When people in Louisiana say that a city will disappear, they don’t just mean that it will be taken over by industry,... · Shared by 20, including Mathew Ingram, getAbstract, Dennis Schvejda
The Washington Post
Cracking down on methane ‘super emitters’ is a quick, low-cost way to combat climate change, researchers find
· A growing constellation of methane-detecting satellites is giving researchers new and disturbing insights into “super emitters” around the globe — from pipelines in Russia to North America’s oil fields. · Shared by 7
The Washington Post
Biden begins crackdown on power plant pollution
6 min · · With much of the president's climate legislative agenda stalled, the administration has begun tightening pollution rules on power plants in an effort to accelerate the nation’s shift to cleaner… · Shared by 27, including Mary Anne Hitt, Dennis Schvejda, Svein Tveitdal
The Washington Post
Biden fails to change course on fossil fuels, despite a bold campaign pledge
· The Biden administration came into office promising to shift the country away from its dependence on fossil fuels. But faced with political and legal challenges, oil drilling and coal mining on public lands have continued unabated and Biden officials have even taken steps that benefit the industries. · Shared by 19, including David Weigel, Dennis Schvejda
The New York Times
Did I Turn Off the Stove? Yes, but Maybe Not the Gas
4 min · · New research finds that gas stoves emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, even when turned off and adds to the debate over electrifying homes. · Shared by 45, including John Schwartz, Dr. Leah C. Stokes, Susan Su, Dr. Jonathan Foley, David Wallace-Wells, American Chemical Society