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16 Feb 2024 | Synopsis
"The key problem for hydrogen cars is not the fuel cell but actually getting the clean hydrogen where it is needed...must be stored under pressure and leaks easily. It also carries less energy per unit volume than fossil fuels...Compare nine UK hydrogen stations with 8,300 petrol stations or 31,000 public charging locations (not counting plugs at homes)."Even Toyota acknowledges that hydrogen in cars has so far 'not been successful.'
16 Feb 2024 | Synopsis
"...fear of depreciation hangs a certain cloud over the entire battery-powered car market...Fast forward to 2023, and we're seeing much slower depreciation on used EVs than we did before the pandemic...take the headline of EVs averaging 49.1 percent depreciation with a grain of salt. The fastest depreciating EV in the study, the Tesla Model S, depreciated 55.5 percent over five years... it's actually on par with several midsize luxury sedans...16 Feb 2024 | Synopsis
"Sulfur is widely abundant and inexpensive...The cost of materials is around half that of lithium-ion cells...they could also beat out lithium-ion on a crucial metric: energy density. A lithium-sulfur battery can pack in nearly twice the energy as a lithium-ion battery of the same weight"...there are still major technical barriers...Chief among them is getting batteries to last..."
16 Feb 2024 | Synopsis
"A digital battery passport provides easy access to structured, reliable, and complete information about the battery. This digital battery passport offers a streamlined gateway to trustworthy and comprehensive battery data...introduces a few major demands for the batteries sold in the EU...All battery packs having a capacity over 2 kWh will need to have a digital battery passport to carry a disclosure..."16 Feb 2024 | Synopsis
"Some airlines ban electric bikes altogether, while others may accept an ebike if the battery is removed. In any case, there’s a blanket upper limit of 160Wh for battery capacity and you may need pre-authorisation to carry one over 100Wh. Most ebike batteries exceed these figures."Alaska Airlines allows you to bring an electric bike, provided the battery is removed from the bike and carried as hand luggage."
10 Jan 2026 |
Solid-state batteries are finally moving from lab to road, led by Verge's TS Pro motorcycle using a Donut solid-state pack and early semi-solid EVs in China. These technologies promise higher energy density, faster charging, and improved safety compared to today’s lithium-ion cells, but at much higher cost. As production scales and prices fall toward parity in the early 2030s, solid-state chemistry is poised to reshape EV range, economics, and mainstream acceptance.
08 Jan 2026 |
The global energy transition is no longer driven by climate diplomacy but by industrial rivalry and market forces. Despite geopolitical fragmentation, clean energy deployment - from solar and wind to batteries and EVs - is accelerating. Competition among the US, EU, and China, not consensus, is driving progress, even as grids, permitting, and fossil fuel dependence remain stubborn obstacles through 2030.
07 Jan 2026 |
Clean-energy stocks and green bonds are attracting global capital not out of ideology, but because they offer better growth, lower risk, and strong policy support. Fossil fuels face structural decline as demand flattens and cost curves diverge. Investors are reallocating toward electrification, renewables, and grid infrastructure, making clean energy the new baseline for long-term returns. Markets are pricing the transition, not debating it.
06 Jan 2026 |
For a century, the U.S. has repeated the same interventionist reflex in Latin America, shaped by the Dulles brothers, the Harriman network, and the corporate-driven logic exposed in War Is a Racket. Venezuela is the latest stage, even as China quietly outmaneuvers Washington through investment, infrastructure, and energy ties that challenge the petrodollar and reshape regional power.
05 Jan 2026 |
Tehran faces a deepening water crisis driven by climate change, aquifer depletion, and aging infrastructure. Iran’s proposed Caspian desalination plan is risky and contested, and any future government will inherit the same hydrological limits. The crisis exposes how water, more than politics, now shapes the nation's stability and its path forward.
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