NEW ORLEANS — People with bipolar disorder – particularly men – show a significantly increased risk of osteoporosis, compared with the general population, but treatment with lithium appears to offer a significant protective effect against the bone disease, according to results from the largest study of its kind. Dr Soren Ostergaard “Our findings emphasize that … Read more
The first installment of the “How Solar Power Works” series got some great responses, but one of the questions we got was so good I felt like we had to write up the answer. So, before we get on to part 2, I’d like to answer Tim’s excellent question, “Why doesn’t the silicon in PV … Read more
Third Act is presenting a webinar Wednesday, May 25, at 8:00 pm EDT. The topic is Climate Justice And Banking. We reported recently on a new study entitled “The Carbon Bankroll: The Climate Impact and Untapped Power of Corporate Cash“ that attempts to quantify the carbon emissions that large tech companies are indirectly responsible for … Read more
A recent article at CarScoops gives us some great news about EV sales so far in 2022! According to Experian, 158,689 EVs were registered in the United States in January through March of this year. As you’d expect, Tesla took most of these sales, with an estimated 113,882 vehicles coming from the company. Everyone else … Read more
As details emerge about yet another mass killing of children, America’s physicians have reacted with a mix of outrage, grief, and frustration to the murders. On Tuesday, an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed 19 children and two teachers at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, a town of about 15,000 people almost 80 miles west … Read more
Getting dealers on board for the electric vehicle transition has been tough. Profitability problems, the reduced need for service (something dealers depend on), and the lack of knowledge on the parts of dealers and salespersons has been a real problem that holds non-direct sales back. Tesla and some other EV manufacturers decided to not bother … Read more
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has an important warning for us about autonomous vehicles, as well as other vehicles with cameras: We’ve learned this lesson before. Maybe we should just call it the Amazon Ring Hypothesis: Absent strict protections, any sensors that collect data and footage about people will eventually become a tool of police … Read more
A recent Ford press release told us about an event coming up on June 1st. President and CEO Jim Farley will participate in a fireside chat with technology analyst Toni Sacconaghi at the Alliance Bernstein 38th Annual Strategic Decisions Conference on Wednesday, June 1, 2022, at 10:00 AM (Eastern Time). The topic? How Ford is … Read more
Algeria is the largest country in Africa, a former French colony and deeply dependent on natural gas exports to Europe. It will be deeply challenged as climate policies inevitably eliminate the 14.39% of its GDP directly dependent on fossil fuels. As such, it’s easy to see why they would believe that there is a world … Read more
The US installed a record 6.62GW of utility-scale onshore wind, solar, storage capacity in the first quarter and up 11.5% from a year ago, but the renewable energy sector’s outlook is clouded by macro and issues policy, according to a new report the American Clean Power Association (ACP). “The record-breaking quarter for clean power is … Read more
