Solar Panels The Size Of West Virginia Needed To Power US
The US electricity demand for 2025 will be about 4,200 terawatt-hours (TWh) per year as of 2025. It would…
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AI Could Keep US Out Of Recession For Years
Economists keep talking about headwinds. Among them are the jobs that AI will steal. Another is the tax that…
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Tesla Could Use As Much Electricity As New York City
If Tesla can get 14 million vehicles on the road, charging them would require the same amount of electricity…
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Miami Warns Of Dangerous Heat Related Illness
Miami recently warned that extreme temperatures could take its toll on the health of residents this summer. A recently…
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New York City’s Climate Emergency Room Summer
At some point it was bound to happen. Heat in big cities would send people to emergency rooms. It…
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Will People Move To Cleveland To Flee Dangerous Weather?
In his book “Move: The Forces Uprooting Us (published in October 2021),” scientist Dr. Parag Khanna said that the…
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Drones And Satellites Fight Wildfires
As the largest wildfires of the year burn in Oregon and the Grand Canyon, the US is cutting back…
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Children Hit Hard By Rising Heat Waves.
According to original research published in ScienceAdvances titled “Temperature extremes impact mortality and morbidity differently,” the effects of heat…
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Renewables Crushing Coal
The IEA just issued a new report titled “Global electricity demand to keep growing robustly through 2026 despite economic…
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A Comeback For Hurricane Tracking
The NOAA distributes satellite data which can be useful in tracking hurricanes. That, in turn, allows weather experts to…
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EV Batteries Will Power America’s Grid
There are two worries about America’s electricity grid. The first is that it is fragile and could be a…
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Tampa Real Estate Market Suffers As Miami Softens
The most carefully followed measurement of home prices in America is the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Indices. It measures prices…
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AI Helps Drive Up Electricity Bills 20%
Morning Brew recently pointed out that in one part of America, electricity bills have risen 20% in a year….
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Blackouts May Be Stopped By Renewables
There have been a number of major blackouts in the US recently because of an overloaded electric grid or…
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Air Pollution Can Trigger Dementia
Almost every list of the dangers of climate change to humans lists physical effects. Floods and thunderstorms can cause…
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Houston Uses More Air Conditioning Than Any City In The World
Houston is certainly among the hottest large cities in America. However, it would not make a list of the…
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The Biggest Heat Dome In History
A heat dome can occur when high pressures and traps heat across huge geographic areas. The Guardian has provided…
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The $1 Billion Road To Fresh Water
The number of major geographic areas around the world that do not have enough access to fresh eater for…
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Greece Hotter Than Saudi Arabia As Temps Hit 122 Degrees
Temperatures in Greece have hit over 120 degrees F, which is as hot as the peak temperatures in Saudi…
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Another “Storm Of The Century”
Which storm was the “Storm of the Century”? In the US it might be Hurricane Sandy which destroyed parts…
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Chinese EV Companies Rule The Auto World
BYD, China’s largest EV company, is aggressively moving into Brazil, the world’s sixth largest car market. It is on…
