Google Forecasts Weather Better Than Humans
Google says its DeepMind Weather Next 2 forecast the weather much more accurately than humans. If so, the weather forecast industry is in for big changes
Google says its DeepMind Weather Next 2 forecast the weather much more accurately than humans. If so, the weather forecast industry is in for big changes
According to a new Yale study of American attitudes toward climate change, a quarter of those surveyed don’t think climate change causes the worst weather disasters.
A tax credit drove residential solar installations from 2023 to 2025. This year, they will almost certainly drop. It may be a decade or more before they make it back to 2023.
America has 80,000 EV charging stations. One would think it would increase EV adoption. But a huge number are in California, and few are outside big cities.It is an adoption barrier
Some nations say they have learned their lesson. If oil supply increases, they will stay with their lower consumption. They don’t want to risk another supply cut that can hurt their GDPs
A new report from UNICEF shows that almost every child in the world is exposed to at least one environmental hazard. In some cases, the figure is as high as three.
Bloomberg expects 50% of new passenger cars sold worldwide to be EVs by 2035. That won’t be the case in the US. The figure is only 5% today.
Training GPT-3 emitted roughly 500 metric tons of carbon dioxide, “equivalent to driving a gas-powered car across the country hundreds of times,” according to Climate Impact Partners
Honda had indicated it would expand its EV business in the US despite headwinds. Other gas-powered car companies have already backed away. Suddenly, Honda is leaving as well. The EV market in America has gotten that bad.
OpenAI spent $34 billion last year. That means more AI data centers. Add that to the money spent by Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Meta, and the fossil fuels to power electricity soar.
Global warming has driven up the prices of a number of foods. Last year, it was coffee and chocolate. This year, it is tomatoes and beef. All are the victims of extreme drought or extreme floods
Is the future of AI the cost of data centers? Is it the use of AI and the payments for it by big corporations? Is it whether AI products become more advanced? Ahead of all these is whether voters and politicians are willing to accept higher electricity bills and the chance of polluted water in…
On news that the Strait of Hormuz would open and allow oil tankers through, gas quickly dropped by almost $ 0.10 to below $4 for the first time since mid-April, settling at $3.99. According to Patrick De Haan, head of petroleum analysis at GasBuddy, “For now, the national average could continue falling, provided there isn’t…
Tesla sales had started to rebound after months of trouble. Part of the reason is that the closure of the Strait of Hormuz has pushed up gas prices. That appears to be ending
There was a hold that high oil prices would help the fortunes of green energy. With the Strait of Hormuz open, and a drop in oil prices, that is much less likely
One of the early popular EV SUVs became too expensive during a period when cheap EVs were popular. And, Elon Musk wants to use his factory to build Optimus robots.
Western Nebraska suffers from the worst drought in America. Unfortunately, its grain is key for both human food and feed for beef cattle
Tesla will discontinue one of its most well-regarded cars. Introduced in 2012, it was superfast. However, it has become too expensive for most consumers and the factory where it was built to pump out Elon Musk’s new Optimus robots
Three years ago, it was over 100°F for 145 days. That number has fallen very little. It raises health concerns and hits GDP. It is also caused by the same climate change effect that causes drought
Last year, Las Vegas went 214 days without rain. Climate change has contributed to the drying up of the nearby Colorado River. In short, things won’t get better.
Scientists have discovered that the melting of the ice around Antarctica has dissolved an amount the size of France. Among other things, this could accelerate rising sea levels, which endanger people who live along coastlines around the world.