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How EV adoption is soaring in unlikely circumstances, and what could make it better

Teslarati

The adoption of electric vehicles has continued to skyrocket over the past several years despite challenging supply chain conditions, less-than-ideal geopolitical scenarios, lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the soaring cost of EV materials. Supply Chain Disruptions have slowed EV adoption considerably.

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Mad Power thoughts

EV Info

Wind farms stand idle for days on end, a fire interrupts a vital cable from France, a combination of post-Covid economic recovery and Russia tightening supply means the gas price has shot through the roof – and so the market price of both home heating and electricity is rocketing. Climate Change.

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UK power crisis – entirely the fault of regulators and ministers

EV Info

What we have not done so well is to ensure that we have a solid base level of generation to supply electricity when there is no sun and no wind. This is turn begs the question where does gas come from and what have we done to ensure a safe and reliable supply. Right now, production is low in Russia, so the cost has increased.

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IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

Green Car Congress

The cost of fossil-fuel subsidies has been driven up by higher oil prices; they remain most prevalent in the Middle East and North Africa, where momentum towards their reform appears to have been lost. Iraq accounts for 45% of the growth in global oil production to 2035 and becomes the second-largest global oil exporter, overtaking Russia.

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Airlines Hoping for More Boeing Jets Could Be Waiting Awhile

Baua Electric

The companies have not been able to buy enough planes or hire enough pilots, flight attendants and other workers they need to operate flights. A surge in the cost of jet fuel after Russia invaded Ukraine also hurt profits. Many airline executives are now assessing how the F.A.A.

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Never Recharge Your Consumer Electronics Again?

Cars That Think

We’re saving the end user, the contractor, the guy who uses them a lot of hassle to buy this battery, store them. Cass: Well, that’s right, because for many years, I went to CES , and I often would buy these, or acquire these, little solar cell chargers. We don’t source anything from Russia, China; never did. What’s your LCA ?

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UOP looking to biomass catalytic pyrolysis to expand volumes of renewable hydrocarbon fuels

Green Car Congress

Fats and greases and inedible oils are opportunity feedstocks, but the US supply of fats and greases is probably on the order of less than 10 million barrels, closer to 1-2 million barrels on an annual basis. There are two drivers to the cost of production: the feedstock cost and the yield of product. That’s a big sum.

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