Buses, Trucks, Trains, Shipping, & Aviation Will Electrify More Than US Transportation Blueprint Thinks

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2023 17:35:45 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a US multilane highway full of electric semi trucks, digital artThe US will waste a lot of time, money, and energy on bad decarbonizing transportation approaches and end up less competitive as a result.

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EV Charging Station Sneak Coming Soon To A Gas Station Near You

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2023 16:45:45 +0000

EV charging NEVI freewireAll 50 states will deploy federal NEVI program funds to build out the EV charging network and kill gasmobiles, anti-woke or not.

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Why Aren’t Energy Flows Diagrams Used More To Inform Decarbonization?

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2023 15:59:22 +0000

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) Sankey diagram of US energy flows for 2021The primary energy fallacy is the assumption that all of the energy in all of the oil, gas and coal we burn today must be replaced. We don’t need to replace it, we need to replace the unwasted energy services.

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China’s Purchasing Power Advantage & Wright’s Law Mean Its Green Investments Go A Lot Further

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 18:05:19 +0000

DALL·E generated image of lots of big wind turbines on a plain, chinese water color style, no textChina spent $546 billion of 2022’s $1.1 trillion USD global green investment, but China is getting about a trillion USD in value out of its investment.

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Agenda Of International Road Freight Conference Makes It Clear Battery-Electric Will Dominate

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2023 19:39:59 +0000

At the coal face of a conference that involved governmental figures, academics, logistics customers and OEMs, the detailed technical conversations are almost all about how battery electric trucks will work in the coming decades.

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In Bluegrass State, Nucor’s Green Steel Trumps Anti-Wokedness

Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Mon, 23 Jan 2023 13:35:42 +0000

green steel nucor kentuckyWoke or not, Kentucky is behind a new green steel factory that supports President Joe Biden’s goal for offshore wind development in the US.

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The Megaproject Paradox: Why Rail Projects Struggle To Deliver On Time & Budget

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2023 22:30:18 +0000

DALL·E generated image of futuristic high speed rail in china 3d renderRail requires a lot more tunnels, and as the data shows, any time you are digging tunnels, fat-tailed risks abound and projects operate more slowly.

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Unpacking The Iron Law of Projects: Black Swans Vs Gray Rhinos In Clean Energy

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:45:17 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a black swan fighting a gray rhinoGray rhinos are about the strategic perspective of what is important to do, and black swans are about the tactics of dealing with it most effectively and efficiently. Gray rhinos say focus on big issues like climate change, and black swan awareness help us deliver climate solutions.

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Modularity & Scale In Big Cleantech Projects: Insights From Bent Flyvbjerg’s “How Big Things Get Done”

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2023 18:47:47 +0000

DALL·E generated image of megaproject failureProjects have what are called fat-tail risks and results. There’s a lot more variation at the extremes than for other things like human height.

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Sustainable Transportation for All: US Blueprint Lays Out Plan for Decarbonization

Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sat, 14 Jan 2023 01:10:48 +0000

DALL·E generated image of a futuristic transit trainThere’s a lot to like in the new US transportation decarbonization blueprint. It’s actually very good in most ways, which is excellent to see given that the US hydrogen strategy from late last year was so poor. And it’s needed.

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