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Interest In Buying A Tesla Triples In The US As Popular President Trump Gives Conservatives Permission To Buy The Best EV Sold In The US

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Credit to Author: Paul Fosse| Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2025 14:58:55 +0000

As a Republican who has liked electric cars for about 15 years, I’ve wondered when this moment would happen. We all know that a car is more than just transportation to get from A to B. In high school, the car you drove really influenced what other kids thought of … [continued]

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Our Country Is Crumbling Because We’re No Longer United

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 18:02:26 +0000

What, historically, made the United States great? Of course, before we answer that, we have to acknowledge that things have never been perfect — not even close. Our wonderful founding fathers who we admire so much were slaveholders. Europeans came to the New World for freedom, and then slaughtered the … [continued]

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The US Solar Industry Is Setting Records, But The Dark Clouds Of Doom Are Gathering

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:51:51 +0000

The US solar industry proved itself to be a leading economic engine once again in 2024, though the Trump-Musk wrecking ball and state-level policy changes could dim the outlook for the future.

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This Map Shows Us the 21st Century’s Biggest Energy Challenges

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2025 14:51:40 +0000

A common online joke is that Trump only wants Greenland because it looks big on the map. But, the joke goes, he’s been fooled by the Mercator Projection, which makes things look bigger the closer they are to the north or south poles. Why? Because stretching the features of a … [continued]

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US Agency Says Congress Can’t Repeal California’s 2035 ZEV Mandate

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 04:58:56 +0000

Under the Clean Air Act, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has historically granted California waivers to set stricter air pollution regulations on vehicles, power plants, and industry within its borders. That deal was reached decades ago so that California wouldn’t be dragged down by more lax federal regulations. Donald … [continued]

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Geothermal Energy Vs. Natural Gas: The Biggest Loser Is Trump

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Credit to Author: Tina Casey| Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2025 03:05:12 +0000

New geothermal energy technology is enabling reliable, 24/7 renewable energy to boldly go where no geothermal systems have gone before.

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Musk Mayhem Continues: Tesla Employee Fired For Freedom Of Speech Error

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Credit to Author: Carolyn Fortuna| Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2025 17:55:44 +0000

What happens if you work for Tesla and you voice your concerns about the CEO’s social media post that jokes about Nazism? You’re told to clean out your cubicle and never again let your shadow cross the gilded Tesla corporate threshold. It’s another example of Musk mayhem at work. Bantering … [continued]

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Tesla Board: “Elon Musk, what did you do last week? Provide 5 bullets of what you accomplished last week within 5 days.”

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Credit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2025 04:53:35 +0000

As you have probably seen, Elon Musk, in his dubious, potentially illegal, and not even official role as the head of a fake new government agency, the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), has put out an ultimatum to federal workers across the US to respond on email with 5 things … [continued]

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Science Purge Is Part of United States’ Echoing Of Mao’s Cultural Revolution

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Credit to Author: Michael Barnard| Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2025 02:32:57 +0000

As Mark Twain is reported to have said, history doesn’t repeat but it rhymes. Trump 2.0’s actions are very much rhyming, albeit discordantly, and with a dismal period from the past of the United States’ proclaimed great enemy, China. Mao Zedong’s Cultural Revolution, launched in 1966 and lasting until 1976, … [continued]

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Cleantech Needs A Defense From Burial In Bullshit

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Credit to Author: Jennifer Sensiba| Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2025 15:13:30 +0000

The last couple of weeks has been a whirlwind. Fortunately, at least for my own mental health, I was taking some time off to prep an older truck for transportation duty while I started the long process of building an electric Suburban. But, that doesn’t mean I wasn’t checking in … [continued]

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