The good readers and supporters of CleanTechnica support EVs, wind energy, solar power, batteries, and renewables technology, notwithstanding the several industry trolls who sometimes visit our comment section. We understand that the unquestionable primary leader for EVs in this period has been Elon Musk. To say that his contributions, along … [continued]
Humor is good for us. Self expression is good. Promoting EVs and renewable energy helps to address the climate emergency. This article combines all of these! Have you ever received less-than-thoughtful memes from people who know you own an EV and/or support renewable energy? Recently, the founder of CleanTechnica, Scott … [continued]
There is a renewed US national movement afoot to replace corporate utilities with public (citizen-owned) utilities. This is not a new idea. There have been energy cooperatives in the Midwest for nearly a century and a half. There is even an organization, The American Public Power Association (APPA), that provides … [continued]
First, What is FAANG?
Let’s start by explaining the FAANG list of stocks. These are all household name tech stocks:
ETFs are managed by professionals who have the resources to go deep on analysis, which presumably would help them to pick the right mix and proportions of stocks in an industry.
There are many stories about people who made enough money in Tesla (TSLA) stock to buy a Tesla vehicle. Some are now even “TSLA millionaires.” Many electric vehicle fans and followers have made money on Tesla’s stock as well as that of other young electric automakers, like NIO, which is a Chinese automaker whose stock has risen from $3.72 to $45+ in the past year.
Norway just hit 82% plugin vehicle new car sales in September 2020. This raises the question: “Why are 18% of the purchases non-plugin vehicles?” Let’s investigate this question
I have no doubt that many plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV) owners work to max out the EV aspect of their vehicles. However, it would be incorrect to believe that all PHEV owners do so. Some don’t even plug in their PHEVs.
Yesterday, the price of oil dropped below the $0 line. For the first time in history, the price was negative. Bloomberg reports that the price reached minus $37.63 per barrel. This means oil companies are paying people to haul oil away because they have so much of it, more is on the way, and they have to make room for the new oil deliveries already en route.
Have you ever sat at a red traffic light with no other cars or pedestrians on the road and had to wait? Was it frustrating? If you were in a gasoline or diesel car, did you feel bad about polluting the air?
Have you ever sat at a traffic light with 30 cars in each direction waiting to go straight, and the traffic lights instead allowed the turn lanes to go first even though there were no cars in those turn lanes?
