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Electric cars running on 100% renewable energy would = no ozone alerts

July 20, 2018

So, I was driving to work this morning in my electric 2017 Chevy Bolt -- which I power indirectly from Xcel Energy's so-called Windsource generated electricity --- here in Denver on I-25 north and saw that the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) was broadcasting an ozone alert on its highway flashboards.

Solar power growing at a rapid rate globally: An infographic

Christof Demont-Heinrich

May 24, 2018

Yes, solar is really taking off around the world! ...

‘Cheap’ fossil fuels are a myth

Christof Demont-Heinrich

April 30, 2018

As the graphic above indicates, "cheap" fossil fuels are no such thing. In fact, fossil fuels are extremely expensive -- although their front-end price does not reflect this.

Same old tired, and false, anti-electric car points recycled again and again

Christof Demont-Heinrich

January 20, 2018

So, it's 2018, and Wired, a supposedly "progressive" media outlet with supposed expertise in new technologies just published an anti-electric car article with a telling headline, 'The potential pitfalls of electric cars, in 5 charts,' that, surprise, surprise -- NOT!, recirculates the same old arguments about electric cars allegedly being "just as dirty" as gasoline cars.

Germans love renewables, not electric cars

Christof Demont-Heinrich

August 16, 2015

Sights like this one, near Sondershausen, Germany, where wind turbines and solar farms are located together, are common in Germany. But, sadly, electric cars, which could be plugged into a renewable energy cha...

Top 10 clean energy states to plug in an electric car

Christof Demont-Heinrich

June 16, 2010

In the U.S., how clean your EV will actually be in terms of overall emissions depends in large part on where you live in the U.S. and what the electric grid mix is there. No matter where you live, you can pote...

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