Energy Myths – Birds, Wind Turbines And Human Health
There are plenty of popular ideas floating around about alternative energy, and about energy in general. Many are flawed, conspiratorial or just plain wrong. Should we call them “myths”? After […]
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There are plenty of popular ideas floating around about alternative energy, and about energy in general. Many are flawed, conspiratorial or just plain wrong. Should we call them “myths”? After […]
Nuclear power may be America’s most controversial source of energy. A dam can drown a stunning stretch of river. Coal may loom larger in climate and public health debates, given […]
Like many technologies, the windmill is nothing new. People have been using the wind to grind grain and pump water for over a thousand years. If not for the windmill, […]
There’s a chewy chunk of truth in the perception that all-electric cars are expensive, because many of them are. In June, 2019, the average cost for a new car stood […]
Batteries are ancient, by today’s tech standards. Benjamin Franklin is the first person we know of to use the term, and the first published science on the topic dates to 1791. The days of metal disks stacked […]
Kansas City International Airport is no stranger to cleaner fuels. It began deploying compressed natural gas (CNG) buses back in 1997, providing natural gas on site with its own high-speed fueling station. This […]
Metropolitan Energy Center (MEC) announces the first placements of all-electric zero-emission Class-8 yard trucks into service under a new grant project. The project, “Electrifying Terminal Trucks in Unincentivized Markets,” is […]
Electricity is tied to our lives in a way you might not expect, and not in the sense of necessity or convenience. Instead, our daily behavior, waking and sleeping, dictates how utilities generate power. As we wake up, hit the lights, fire up […]
It’s probably an overstatement to call propane America’s most overlooked fuel. That said, it does kind of fly under the radar. For many of us, our only interaction with […]
It’s easy enough to find information about energy—sometimes too much information to get a handle on. So, when thinking about energy in the United States, it’s not a bad idea to simplify things; there’ll be time for details later. For […]
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