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How the net zero sceptics' medieval arguments are being overwhelmed by a very modern reality

Business Green

And yet, so complete is their disconnect from the real world that these zombie arguments continue to stumble across the political landscape desperately looking for an issue, any issue, to attack. The UK would be in a lot better position from an energy cost and security perspective if it had more renewables and electric vehicles, not less.

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The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption

GreenBiz

The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption. The expectation that electric vehicles will displace the internal combustion engine continues to accelerate. Proponents of electric vehicles forthrightly acknowledge the many technological, management, political and consumer challenges that lie ahead.

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Is the UK squandering its green economy leadership?

Business Green

There were plenty of missteps and missed opportunities along the way, but over the past 12 years the UK took coal from around 40 per cent of the power mix to less than two per cent, built a genuinely world leading offshore wind industry, embraced electric vehicles, and built an ecosystem of cutting-edge clean tech and green finance firms.

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The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption

AGreenLiving

The road to electric vehicles is paved with disruption Terry F. Yosie Tue, 04/27/2021 – 00:05 The expectation that electric vehicles will displace the internal combustion engine continues to accelerate. Will electricity be reliably available for electric vehicles? The answer is no.

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Online Event - VERGE Energy Conference

Green Market Oracle

Second Life Batteries Get Serious (Panel Discussion): The ecosystem enabling organizations to tap used electric car batteries for stationary grid storage continues to mature and grow. Automakers that make electric vehicles are starting to take the market seriously, and utilities are deploying pilot projects to test results.

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Roaring Twenty-Twenties: Accelerating Energy Transition

Mr. Sustainability

Let us look into the markets that should be on top of mind for the current leaders, shaping the geo-political landscape. Most of these technologies focus on the generation of electricity, but storing energy or carbon sequestration (carbon capture and storage), as well as the production of clean hydrogen are among these.

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Inflation Reduction Act: 10 ways it will turbocharge US climate action (and one way it won't)

Business Green

The citing of concerns over its potentially inflationary effects was widely seen as a convenient cover story that allowed Manchin to torpedo a vast array of measures that would have curbed fossil fuel production. cents are on offer from 2024 to 2032 for every kilowatt hour of electricity produced.