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This 14-page note compares the economics of EV charging stations with conventional fuel retail stations. They are fundamentally different. Our main question is whether EV chargers will ultimately get over-built,…
We have modeled the global light vehicle fleet, light vehicle sales by region, and the world’s shift from internal combustion engines (ICEs) towards electric vehicles (EVs) through 2050. Our base…
…Ocean). Moreover, blooms are limited to c2-months over summer, where nutrients are welling up from subsurface waters, light is available but grazing pressure from zooplankton remains light. Uncertainty is very…
…alia), which can grow well in the dappled light beneath the relatively open birch canopy. But then spruce has a tendency to shoot up in the gaps, once the birch…
…practice called conservation agriculture restores soil carbon, through no till practices, crop rotations and cover-cropping (note below). https://thundersaidenergy.com/2020/05/01/conservation-agriculture-farming-carbon-into-soils/ The economics can be transformational, increasing crop yields by 10-30%, while also…
This data-file is a screen of leading companies in vapor deposition, manufacturing the key equipment for making PV silicon, solar, AI chips and LED lighting solutions. The market for vapor…
…vehicles, LED lighting, VFDs, CHPs, insulation, methane mitigation. https://thundersaidenergy.com/2023/03/23/eroei-energy-return-on-energy-invested/ Energetic industries from first principles: the internet, industrial gases, hydrogen, ammonia, steel, battery recycling, trucks, transport, compressors. The new age of electricity from first principles: transmission,…
…I2R losses by keeping voltage in phase with current, even when power is supplied to components such as motors, electric arc furnaces, LED lights, computing infrastructure. In our base case…
…Electric Cookers, Electric Heaters, Electric Ovens, EV Chargers, Fridge-freezers, Hairdryers, Heat Pumps, Hot tubs, Incandescent Bulbs, Irons, Kettles, LED Lights, Microwaves, Misc Kitchens, Power Tools, Routers, Saunas, Televisions, Toasters, Vacuum…
…back to 1800 and covers candles, whale oil, town gas, incadescent bulbs, halogen and LEDs. The work culminates with LED lighting, tracing the record efficiency levels announced in recent years….