This is a superb, epic article, and I highly recommend that you read it, but I agree with commenter Tran Quyet Thang (see below the article) that it would be improved with some context on broader matters. For example, his…
The Explosion of Lithium-Ion Batteries
With so many laptops, cell phones, tablets, and so on, it may seem like we’re surrounded by batteries these days. In fact, as Tesla Motors CTO JB Straubel pointed out in a recent presentation at the University of Nevada, it…
4 Top Electric Car Cities In The US & Europe
Electric car benefits are great enough now (after 100+ years of history and development) that I think most car owners would be better off with an electric car. But transitions take time and can be quickened with good incentives. As we inch…
How Fast Are Solar Prices Dropping?
I wrote an article a couple of years ago about how badly we overestimate the cost of solar power. Basically, the idea was that the cost of solar power had dropped a great deal in the previous several years, so…
Why The Future Of Cars Is Electric
Technology changes at a fast pace these days, but even so, we typically think that today’s technology norms will remain for a long time, just with incremental improvements. That hasn’t been how the story goes, though. When I was in high…
Solar + Electric Transport = Huge Social Implications
Many of us see a technology transition as simply that, a swapping out of one technology for another one. But, sometimes, a technology transition has much broader impacts and implications. We’ve seen that a bit with computers, especially as they…
Americans Don’t Even Realize Obamacare & The Affordable Care Act Are The Same Thing… Yet Think One Is Much Better Than The Other (Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Oy, and we wonder why our democracy is broken. So many Americans don’t even know that Obamacare and the Affordable Care Act are the same thing. Nonetheless, they’re very happy to chime in about why they don’t like Obamacare but…
Jon Stewart: “F**K You” To Republicans Laughing At People Without Food
Jon Stewart has done it again. In these videos below (from one Daily Show segment) he skewers Republicans in Congress and the media who either don’t understand the damage they are doing to actual humans and society as a whole,…
Rachel Maddow On Rich White Men Talking To Empty Chairs
Here’s an excellent clip from Rachel Maddow making a very useful point about how far off the deep end Republicans in Congress have gone: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Also note that these…
Republicans Tearing Up Republicans (VIDEO)
Bernie Sanders has accumulated a tremendous list of Republicans who are tearing up their fellow Republicans for being crazy. Check it out: Also included in this longer article on the subject.