Breaking nuze. Just braking now :)
Applause for the utilities that keep us in electricity despite the heat. Do we assume much? Or is much assumed of us?
50-60% of el is lost in transmission. faulty lines, obsolete infrastructure. may be a ploy to get more money. 10% loss/100 miles is what they used to write. But efficient lighting rules.
NG at $8 (now $4+) = 5 cents/kwh. even coal doesn't beat that. Plus ~30% less exhaust. Though mercury in fish is from mercury from power plants. Ain't not good.
A Japanese company claims 50% batt recharge in 3 minutes, 80% in 5. Nissan Leaf using 440V takes 26 minutes for 80%.
Arctic ice in June lowest since sat records started in '79.
Asian Pacific solar PV installs to be up 85% this year.
Climate scientists cleared by Brit panel on "Climategate".
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