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EV “Range Anxiety”: Real World Issues

By -- July 10, 2017

” … since the cost of battery packs represents a significant percentage of the initial EV purchase price, the older the battery or the more mileage on the vehicle, the greater the erosion in the car’s trade-in value.”

“‘… you can drive a Chevy Bolt the advertised 238 miles on a charge, if you can drive 60 mph.’”

“Without a very extensive and dense charging station network, when we get a large number of EVs on the road, unless they all charge at home overnight, there could be really extended waits to access charging stations. This challenge, coupled with the continuing high cost for EV battery packs for vehicles that can overcome buyer ‘range anxiety’ fears, are merely assumed away in the optimistic EV forecasts.”

The greatest drawback for the public’s acceptance of electric vehicles (EV) is “range anxiety” – running out of battery charge before reaching a charging station. …

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Response to MIT President: Paris Exit Scientifically Sound (Part II)

By Willie Soon and Christopher Monckton of Brenchley -- July 6, 2017
  • by Istvan Marko, J. Scott Armstrong, William M. Briggs, Kesten Green, Hermann Harde, David R. Legates, Christopher Monckton of Brenchley, and Willie Soon

MIT president’s letter repeats standard climate alarm claims. Here are the facts (also see Part I yesterday).

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The world is not experiencing unprecedented rising seas or extreme weather

Professor Reif further states that rising manmade greenhouse gases are “driving rising sea levels and extreme weather.” Neither is happening.

The average sea level rise since 1870 has been 1.3-1.5 mm (about a twentieth of an inch) per year, or five inches per century. Professor Nils-Axel Mörner, a renowned sea-level researcher who has published more than 500 peer-reviewed articles on this topic, has been unable to find observational evidence that supports the models’ predictions of dramatically accelerating sea level rise.…

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Response to MIT President: Paris Exit Scientifically Sound (Part I)

By Willie Soon and Christopher Monckton of Brenchley -- July 5, 2017

– by Istvan Marko, J. Scott Armstrong, William M. Briggs, Kesten Green, Hermann Harde, David R. Legates, Christopher Monckton of Brenchley, and Willie Soon

MIT president’s letter repeats standard climate alarm claims. Here are the facts (also see Part II tomorrow).

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“Fortunately, contrary to Professor Reif’s claims, the actual current scientific understanding of Earth’s climate dispels the popular delusion that any manmade global warming will be dangerous. That means adhering to the Paris agreement would be ‘a bad deal for America,’ and not only on economic and equity grounds, as President Trump stated.”

“In the last 20 years, humans have released over a third of all the CO2 produced since the beginning of the industrial period. Yet global mean surface temperature has remained essentially constant for at least 15 years – a fact that has been acknowledged by the IPCC, whose models failed to predict it.”

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Energy & Environmental Newsletter: July 3, 2017

By -- July 3, 2017
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Wind News Update: The Failure of RGGI, Ohio Safety First (June 29, 2017)

By -- June 29, 2017
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China’s EV Problem: Battery Depletion

By -- June 28, 2017
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Norway Wrestles with Costly EV Subsidies (world leader at a crossroads)

By -- June 27, 2017
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‘Greenhouse Policy without Regrets’ (Adler’s 2000 analysis still rings true today)

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 26, 2017
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AWEA Transmission Study: The Rest of the Story

By Robert Bradley Jr. -- June 22, 2017
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Why We Fight (Part II: “A Free-Market Energy Vision”)

By -- June 21, 2017
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